The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-07-07
moi q Party Question.

The truth about Mexico is well told
in the folding by the Philadelphia
Record:
Republicans who are 50 prone to
eriticise the administrations Next
can policy. not from any patriotic
motives. but simply to try to make
little cheap party capital always
conveniently overlook certain facts.
Here are a few Of them:
The revolt against Porhrio Diaz,
the dictator president, began in 1910,
the year after William Howard Taft
was inaugurated president Of the Unit.
ed States In March. 1911, nearly five
and half years ago, President Taft
ordered 10000 soldiers to the border
because OF continued lawlessness in
Mexico. Those troops have remained
there ever since because of the pro
tracted disorders. From this it can
be seen that the Mexican situation is
an unweicome legacy to the Wilson
administ Tation from the Taft regime
TAFT and Secretary Knox pussy-foot-
ed and did nothing to restore order
in Mexico Now they find fault be,
cause President Wilson has not sue
ceeded where they failed ignominious-
ly,
From the day when Mexico be.
came an independent nation in 1921
down TO The rise of Diaz to power
in 1877 there were over 800 sue.
eessful Of abortive revolutions in that
distracted country an average of
over five a year. Turing that period
Of SO years the United States saw
many changes of administration,
Democratic. Wing and Republicans.
TO all of them Mexico's troubles were
thorn in the side, sometimes leading
to war, as in 1S46, and again the cause
Of threatened intervention. as in 1866
From this record Of nearly century
ii is safe prediction that Mexico
will continue to yex American presi-
deuts for many years TO come. It
seems to be the nature of the beast
If Republicans are SO much more
sldllful than Democrats in dealing
with Mexican problems 1t may be
asked why President Taft looked
uietly on while reyolutionists were
oyerthrowing the only stable gov
ernment, the Dlaz dictatorship, that
Mexico has had in nearly century.
II was during his administration also
that Madero was so fouIly murdered
and the train laid for all die a3bse
quenl tragic history. If Republicans
have that marvellous gif, Tor st.32s-
manship claimed by Roosevelt Root
ct al why did they not nip in the
bud these cunsniracies against
friendly power?
There is nothing TO be gained by
injecting politics into this very dit
tieult problem. II ought to be treat.
ed as question that has long puz-
1led cur statesmen from the day OF
Monroe down, President Wilson has
tried his best and has certainly been
quite as successful as his Republican
predecessor Does any one puspose
that il Mr.. Hughes is elected presi-
dent the Mexieans will stand in such
awe OF has whskers that they viii
cease from plots. conspiracies, revolu.
tons, assassnations, border raids and
the other diversions so dear to the
hearts of many OF them? There is
absolutely nothing in the past his
tory OF that country to encourage
such belief An Independent con
temporary states the case vesy clear.
~ when it says;
One thing we are convinced Of
the Mexican problem viii never be
solved by maing it party issue reere
may be a Republican pres, lofy in it.
but winning an election WI rot If,
Mexico out Of the disorder, penury
and woe amy more than will yaise
the dead.