Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-14

astounding, II not an inconceWapie
acts on the part of the American ad-
ministration. The special strength
of this chapter lies in the fact that
everything the author says is proved
with documentary evidence taken
from official papers and records.
Chapter VII presents the personal
political reasons of Mr.. Wilson In
recognizing Carranza and shows how
this government made pet and IA
vorite of the bandit "Pancho" villa,
only TO destroy him later, when Mr..
Wilson transferred his affection to
First Chief" Carranza. The i'm
mediate results of this new position
were the massacre Of eighteen Ameri
.an miners in Santa Isabel, Chihua-
hlia and the raid on Columbus, N.
NJ.
Chapter VIII cannot be read by a
true American citizen without a
feeling Of humiliation in view of
the attitude of our government in It's
dealings with Carranza; it describes
the punitive expedition" against
villa and presents the shameful side
of the Carrizal affair.
Chapter TX is entitled The Cruel
Side of the Policy of Mr. Wilson
and gives a most surprising presen-
tation of the indifference with which
Mr.. Wilson has seen the ruin OF
| Mexico. and of the Mexicans, accom-
\ plished with arms and ammunition
procured in the United States, and
which might have been prevented
bv the simple declaration of an EN-
barge by the president, which he wa
authorized by law to do II deals
alos with the "spilling of blood re.
ferred to by the president in his Ind
annapolis speech and shows the in.
conceivable form in which President
Wilson carried on his program ot
serving the Mexicans. as he calle'
it.
Chapter X deserves the special at
tention Of the American reader as II
discusses in a very forceful manner
the pecuniary responsibilities thai
this county may have incurred as Tho
consequences of Mr. Wilson's MeXi
can policy. without expressing, or
our part. any opinion on this subjec
it is worth while to consider to wha
extent America may have to NEE
financial obligations growing out o
the ill-advised policy of our presi
dent
Chapter XI deals with the favor
able postulates Of Mr. Wilson il
connection with Mexico, viz: tha
the revolution was "a struggle TO
liberty and for the land. " Anybod.
reading this chapter win be con
vinced that the president is eithe
wholly insincere in his treatment o
Mexico. or is absolutely ignorant o
the Mexican problems, whose din
culties and complications the autho
presents in forceful style. Chapte
! XI also deals with the concession
aries" and dispels the false concep
tions TO which President Wilson ha
given currency in order to excuse hi
neglect in protecting the legitmat
interests of Americans in Mexico.
Chapter XII, the last Of the book
deale with the subject of the "powe
of words" and analyses to what eX
tent President Wilson has kept u
out Of war with Mexico" The keel
ANALYSTS Of Mr.. Wilson'S contradic
tions is specially worthy of attention
also the political play that Mr.. WI
son is CARRYING on with the "Mexical
nroblem" in order to foster his cleo
toral fortunes. The author prove
that if we are not at war with Mex
co if is by the good luck of Mr.. VII
son. since he has done every pos
sihle thing which would have pro
voker a war had 1t not been for tn
cowardice of Huerta and the astute
ness and shamelessness of Carranza