The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-10-21
THE OTHER WILSON ON MEXICO

THE OTHER WILSON ON MEXICO
There is a Wilson other than Woodrow who is cred
by unbiased students of the affairs of that unfortu-
country with having shown not only a more intimate
knowledge of Mexican politics but a clearer vision and
more comprehensive grasp of Mexican problems than
other man who has yet acted for this government in
our official dealings with that country. That Wilson is
Henry Lane Wilson, who, during the last years of the
Diaz regime and until after the collapse of the Madero
government, represented the United States as ambassador
to Mexico. His appointment to that post was in the ma
of a promotion, in recognition of the tact and wis
dom and craftsmanship previously shown in our diplo-
matte service at other posts, under Mckinley, Roosevelt
and Taft. Wilson's was sent to Mexico because our gov
believed he was needed there. But he was not
of the Bryan type of statesman, and among the earliest
of Mr.. Bryan was the attempt to discredit him His
correspondence during the month prior to his retirement,
which was recently published, reads like inspired prophecy.
Last week Mr.. Wilson delivered an address at Oma-
ha, in the course of which he said:
For four years American ambassador to Mexico. I
ascendenc cyi and decline of Hu seT a' I CT carried led o. o n the official SSiehiG re
gctadOns between America and Mexico during the bloodiest rev
Wilson kept this country out Of war; . He He did not. The state
an s1' fass i sr@o of this hi ' soant "Son a play n h for 1etes' II tn mother
S SsSs, along i" this 'ns s sSssssfu,! What nst. of What w. '1 IL the i% Sss Si 1 sass *
'sa' IT, I; T s zen. : :S.s Ss; e. . Sss \ y 'ss n ss * s $ssS $:x !" S s;'s ss''",
eaimt that the administration mini kept !" u ut of SsnI is a pre ao
s%s fs'' s%ss Mr. sss Wilson We has hsT ses an'i ia the s''3 white sTass H It ~s' W.T." Ws
s% s'S months nis'i % "a the Ss'r purpose fsos q e vel Soy% 1 shs T % %Srs { Of
d d@" anyone doubt ho~ onr a st%msS would o. n h q been n' ints epps's
90 sSO ss t Tsossn% p4aete sf 's si OUR 1Fs s1ais able ' ssTa 4 ae ~s ' sns
Rio Grande, and they are there today. We dragged 100000 I'M
W e did in the Mexican "a of 1s47.
IS G vFs sas has fesf tSqg as s ss and Rss has m.T Tstass s s" citizens Sttss sI s"s u asf,
ragged u women; v o n this side of the border There has
tne unmar i5eSp graves sRsss slans sh the eq Rd Fs1a miaiG an, dollars pont to s1 te fsstt
son keeps us ut of war? Wilson wants votes.
"a wi asne DID DID t at ssiser fS hins "s ut A Of a va fat with ~e e ssne pgysta anft
unable to go to wa with Germany 1t was not u ships and
the authority to wage this economic wa lay N the hands of
the president nes entr Nevertheless, va should have blunde . into
prompt action of the kaiser himself. AS a fact, we yer kept
dent of the United States. And the same may be said of Aus
tra. Emperor Francis Joseph prevented wal between Austria
and America, not President Wilson.
That We are not It war with both Germany and Austria
right now is not to the credit of President Wilson. The credit
ton has had a n opportunity to irrtate with words, it has done
mastera at stringing them them together. But %nt1 whenever Ve called called "pon to
make its words good with deeds, the administration has miser-
With the advent of Carranza and Villa the work of de-
strucion began. The Carranza government is the ruin of the
Roman Catholic church and all other religious organizations in
Mexico. This fact is OF concealed in Mexico, but is published
on the Highways. And here is something of the result of this
desecrated, robbed and destroyed. About 5000 clergymen have
states living on charity. One hundred and sixtyfour nunneries
and converts have been destroyed and in many instances sisters
ways. Huerta may have been red-handed, but he made war on
S0"' President ae tf Madison me wob n9edr a p . hea Gehsse end srineed with
fear. but finally brought us into a with Great Britain. James
is unprepared into a great civil war. Washington, Lincoln and
Mckinley all detested war, but they fought wars. and great wars
the national honor and to the national power. Who stand high
Lincoln and Mckinley " Madison and Buchanan? Is President
Wilson more like Madison and Buchanan, or does he more e.
semble Washington o Lincoln?
American armies upon foreign soil. if millions of expenditures, if
hundreds of dead, be not war, what is it?