Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-10-20

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trite way of saving" Call it what
you please" it makes no differ
ence, as to what it is.
Mr.. Wilson'S policy toward
Mexico is not well pleasing to
militaristS and LIMOGES" who
have thus far been unable to
force the government into war
with Mexico. Nothing so far has
been done, by our government
that may actually be classed as
Intervention" yet it seems that
those who say it is have favored
actual war, and now blame the
administration for at least three
acts of Intervention.
Because the government has
ordered large force to occupy
a long line of military operations
on Mexican soil, without bring
ing on war. Mr.. Wilson's op-
pOnents are wi.ting him with be
ing efeminate and vaciilating.
"Effeminacy" is not the word
used but "LsdyIike" as a Louis
vile morning paper puts it, be-
cause forsOoth.. The Ladies Home
Journal has been made the med
ium thru which Wilson's acts''
in this regard have been present,
ed to the readers of that Journal.
There is nothing specially bad
or impolite in speaking of the
president as being "Ladylike'
and when we come to think of il
there is a valid and important
reason for any thing favorable to
him appearing in said Journal.
There are many states where
women vote. and so many mil
lion that want TO. and expect to
vote in the near future. that ii
may be said to be a very wise
thing for a campaign manager to
say pleasant things about Mr..
Wilson thru its columns.
OF course no man or grown up
boy likes to be called Sissy" OF
"I-adylike," yet it's not so bad
after all to have some of the
gentler qualities that ladies pos
sess, even some may make fun
of us.
Intervention may come in
more than one way, without be
ing an act of war
Crossing the Mexican border
with an armed force as has been
done, in pursuit of marauders and
bandits and penetrating to the
very center of the Mexican re-
public, if you please was not in
this instance been an act of war.
"a show of force tbs time was
necessary to lead ''gringo" haters
to keep IN the back ground
while American and Mexican
troops cooperated in pursuit of
the anti Caranzistas headed by
the arch bandit Villa.
The movement has evidently
brought about less strained re-
lation between the two govern
ments and has shown to some
not very friendly Mexicans that
Uncle Sam does not want to
subjugate Mexico, nor injury or
oppress our border neighbors.
Shorn of diplomatic ''red tape.
Pers hing pushing into Mexico,
was a legal well defined executed
movement to teach Mexico a val
liable lesson, and in the mean
time protect American life and
property on the frontier.
The special charge of inter.
ventiou is based on a statement
said to have been made by the
president viz. ITO use the power
of q. ). to determine the charac-
ter and methods of Mexico poIiti-
Cal Institutions" and the change
goes ou,-"that the president
has not interfered once but twice
Intervention may be of a friend
ly sort seeking TO make peace
between individuals in STRIFE or
nations at war.
Intervention is proper and
right if blood shed and the hor.
rors of war may thereby be
prevented.
If all the neutral nations now
at peace with all nations would
combine and cease to furnish the