Evening star., 1916-08-08

cannot have that love, II American citi-
zehship IL . cheap thing; II It is dis
honored thing; II It 10 something which
is not worthy of protection this wide
world over. :
Americans Not Protected.
There IL NO one who could success
fully present to an American commun-
ity the platform that an American CIT
icons rights stopped with tho coast
line, and that tho moment he left his
shores he was a prey to any person
that saw At to murder or destroy him.
II q man 10 an American citizen ne
goes with his rights and the right to
the proper protection Of his country
under international law. wherever ne
| journeys throughout the world; NOW
that is what the democratic piatIorm
told us In SO many words IN AS1I. Ii1ey 1;s ,
did not stop with Americans. They did
| not stop with American cit1zenS iney
said American citizens and their prop
erty.'
me me with a deep sense Of shame
IT would not counsel any action that
was contrary to the dictates OF tnose
usages and customs and recognized
|
prise under the name Of internatlona
] law 1t was our business to stanu Ior
all the rights Of American cltiZens
under international law-to vindicate
international law.
The Case of Huerta.
Take for example tho case Of Mexico.
We had certain things that we had a
right to demand of Mexico; and there
was proper way of demanding them
We should have said that we insisted
upon the protection Of the lives and
property of American citizens, of Just
protection, such protection as we are
entitled to from government tnae PEI
forms the functions of government we
could have said we would not recognize iz
Huerta If his government could not ols-
charge those functions. We had no pusl-
ness recognizing him unless the executive
was satisfied he could discharge these
functions. But it was another thlns "
lection Of American rights and wage war
upon an Individual and try to take controi
of Mexican affairs in the interest OF "nat
we think they should be.
THAT was precisely what was done.
We did not content ourselves with not
recognizing Huerta.. There is no ques-
ton about recognizing or not recognlz-
ing Huerta- That was matter TO De
determined according to proper prlncipies'
according to the understanding OF the
executive as to the capacity of that gov
ernment, If it was government. TO 1ur-
nish adequate protection and discharge
international obligations.
But our administration said TO Huerta Ca
You get out. You can't even be candl-
date. We won't allow you to run 1or
office. We are so determined to get ria
of YOU that you can't put yoursel1 up
to be voted for And Immediately after
i frny
it was extended to the Incompatible,
that ideal character. Villa
Administration Incomprehensible
"1n my Judgment the administration
did a very wrong thing in abandonins
its proper international attitude and tax
ing the attitude that no international
lawyer could understand-that no Me&l-
can could understand.
.rwell. the Mexicans didn't understand
our attitude. There was fght; nine-
teen Americans and a large NUMBER OF
| Mexicans were killed. And they the
administration, say they kept US out
| of war That was war. ana very
"Haying gotten rid of Huerta, what
next did we do? We said, Lei tnese
want to: that Is their blessed privilege.
So we coauetted with Villa, we coquet-
ted with Carranza. and we showed our
disposition to favor any bandit In the
land
Punitive Expedition Extraordinary.
"I never heard of more extraordi-
nary expedition than that punitive ex-
nedition we sent down there. was II
military expedition or was it not? If
| # was not a military expedition. why
send it? II 1t was a military expedition,
why ignore all the essential requisites
of a properly managed military expe-
ditiono 1t went down between two
lines of railroads; it could not use
either.
with our American troops going
| mile after mile for hundreds of miles
| into Mexico on punitive expedltion
| right between two lines of railway
! which they could not touch! Ihey
| couldn't go to the town
| "It was an absurdly arranged expedi-
| ton. OF course, 1t could not succeed.
| OF course, we got into trouble and more
| blood was shed,
| INV friends. we have made people
| dislike US because we did not have a
| straight and clear path. The path of
international right is like the path OF
| the just, that shineth here more and
more unto the perfect day. 1t does not
make any difference who your oppo-
nent is. II you state position that is
| right, and he knows that 1t is right,
you are going to establish the justice
| of your cause And America, with her
power. never need be afraid of espous-
| ing a just cause.
Let the Mexicans. once for all, un-
| derstand that we do not intend to med
die with their affairs: that we desire
| that they shall perform their obliga-
tions to US, to protect our citizens. pro-
| tect them justly in the enjoyment of
| their lives and their property; that
| they will perform the guarantees that