The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04

cause OF Mexico's present condition.
Not so. Mexico had her troubles long
before Diaz invited foreign capital to
invest in her mines and oil fields. The
cause of Mexico's present deplorable
condition lies at the door of the pro-
paGandism of American Socialism. 1t
can be traced to the very doorstep of
the destructive war upon capital
waged by the Appeal to Reason"
This paper emblazons on its front
page that the greatest curse to hui
mainly Is rent, interest and profit.
1t advocates the destruction Of the
Supreme Court the abolition of the
United States Senate, the taking away
of the presidents veto, the confisca-
ton of all capital and the giving up Of
the Monroe Doctrine. 1t is demanding
that the whole power of government
be lodged in ''the peoples assembly
the House of Representatives. The
Socialists are advocating the elimina-
ton of all checks, balances and
emergency brakes in our system of
government. They are claiming that
all the ills of life and all the wretched
ness of our existence came from cap
italiSm. That is the cry of the MeXi
can demagogue. That is just what
these two great unhung demagogues,
Carranza and Villa are practically
carrying out. 1t is just the war that
these two unshot enemies of the Mex
lean people are keeping up and they
pull the wool over President Wilson's
eyes by the Bryanistic hollow cry,
Shall the people rule?"
Mexico a Bitter Pill.
For more than a hundred years the
American government has found Mex
leo bitter pill and thorn in it's side.
Only under the government of Diaz
did Mexico give us peace. During An
drew Jackson's administration the in
ternal conditions of Mexico were SO
bad, such outrages were visited upon
American citizens, that Jackson swore
by the eternal gcds that now once and
for all he would settle the trouble by
military force. Buchanan was so out
ragged by the killing of Americans that
he wanted to intervene, but Buchanan,
as weak and changeable a president
as we ever had, with one very notable
exception, adopted the "watchful wait
ing" policy while the killing went on.
Lincoln inherited world of woe from
Buchanan; chief among the troubles
were the Mexican outrages AS we
would not protect our citizens in Mex
leo, England, Spain and France STEP
ped in to protect their subjects France
landed $4,000 troops and set up Max
million as emperor of Mexico. From
this procedure, Seward, our secretary
of state, drove England and Spain
away, and Grants enforcement of the
Monroe Doctrine compelled the
French troops to go back to France,
and MaXimillion was arrested and
shot. So fell the monarchy.
The Monroe Doctrine IS a guaran-
tee that the United States will never
favor the establishment of any foreign
government upon the Western Cont
nent. But for this doctrine Japan
would long ago have invaded Mexico
and she stands ready today and fully
prepared to seize the territory when
ever the opportunity offers. The
Socialists are advocating the abandon
ment Of this guarantee of liberty for
all the people of the western CONT
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that every American soldier who goes
into Mexico stultifies himself by TAX
ing up the standard of capitalism.
Every soldier is Pierpont Morgans
dog or Rockefeller's cur. In the mind
of the Appeal to Reason" any attempt
to defend ourselves or our sister re-
publics is an unholy effort to back
up capitalism.
Despotism in all ages has depopu-
lated the fairest countries of uncon-
troled democracies, with no constitu-
tional safe guards, is worse than the
despotism of kings and dctators
Therefore, Montesquieu lays it down
as a maxim that lands are not cult
waited in proportion to their fertility
but in proportion to their freedom"
l heard negro socialist the other
night. After advocating all the things
l have above detailed he spoke of the
white slavery of us men" He spoke
of the flag. He said it meant nothing
to him. It's thirteen stripes stood for