Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1916-05-12

would wage war only for the abs
trat thing vaguely called "humnity'
how she could avoid war with the
Um%ed States Of America beot on
the defense Of her own right. The
rest was easy and few persons real.
ized The danger 10 the situation un.
I'll il was all over.
Quite a. important was the lhreA,
to used The feet against Germany
should that nations commander
execute orders already issued TO
land in Venezuela to collect a deL,
repudiated by thst revolutionary
country The orders we're counter.
manded in time to keep the fleet at
home.
The reocourrence Of the Japanese
question at this time recalls the
manner 10 which Roosevelt handld
the same question AZ regards segre
cation Of Japanese school children
in California and cooIie immigration
While %conceding nothing essential h
Japan he recognized the right Wf
the Japanese government TO demand
lair play for It's nalionals-this be-
cause he would have not failed TO
make like demands we're The situa
ton reversed. Armed conflict
freely threatened did not occur.
Then there Is the case oi Cuba
that threatened for q time TO revert
into q state Of chronic revolution
as has Mexico since. Naval forces
ashore soon con vinced the Cuban
factions that they could compose
their differences. No American
citizens were outraged and no
American property WAS destroy ed.
The trouble was over before the
public became interested
SnntO Domingo was paeiiied in
much the same way and with %
little difficulty All the black sgi.
tators looked alike to Roosevelt.
He favored nrne that held ideas
that connicted with his own. His
demands backed by ready guns
were respected.
The Roosevelt "theft" OF the
Panama canal zone has been the
subject Of frequent discussion. The
present administration proposed to
atone for the "crime" by paying
the politicians Of Columbia $4,000
600 aud making an apology. Con-
gress couldn't quite e the advisa
bilily Of this attempt TO squsnder
The peoples money and humiliate
them just TO discredit a politician
that was supposed ut the time to
be a dead one" Roosevelt did
foment the rebellion that ended in
The accession Of the state Of Pana-
ma aud be did buy the canal zone
from the republic that WAS founded
on ihe force Of American naval de.
tachmenis ashore Colombian po
li%ticians scented graft and would
have compelled the United States
to pay more than the zone was
worth or fail to build the canal
Probably the canal would never
have been built had there been less
q man in the White House. Civil
lizaliun-ot humanity" II you
will was served
But Roose velt's crown as n pea &C
maker comes through the part hs
played in bringing TO an end the
Russo Japanese war. He was able
to mediate because Of the strength
OF his foreign policy and the prestige
he had gained AZ diplomat Of great
power and understanding They
had the habit of listening to him
with attention, and when he sug
gestpd the basis Of settlement thu
warning powers wondered why they
had not been able to see the light
themselves. Roosevelt believes 10
finding n solution to problem o
international dispute before hnt'
aud aversion grows to the poin
that reason is ohscured 10y preiu
dice. The pacidsls believe tina
time IL more certain 10 bring
~pcaceable solution through the op
p%ortunily afforded for sober secon'
thought. You can choose betweel
the two ideas for yourself.
There are two well know meth
hnda OF annrnAchinp internAliona