The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-27
MEXICO.
Colonel Harvey's Advice. "wNhdraw
Our TrOOps."

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: MAY
I venture to ask. partly by the way OF
justification, that you reprint the follow
ing from your issue Of March is last
To THE Epiroa ov THE srN-Sr; Has
Washington gone crazy can II he pos
eible, as reported here. that the President
has sent a paltry force Of only 5000 I'll
equipped and unsupported soldier. on a
Wild bandit chase into a hornets nest OF
gringo haters. ten times their number and
ten times a. well supplied with machine
guns and ammunition. without safeguard
ing a line Of communication in case Of
need NJ retreat7 Not 50 long ago We were
hidden 10 trust the amiable villa. who A.
Juatez sat at the feet Of our chief N stan.
acting as persona representative OF the
Commander In Chiet. and obeiiently stud
led the usagcs OF civilized warfare. only
later at columbus to return with marked
enect a few ~ the millions OF bullets
which We had supplied to him, as our
ally in the Presidents war upon Huerta.
Now We are told 10 place faith In IN.
no less gentle Carranzs. who mas held
nominal authority by foutins. derid'ng and
defying our Government AZ every turn, ana
who cannot reverse his policy without In
wiling deposition or assassination. We DO
not have to heed this Executive adjHra-
ton any more than we have to be neutral
III Dll th'bkINFE wv Fht W. 49, N'
rama and his army NAV spare their lives,
or they may Ne cut m and surrounded.
They soon will he At the mercy perha ps
Of the relentless First Ch.ef but none the
less subject to the passions OF his horde
Of hostile and savage men.
THE mad adventure Is nothing lsss than
a bid for the massacre Of American SOL
diers can nothing be done to stop IT.
GEORGE HAHvEY.
AiKEs. s, C. March II.
Apparently nothing could be done in
any case nothing was lone hence the
ambush and massacre Of American SOL
diers at Carrtzal but that may not he
all indeed, there is n strong probability
that II IL only the beginning. General
! Tershing's purpose In sending out a troop
is evident. II was not a foolhardy act
it was necessary. He was Obliged to tnd
out whether his line Of communication
was intact whether his command was
being cut of and surrounded. And
having no scouting ~aeroplanes there was
but one thing to do. namely, to acquire
requisite Information. conformably To
military tenets. for the safeguarding az
an entire command. even though a troop
be sacrificed IN the process.
And now what? The actual situation
"a unchanged. our soldiers are still con-
fronted or surrounded by ten times their
number and ten times as well supplied
with machine guns and ammunition
and the demonstrated unpreparedness o.
both the War Department and National
Guard indicates conclusively that no
adequate support can he furnished f1-
weeks 70 cone The Rrinro haters a."
elated by tie success Of their PREACHER
Gus assault, fully equipped and supremo'y
confident.
TIT pershing command IL In imuirer'
reril. There is but ore 'hirg 20 do N
simple justice To- our soldiers and re-
gardiess ~ their wishes
Hasten the mobilization Of the militia
ua the border by all means. but above
all. Immediately. without wasting p dan,
an hour or a minute, before u may prove
too late
Withdraw our troops from Mexico
GEORGE HARVEY.
NEW YoRK June 2s.