Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-08
Makes Specific Charges.

Mr.. Calero ends with the following
specific charges of democratic natlonai
politics in connection with the Mexican
situation:
Unfortunately for Mexicans. new
factor has entered into the situation OF
Mexico, in these last days--the cleo
toral fortunes of Mr.. Wilson.
ITO exploit the ultra pacifist sentl-
ment of many, great comedy ls played
with it's martial scenario very Wei
staged in which are made to figure as
supernumeraries all the forces OF the
army and militia of the United States,
lone hundred and fifty thousand sol
diers to protect this powerful country
from some hundreds of brigands!
Terrified before such a combination
of warlike measures, before such a
menacing picture, which ra1ses the
fear of imminent conflict, the credulous
public love to applaud the prudence OF
Mr.. Wilson for causing this thundef-
cloud to dissolve in the placidity of the
conferences of New London.
Once more is this people kept out
of war by the magic of Mr. Wilson, by
his supreme diplomacy.
"Carranza, on his side, plays with
affability the part assigned to him, con-
WINGED that it is to his interest to aid
the electoral triumph of Mr. wilson
The first chief has been able to prove
stinate character has over the vacil-
lating spirit of President Wilson.
Citation of Incidents.
1T will be remembered in effect-to
cite some of the many examples-that
when Wilson asked Carranza to attend
the conference of Niagara Falls, the
latter firmly refused. with which Mr.
Wilson conformed; that when Wilson
opposed the demand of Carranza for
the unconditional surrender of Carva-
jail, Wilson yielded finally to the de-
mand of CarranZa; that when the latter
was invited by Wilson to celebrate
peace with the Villa faction, CarranZa
answered that it was not the business
Mexicans, to which Mr.. Wilson had
nothing to reply; that when the Amer
lean government, associated with six
complacent Latin American governments,
invited the factions to a conference OF
peace Carranza was the only one who re-
jected the invitation in naughty FORM
demanding, in exchange, that he be
recognized. which was quickly done;
that although President Wilson had an
nounced himself as the champion OF
constitutional government on this con-
tinent and had declared that he would
not have as government in Mexico
one which should not be regulated by
the constitution of the country, he
nevertheless recognized the dictator
Carranza; that when the punitive eX-
petition took place, Carranza prohib-
tied the American forces from using
the Mexican railroads and from enter
ing the towns and villages. to all OF
which Mr.. Wilson acceded with meek
ness: that when Carranza forbade the
column of Gen. Pershing from advanc-
ing further south. Mr.. Wilson imme-
diately obeyed: that in spite of the fact
that Mr.. Wilson had menaced with the
gravest consequences any act of vio-
lence against the forces of the punitive
expedition, CarranZa destroyed an
American column in Carrizal. and the
gravest consequences of this act were
the invitation. to the conferences OF
New London, with excursions on the
presidential yacht Mayfiower. and 9TH
er unheard of courtesies to the repre-
sentatives of CarranZa."