The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-08
THE MEXICAN SITUATION

THE MEXICAN SITUATION
 ~ HE NOTE of aity and cooperation given following his complete backdown from position of begerency and hostility has brought feeling of relief to Thousands of American homes
 Anybody knows mothers fathers who have boys militia will the feeling that prevails the fortunate termination of an ugly situation
 President Wilson will go down to history of the and rest of diplomats Never have the foreign affairs of the nation been handled in maserfu with such tirmness, and such adjustment of means to the end
 The honor it. But definitions of hon. Perhaps the honor of nation incapabeof 5sdefniton majority of its people think it is perhaps when the conong minority think if they have power to bring syvar
 National honor like personal honor elastic It is thing growth evolution, continued march toward goal Ideals of national honor pass through stages Hike ideals of private honor,
 the past men, as matter of honor fought like dogs over "A plague upon both your houses the dying gal
 wounded in brawl between the Montagues and the Cap
 do not like shape your nose the your
 said the British beau to his rival So they fought each k other, for honor's sake N
 Helen brought on a war not inconsistent aforetme with national honor jeopardize the nation for womans The British fought France for hundred years The honor involved because British claimed
 Europe fought France for thirty years ereabouts EreFe4 could brook the staying of monarch the ascendancy anti Bourbon Emperor of peban ecedents that according to modern ideals of national honor in the beginning matter what it be-
 end when Europe had either to conquer Napoleon
 In this country would considered honorable for nation fight for the smiles of Helen the whi of Pom But there is class who would fight because vestors Of their usual gains They think it national honor that Wilson will not put the profit Mexican investments with the sword This not the pres 9ident's ideal of national honor.
 Mr Roosevelt keen fighting Mexico or Belgium or vas before he Republican the
 party down stairs He would even fight in Belgium
 The last fights this sort the Crusades when Flu rope take Jerusalem from the Turks The prece is very old Whether it good precedent may be infer from the circusahce that the Turks still hold Jerusalem deemed good enough fight side by side with Christian < nations.
 Mr. Roosevets ideals of little fantastic on end and little sordd the other to be attractive < Inc average American. Hi
 It may be added that Europe got an education as result of the Gusade Saracen culture added to European Christian M procured results which historians have deemed vau
 America scarcely can find culture in Mexico And will not go there, except of necessity
 Plainly national people of one nation the border another in concerted attack upon life and property of friendly people.
 Such assault is infringement of national honor the direct act of the foreign government would have to be punished If the act of factions without the control of the that would be expected to capture and punish the culp to restore order and to make amends x for the Injury inflicted.
 At the bottom questions of lies question expedency The rules of honor almost invariably upon principles of human welfare
 The commandments will be found represent exped elcy III Ho vofy HiicS ueroe s SHoulC have many gods that they should work days week. ha 3 they should le steal, covet and the like.
 is not good for country that strangers should to slay If they could mile unchecked they would r two, and then fifty miles.
 So the president the national honor being thus assaulted the national safety threatened made just such display force and no more, healed the situation.
 blood of young will not be shed wholesale will not be wasted Preparation goes apace and the country peaceful and prosperous thanks wise and paen executive, who is neither braggar hot head gver the event. how he would have stopped the completed < action, had he only been there.
 Let be grateful that the president is neither trouble seeker like Roosevelt dealer in for yesterdays svil; as Hughes is. @
 THE WIsEsT CONGRESSMAN