The Coconino sun., 1916-10-20

eveIt KNOWS the nSlde workings Ol
 the presidential office; he speaks by
 the book.
 But it is Mir. Wilson's recognition
 of Caranza which more than any.
 thing else applies the "acid test" oi
 which Mir. Wilson's own allegations
 as to why he did not recognize Huer, ta. Every argument against Huerts
 applied with tenfold more truth anc
 weight against Carranza. Immediate.
 ly after MT. Wilson recognized Car.
 ranza, the latter courtmartialed and
 shot a former member of Huerta's cabinet, Garcia Granados, who had committed no crime whatever except having served in Huerta's cabinet. Il was deliberate murder of a man of good character who was at the time in private life; and Carranza had al ready permitted his followers to as- sassinate members of the Senate ot the Mexican Congress. For full par ticulars l refer you to the speech of Senator Fall on June 2nd last. O.. April Sd, 1915, the Americans resi- dent in the City of Mexico sent to the Department of State a letter setting forth that Caranza's troops had with out check by him, and acting by his orders, killed men, outraged women and raided churches. Moreover, Mir. Wilson is himself a witness againsl his present ally. refer you to the letter Mir. Wilson's own Secreatry ot State of June last. In this letter u is explicitly stated that Carranzista soldiers in September, 1915, invaded American territory at several differ ent points, engaged in burning and footing American property and killing American citizens; and, says Mir. Viii son through his Secretary of State, mot only were these murders charac- teriZed by ruthless brutality, but un- civilized acts of mutilation were per petrated." One of these "uncivilized" acts was committed on September
 eh, when some of Carranza's sol 'Sers captured an American trooper, killed him and cut off his head and ears. Exactly twenty days later, on October 19th, Mir. Wilson expressed pleasure" in informing Carranza that he recognized him! Since the recognition Carranza's troops by his orders have treacherously attached and murdered American soldiers on at least two occasions. If the acts above recited-which are merely samples of the course of conduct Carranza has already pursued-do not constitute intrigue and assassination, treachery ' nd violence" then the words have lost their meaning. MT. Wilson took pleasure in extending the hand of welcome to Carranza, whose own hand is red with the blood of mur- dered men and women of his own na- tion, and whose hands, unlike the hands of Huerta, were also red with the blood of murdered Americans, of murdered American civilians, and of murdered American soldiers wearing the American uniform. But President Wilson cared as little for the deaths of these men as he cared for the hon or of the uniform. He with "pleas- ure" "extended the hand of welcome" to the man guilty of their murder.
 On September 9th there appeared in the newspapers statement by Secretary of the Interior Lane, of MT. Wilson's cabinet, who is engaged in the humilating and disgraceful ne- gotiations MT. Wilson's government is carrying on with the Mexican re- presentatives at New London-and, by the way, as the former negotia- tions were said to be with the A. B. c. powers, these negotiations, in view of the Mexican demands for money, might we'll be called the I. O. U. me- gotiations. Mir. Lane explained that in endeavoring to get settlement the American delegates twill not resort
 D the note sending plan," and he adds that "note sending has not been a success" Mir. Lane is entirely right, and his statement is con demnation of the entire diplomatic policy of the President in whose cab inet he sits. The New York Times, under date of February 11th, stated that the claims of Americans and foreigners for the loss of property and life in Mexico now total about one billion dollars, of which six hun dred millions are due to Americans, and the other four hundred millions to natives of Germany, England, France and Spain. The Times further mentioned that MT. Lane had been