The Washington times., 1916-01-14

sun sent Nfencral scott uOWn 10 lne
border to make "A treaty with Villa, who
had then already committed outrages
of this kind and outrHgcs not only
against men but against women.
Got Arms In United States.
president Wilson has permitted
those different bandit factions to get
from us or with our permission. the
arms with which they have KILLED
American private citizens. American
soldiers. the husbands and fathers III
American women whom they have out
ragged. There is "a hundred times the
justification for interfering in Mexico
that there was for interfering In cuba.
we should have interfered years
ago. We should act through the r"gu-
lar army. for this kind nf police work
is not the work of Volunteers. We
should act with the same efficiency
and the same disinterestedness we
showed I'm cuba, and the man to do the
job is General Wood. the man who
did the job In such fine shape in Cuba.
But in noting the effect OF walCh-
full waiting in Mexico, do not forget
tho effect in the world war of Our
policy Of being too proud to fight: The
dispa tchcs from Washington indicate
that the pressure Of the English le"t
has caused Germany and Austria to he
levc ii unable to carry on further their
submarine warfare against helpless
passenger ships. The dispatches tndi-
cate that having thus been forced by
u British navy to abondon the prac-
tice of the wholesale murder OF non
combatant men. women, and children
on the high seas. they intend To make
believe to abandon it at President Wit
sons request with, as bargain in re-
turn, renewed pressure by President
Wilson upon Great Britain.
Some of the professional German
American leaders have announced IL
this were done and the bargain car
ricd out, President wilson would gain
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a matter of fact. eleven months have
gone by since President Wilson mott
2cd Germany That h" would h0id hef
to IA strict accountability if sh" suns
these ships. Fight months have gone
by since the Falaba and later rhe l.u-
Sitania we've sunk. Snip after ship
has been sunk until the total or lives
lost exceeds zoe. and President VIII
son has done nothing except TO write
notes. each being followed by fresh
outrage.
TT is worth while calling attention
to the state Dr1artment,s s assertion
today that it had warned Americans
to keep out OF MeXiCo In this re-
example OF Ambassador Bcrnstorff
when he warned the Americans to
keep off the l.usitania. which warn
ing was followed by murder. But 1t
is at lenSt to be said OF the German
ambassador that the murders Of
which he gave warning We're or citi-
zens Of a foreicn lard. In President
Wilson's case the warni inS was fol-
lowed by ,nurd"r OF citizens of our
own land
We did nothing when our citizens
were murdered on the high seas by
Germany. Apparently we intend to do
nothing about the citizens that have
been murdered by Mexico-and remen-
her that President Wilson had recOg-
ilized the Mexican government which.
nevertheless, he so distruSted that ne
warned our citizens that at the peril
of their own lives they must not stay
in Mexico.
"MeanwhIIc. for three years our
army and navy have deteriorated. and
Bryan, KitChin. Hay. and the other
party associates of Mr.. Wilson seem
hent on rivalinE one another as to
which can most successfully ohstruct
the purpose of the American people to
prepare for its own defense. And Presi-
dent Wilson is himself personally re-
Sponslble for the fact that during tho
eighteen months since tn" great war
began not one step in preparedness has
been taken