Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-22
ROOSEVELT LANDS
HEAVILY ON WILSON
Mexican Policy of President Is
Dissected and Denounced
by the Colonel.
BORDER HEARS THE GOSPEL

Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 2l.-Theodore
Roosevelt spoke here this evening
dealing with the Mexican situation
and the policy pursued by Presi dent
Wilson.
In part he said:
What has happened to our people
in Mexico and here along the border,
offers the clearest possible illustra-
ton of what happens to any nation
whose government behaves with the
vacillation and timidity shown by Mr..
Wilson in our foreign affairs wher-
ever he has had deal with any foe
of whom he was in the slightest de-
gree afraid.
TN Mexico when the revolution
gathered headway, there were many
foreigners. There-were English, Ger
mans, Japanese and French. There
were also Americans Spaniards and
Chinese. Mexico was afraid of and
respected Germany, England, Japan
and France. 1t neither feared nor re-
spected the United States or China
and she did not believe that Spain
at the moment could act against it.
In consequence it appears that dur
ing these disturbances, as far as can
be gathered, there has not been one
German killed in Mexico, and only
one Englishman and two Frenchmen.
l can not find that any Japanese
were killed. These figures may not
be quite accurate, but they are sub
stantially accurate. The minute the
Frenchmen were killed, the French
government served such summary
notice on Mexico that it has been
exceedingly careful not to kill any
others.N
British and Germans Safe.
"When the Englishman, Benton,
was killed, not merely did England
flame up, but it is actually true that
far more interest was excited in this
country than was shown over all of
our own men, women and children
who were killed in Mexico. There
have been no further outrages on the
lives of British subjects. The Ger
mans are not only safe, but at Tam
pico, for instance, enjoy special privi>
leges. The Japanese enjoy the same
consideration. But meanwhile, ac-
cording to the best information at
our disposal, the Mexicans have. kill
ed over 800 Chinese; over 500 -Arheri-
cans, and at least couple of hun
dred Spaniards. / ask you to con-
slider these facts. The Mexicans have
not killed single German, and only
one Englisman. But they have killed
several hundred Americans and sew
eral hundred Chinese. They class the
Germans a1d Englishmen as belong
ing to nations able to protect the
lives of their citizens;.. whereas,
thanks to Mr.. Wilson, they regard
the Americans and the Chinese as
equally safe to murder, outrage and
plumber | ask the people of this
country to consider these facts for
themselves, and to draw their own
conclusions; and if they have ordi-
nary self-respect,/if they have feel
ings of ordinary patriotism, they can
not consent to continue in power the
administration that is responsible for
such a condition of affairs.
Wilson Evades Challenge.
Remember always that the in
famies that have been committed in
Mexico have been explicitly set forth
by President Wilson himself through
his secretary of State on June 20, last
President Wilson in the course of his
efforts to shield Carranza, denounced
the truthful statement of the hideous
conditions in Mexico as being a, traf-
fic in falsehood' designed to create
intolerable friction between our gov.
crnment and Carranza's in the interest
of certain owners of Mexican prop
critics He made these deliberate
charges on March 10th last. Senator
Fall promptly challenged President
Wilson to name these alleged con.
spirators, and also challenged him tc
make public the documents in the
State department. AS always, when
challenged fearlessly, President vii.
son promptly flinched. He has moi
dared to publish the documents in the
State department, and by failing tc
publish the names of the alleged con.
spirators during these seven months
he has admitted that this statement
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