The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-16

property and insult to American officers
and deiilement Of the American flag and
Joined itself to the men who were guilty
of all these things to pull down the
power of Huerta. Why? The President
himself has told us. 1t was because he
adjudged Nuerta to he "a usurper; be-
cause he deemed that the common people
Of Mexico ought to have greater partici-
patton in government and share in the
land and he believed that Carranza and
villa would give them these things.
We must all ~syrnpathixe with these
sentiments. but there In nothing more
dangerous than misplaced sentiment. or
all men In this world the man who had
vested In him the executive power OF
the United states wa least at liberty to
sit In judgment Of his WI motion upon
the title Of a claimant tn the Mexican
Presidency or to reform the land laws
of Mexico.
sending Troops created Distract.
The results of this inteoerence were
most unfortunate. II our Government
had sent an armed force into Mexico to
protect American life and honor we
might have been opposed but w should
have been understood n respected by
the people OF Mexico. because they would
have realized that We were acting within
our international rights and performing
a nations duty for the protection OF It's
own people but when the President sent
an armed force into Mexico to determine
the Mexican Presidential succession he
created resentment and distrust of
motives among all classes and seq ions
OF the Mexican people.
When our army landed at Vera Cruz
III hfpNlAf IL -
chief beneficiary OF the act. publicly pro-
tested against 1t. So strong was the re-
sentmen that he could not have kept
his followers otherwise. When Huerta
had fallen the new Government which
Tor the day had succeeded to his place
peremptorily demanded the withdrawal
or the American troops. The universal
sentiment Of Mexicans required that per-
eInp;ory demand. and the troops we're
Withdrawn.
still worse thar that. the taking of
Vera Cruz destroyed confidence In the
sincerity OF the American Government
In Mexico because every intelligent man
in Mexico believed that the avowed rea-
son for the act was not the real reason.
The arowed purpuse was to compel a
salute to the American flag.
| VIII state the circumstances Or the
9th of April. 1914. "A boats crew from
the Dolphin landed at "A wharf in Tam
pico to take on supplies. The use Of
that wharf had been prohibited and the
Mexican officer in charge OF the wharf
put the c"ew under arrest, but a higher
officer e 'ered him to hold the boats
crew AZ the wharf and await ins,ruc-
tons.
The Sacrifice at Vera Crus.
Within an hour and a half the crew
was set free, No injury or indignity was
suffered except the fact of the arrest.
Immediate amends were made. The
Mexican officer in command at Tampico
I spologized Gen. Huerta's Government
apolog zed the officer who made the
arrest was himself arrested and his pun
lshment promised. Tine Admiral in COM
mand Of our fleet a. Tampico demanded
more public amends through a salute tn
our Nag. but there ensued a discussion
a. To the facts and a. TO the character
OF the salute which the circumstances
demanded. the number OF guns aud how,
II AZ all. m. salute was to be returned,
While that discussion Was pending and
aVuwedly because u! that incident the
American Government presented u TWEEN
ty-four hour ulti'naium and landed an
armed force and captured the city oi
Vera cruz. Three hundred MeNicans
were ltI'b'leu hllltu seventeen I fl'tt
States marines Were killed and many
were wounded. At tina, very time Mr.
Bryan. with the Presidents approval
was signing treaties with half the world
agreeing hat II any controversy SHOULD
arise II mould he subnr~ted to u joint
commission and no action should III
, taken until after a full year had elapsed
This controversy. slight as II was
arose on the 9TH OF April, and ON the
2l>t of the same month Vera cruz Wa
taken. Several times the troops OF Car
rama and villa had arrested and i'm
p~rison-d American consular OH crs and
torn down IN. American flags from thu
~consulatcs and trampled them in thu
mlre with indescribab bile indignit!es The
proofs were In our hands and no atten
ton was paid TO them.
The "FaiIure" In Mexico.
MANY times soldiers Of the Unite,
States In uniform on duty mad been sho
and killed or wounded across the horde
by soldiers of carranza and villa. Mor'
than nifty of them have been killed II
this way and no attention has been pai'
to II. The demand Ut "A salute to tn
nag was never heard OF again after Yer;
cruz was captured.
There Is not an intelligent man II
Mexico who believes that tn" DISPUTE
about. the salute was the real reason 70
the capture Of Vera cruz. IL Their
4, one here who doubts that the alleg g
: cause was blu, "A pretext and that tn
. real cause was the purpose 10 turi
, Huerta OF Of office?
The people OF Mexico. who saw thei
=, u~uoffending city captured by force o
, arms, 400 ~ It's people slain, their so!
violated, u foreign nag floating over 'hei
I great seaport, upon wha; they f"lt Il