Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-24
A FUTILE EFFORT.

n M il reported from Washington
efforts are being made by BRUSH anu
other foreign influences 10 bring al
end 10 the trouble in Mexico by eN-
.rting pressure on Carranza 10 yle'u
10 the demands Of the United states
such efforts are foredoomed to faii-
IRE. This is so for the simple reason
that the situation In the southern re-
public has long since passed beyohu
the control OF Carranza or any o'hc'
single man.
In fact. IL is doubtful II Carranza
ever really was In control Of the sit-
nation in Mexico. His success IN
reaching his present position was due
in large part TO the dashing courage
az villa at the time when the lat
ter was one of the recognized leaders
OF a legitlmate revolutionary move
mcnt In carranzn's behalf. followed
w the support given by the govern
mcnt OF this country TO the temper
nry government, or scmblanee of a
government. set up by the so-callcd
first chief. without the aid OF. VIVA
in tho first place and Of the United
states IN the second place, CarranSa
doubtless would long since have sum"
into obscurity, II indeed he had been
so fortunate MS TO be alive today
For carranza to yield to the Unit
cd states at this time would be for
him to commit political, II not ply
slcal. suicide. The forces Of anarchy
which were responsible for his eleva-
ton TO his present position have form
ed into n hurricane Of such proper
tons us to sweep everything before
t. Lacking any of the elements of
real leadership Carranza IL utterly
helpless tn quell or even 70 direct the
tumult to which his ascendancy has
given rise
II Is lust az well to face the indis-
putable fact that anarchy now reigns
III Mexico, that savage brutality Is
the predominant trait of majority
Of the people OF that country and that
deep-seated and traditional hatred
Of the "gringo" Is at the basis OF the
present disturbance south of the RE
Grande. ANY further effort to treat
with the Carranza authorities on the
theory that they are the representa-
lives of a civilized people would be
nothing less than folly.
Ignorance OF conditions that are
quite familiar here has been respon-
slble In large part for the mistaken
policy OF this and former administra-
tons IN regard to Mexico. There no
longer exists any excuse for this ig-
nofanee. Multiplied overt acts o.
aavagery on the part of the Mexican
population. paradlng under whatever
political designation have made trag-
ically plain the real situation that
must be met and overcome,
An excessive t.midity regarding tho
use of the word intervention" has
characterized all the diplomatic cor
rcspondence of this government IN
the present crisis. II matters little
by what name It is called, the only
possible solution OF the Mexican trou-
lie Is for the United States to send
into Mexico an armed force OF suffi-
cient size to take possession of the
country and restore order There Is
no particular sentiment in this coun-
try in favor OF the permanent seizure
OF Mexican territory, but there is an
insisient demand that the people OF
that stricken land be made TO behave
themselves The army should never
be Withdrawn from Mexico until per-
mancnt peace is restored, whether the
time required for that result be one
year or fifty.
The sooner this truth is definitely
understood in Washington she better
IT will be for the president and the
people Of the United States.