Arizona republican., 1916-09-01

American garrisons have been at
 tackled at night, American soldiers killed and their equipment and horses stolen, American ranches have been raided, property stolen and destroyed, and American trains wrecked and plundered
 "The attacks on Brownsville, Red House Ferry, Progreso postoffice. and Las Palades, all occurring during Sep
 tember last, are typical. In these at tacks on American territory Carranzis-
 ta adherents, and even Carranzista
 soldiers, took part in the footing burn
 ing and killing. Not only were these
 murders characterized by ruthless
 brutality, but uncivilized acts of mutil-
 ation were perpetrated"
 And this is Mr. Wilson's own official
 account of the peace" he has secured
 in Mexico! In this official statement President Wilson gives the final result of his policy in Mexico for the past , three years. l call your attention to the fact that he states that the at
 tacks on the four enumerated American towns in September last were "typicap
 and says that ''in these attacks on American territory there were Carran- 1 Zista adherents and Carranzista sol
 diers who took part in the burning and 1 killing. Not only were these murders characterized by ruthless brutality. ! but uncivilized acts of mutilation were i perpetrated."
 i President Wilson therefore explicit
 ly shows that the Carranzistas, not ! once but repeatedly, made attacks on
 American towns. and killed American
 citizens, and mutilated them in Sep
 tember, 1915 Yet on October 18th, ' Ia hie
 same President Wilson, through his same secretary of state, formally an- nounced to Carranza's agent that it was his pleasure" to take the oppor-
 tunlty of extending recognition to the
 de facto government of Mexico of which General Venustiano Carranza is the chief executive" President Wilson
 thus recognized the government which. his own secretary of state declares had
 been less than month previously en-
 gagged in repeated assaults upon
 Americans and in the invasion of
 American soil, the government at
 whose head was General CarranZa.
 who, less than two months previously,
 on August End, 1915, had contemp-
 tuously refused to pay any heed to
 any representations of President Will
 son on behalf of mediation. saying
 that under no consideration would permit interference in the internal af- fairs of Mexico President Wilson did not merely kiss the hand thai slapped him in the face He kissed ,, that hand when it was red with the ! blood of American men, women an( , , children, who had been murdered an( mutilated with as President Wilson 2 through his secretary of state says ruthless brutality"
 z In all this shameful history of MT Wilson's dealings with Mexico durin. : the past three years, nothing has beer 1, more shameful than his conduct a l Tampico
 l. On August 27. 1913. President Will |. son said with marked oratorical ef | feet: We shall vigilantlv watch tn fortunes of those Americans who can Il not get away from Mexico' ''Vigilan watching - "watchful waiting = tn = phrase matters nothing; for ther never is any deed to back it up. Thre ; years have passed since the date c . this oration: three years of incessau u elocution on the part of MT. Wilson
 three years of repeated invocation { z humanity and peace by Mir. Wilson Il and MT. Wilson still continues { $ 'vigilantly watch the fortunes of thos Americans who cannot get away mere are not many Of them left nov y Hundreds have been killed. and M Wilson has watched their fortunes a : disinterestedly as if they had bee y rats pursued by terriers This ad - ministration has displaved no mor s feeling of responsibility for the Amer $ ican women who have been rape IT and for the American men, wome = and children who have been killed y Mexico. than farmer shows for u e rats killed bv his dogs when the ha e is taken from the barn. And now Il r. American people are asked to sanctiC l. this policy in the name of peac 1T righteousness and humanity
 l. In conclusion MT. Roosevelt said: )f Since 1912 we have had four yea I- of a policy which has been an opia d. to the spirit of idealism. It has mea = the relaxation of o'lr nnnr0l fib1 $ Horror of war combined with so n did appeal to self-interest and to fea e has paralyzed the national conscienC le We have been told that Americans to they do not wish to be killed, shOu IS leave Mexico and should keep off u l. ocean; that to save few America es lives it is not worth while to haZa l. the lives of American soldiers: tn lg Mexicans should be allowed to SD l. blood to their hearts content; tn d. the European war is no concern