The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-06


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State, but = the probable President.
Al such Joint power he was accspted
~ speaking tho popular will Of
America ~ condemning whAtsver the
Democratic administration was doing
In Mexico, and thus ncensdng any
agencies In Mcxico to assAdl By any
method 1t hand whatever was being
done for any purpose whatever In
Mexico.
Following this assault and political
sortie, Senator Lodge--long the COM
rade in arms of Senator Root--on
March 1S, at Lynn. Mass. opened his
campaign tor the Senate, repeated the
charges Of Senator Root, and. as the
ranking, member of the minority of
the Foreign Relations Committee. am
plified them. Senator Lodge charged
President Wilson with refusing to rec
ognize Huerta because he had per
sonal dislike" and sneeringly insinu-
ated that while II was his privilege
to ignore or decline to acknowledge,
that 1t was not the office of diplomacy
or statesmanship to do SO for per
sonal dislike."No one knew better than
Senator Lodge that the reason of
President Wilson was founded upon
higher ground. Whether true or false
Is beside the question; he knew 1t
was not a personal dislike, but be-
cause OF the charge that Huertai $
hands were red with the blood of
murder.
What could this exhibition OF joint
denunciation mean to those in Mexico
who had become quiet. who apart
from the disaster at Isabel seemed to
take pattern after the deeds and quiet
of America-those who had confded
in the appearance of a united America
at last behind the President in Mex
leo. But when these captain-generals
of the Republican masses sounded
their bugle note Of discord and dis
sension, of opposition and obstruction.
of defeat and disaster to anything the
Democracy was then attempting In
Mexico, the design was now to make
Mexico an issue.
Then. sir. every interest that calcu-
lated revenge upon the United States
for approving those who they felt
would no longer give privilege to pill
lage her helpless land was awakened
anew. Every bandit on the mountain
side, every murderer summoned from
the mountain gorges. every creeping
assassin in the shadow OF the cactus
awakened to the knowledge that some
thing had happened in America. 1t
had gone back on the President of
the United States 1t had withdrawn
from Wilson, was repudating his sup
port of CarranZs, and now no longer
presented common front or united
support for his policy in Mexico.
REPUBLICAN ACTS LICENSE
TO EVERY MARAUDER
Again by this false display to Mex
leo the Republican masters licensed
every marauder, every cutthroat, ev-
ar -yassailer, every murderer. every
interest, small and powerful. TO feel
privileged to assail that which rep
resented Wilson or his policy These
knew that they would have the con-
fdence and support of a great party
In America which had for years been
successful In electing President and
was now giving them through the
mouth OF those they had been given
to understand by certain fattering
press would be the next President.
They felt now JUSTIFIED in these as
saults, IL such assaults could but serve
to defeat Wilson and destroy his pol
Icy of peace in Mexico. and overturn
the promised order that seemed on
the eve of esta blishment under the
Democracy in America. Then 1t was
that by this license given by these Re-
publican masters-this summons and
call, the marauding murderers Of Villa
took hope--not content now with the
mere assault In Mexico upon Amer1-
cans that mined In Mexico, they grew
CONTAGIOUS they were invited into
Ameri6 - the leading Americans
who were Nspublican prophets. They
heard the invitation. Go. slay, burn.
plumber. murder-behind you are your
new allies, the masters of the Repub-
Iican party. their captains being the
keynote strikers upon the lutte that
whistled Mexico" as the issue. Then
1t was that these murderous maraud-
ers, with this license and privilege
from the Republican masters. on
March 10, Just month following the
speech OF Senator Root striking this
keynote OF discord, dissension. oppo-
sition. and disaster to Democratic
President. that the murderers went
out, crossing the border into Column
bus. N NJ. and IN the pursuit OF, their
raid. in the dawn OF the morning loot
ed the stores. the postofffce, set the
torch to the homes. shooting the &C.
cupants as they ran for life. Those
assailed were Americans. The first
reward to the first announcement of
Mexico as an issue. The first COM