The sun., 1916-09-01
Gen. venustiano Carranxa 10 the chief

Gen. venustiano carranxa 10 the chief
executive
President Wilson thus recognised the
Government which his own Secretary OF
State declares nae been less than a
month previously engaged In repeated
assaults upon American ms, and In the In
vasion Of American soil. the Government
at whose head was Gen. Carranza, who
less than two months previously, on Au-
gust .. 1915. contemptuOusly a re
fused to pay any heed to any repre-
sensations of President Wilson on behalf
of mediation. saying that under no con-
sideration would I permit interference In
the internal affairs of Mexico
president Wilson did not merely kiss
the hand that slapped him in the face.
He kissed that hand when IL was red
with the blood Of American men. women
and children. who had been murdered
and mutilatcd with. as President Wilson.
through his Secretary OF State, say.
ruthless brutality
"ln all this shameful history Of Mr..
Wilson's dealings with Mexico during
the last three years nothing has been
rorc shameful than his conduct ut Tam.
pico.
AT that time the particular bandit
Mr.. Wilson was favoring happened to be
villa. This. however. is OF no conse-
quence. Mr.. Wilson mas sometimes
helped the different Mexican leaders Of
handits against one another now villa
against Huerta now Carranxa against
villa hut he has never stood up enec-
lively for American rights against any
Of them. When he has ventured to take
action against any Of them he has al
ways hastily abandoned the attempt as
soon MS the resistance by the bandit In
vowed became serious.
AT Tampico there was n general
movement Of attack by the Mexicans on
Americans and other foreigners. We
had a squadron of American warships In
tho neighborhood. The Wilson Admin
istration declined to permit this squad
ron 10 he used to defend the lives OF
American men and the honor Of Ameri-
can women, and the commanders OF the
German and English ships Mt Tampico
;. had to step in and perform the task our
representative had so basely abandoned.
AT the very time that the Mexican
mob had surrounded the building In
which the Americans had taken refuge
and was howling for their blood. the
American fleet. in spite Of the protests
OF the American naval commander and
in accordance with wireless orders from
the harbor and leave tho Americans to
be- massacred by the Mexicans or rescued
:. by the Germans and English.
Recalls "watchful waitinG."
ION August 81. 1918. President Wilson
said with marked oratorical effect We
shall yigilantly watch the fortunes of
those Americans who cannot get away
: from Mexico 'Vigilant Watching
'watchful waiting'-the phrase matters
: nothing. for there never In any deed "a
back IL ur. Three years have passed
since the date Of this grafton. three years
OF incessant elocution on the part OF Mt,
Wilson. three years OF repeated invoca-
tions to humanity and peace by Mr.
Wilson. and Mr.. Wilson still continues
to 'vigllantly watch the fortunes OF
those Americans who cannot get away
There are not many Of them left now
Hundreds have been killed. and Mr.. VII.
son has watched their fortunes as dis.
in,erestedly as IL they had been rats pur.
sued by terriers. This administrator
has displayed no more feeling OF respon.
sibility for the American women whC
have been raped and for the American
men. women and children who have beer
killed in Mexico than u farmer shows for
: the rats killed by his dogs when the hay
IL taken from "a barn. And nov the
American people are asked to sanction
this policy IN the name Of peace, right.
eousness and humanity!
Throughout this time President Wi.
son. In pursuance Of the policy he cnun
ciated in his message TO Congress in De.
ceinher, 1914. has kept this country uu.
prepared 10 fight any foreign foe. But
he has allowed all the factions In Mex.
leo to prepare themselves to kill Ameri.
can soldiers and American civilians. II
his message above quoted he says tina
he will follow the best practice OF ma,
lions In matters OF neutrality by forbid
: ding the expectation OF arms and mn,
nltions OF war OF any kind from IN,
! United states to any par, OF the I,epub.
lie of Mexico
"Thi was on Angus. 81. 1914. n,
February .. 1874 he changed hi. wiz,
1Mr. Wilson NAV hay. "A single ,r,rL
mind. I'm, os h,s h.,n r.r,rLnJ !, .L.,
/, even, he possesses unexnmnleJ sv,,rL.
ing f1clli,I,s, and uf,a, ,b. ornb,,,o -,
arms and munltlons On t,.hr,,r 80, = ~,
. papers published Tho nous n, ,hs e.,
rush OF arms AMI a,nnupL,,inn 80,
Tho harder Ia ~. Ncxir,n ,,r
: counls n, bnndred ~ Im.r,car .air
~s,iIors ,,d c;,iii,r. . M
v,,,aoa d",,rn ,hn 80 v
~ IVY ''''"'
HR"'" 'h"hR"s Mind
"And on April %, 1874. Mr.. Wi,so,
again changcd his mind and ord.r.,
= that the embargo on arms 10 ,es,nred
But on May Il he changed his min,
again, and the embargo was uf.ed 8,
far as shipments 10 Tampico and othe
Mexican ports were concerned ON Ma,
-. the cargocs of arms which We ma,
, refused To- allow to land at Vera Cru
/ accordingly were landed elsewhere an,