Mountain advocate., 1916-10-27

| srn coast war now Srins at us from
Just outside the three mile limit, and
on our southern border war has been
wsssd on Us within our own terri
tory again and again by bands of
armed invaders during the last three
years.
In his great book on international
law, vattel defines war las the effort
TO assert rights by violence" The
Mexicsns. during Mr.. Wilson's term,
have killed more Americans than the
Spaniards killed in the Spanish War
We have now gathered on the Mex
lean border. and have Kept there for
three months. q far larger army than
the combined armies that took cuba
and the Philippines from the Span
isr,ls- and | throw in all the men
on the American sQuadrons. There
are down on the Mexican Dor
der At present more than ten times
as many men as were in Mexico
under Scott and Taylor combined in
our war with Mexico We have had all
the bloodshed and expense of war.
But We have not secured what follows
q wise. righteous and manful war
peace.
The exact value OF the Mexican
good will" which President Wilson
has obtained by his policy OF tame
submlssit 10 the murder and outrage
OF our citizens can be gathered from
the following statement in one Of his
chief newspaper organs. the New
York World. of October 10th:
"CARI.A%ZA ENJOYS IN FlRMER
ATTITUDE
"UBoat Exploits Give Them Hope
That We Shall Have More
Complications.
(From Stan CORES nonGent OF the
WorldJ
Atlantic City, y. j.. Oct. 9.-The
"cti"ities of German submarines OFF
the American coast and the possibil-
ity that another crisis may arise be-
tween the United States and Germany
had an appreciabl" effect upon the
Mexican conference here today.
at the prospect of this country being
involved in further International en-
ENGAGEMENTS, and - r!r "tt'-'. 70 ~ti'
fened considerably"
This statement is well worth seri
Gus consideration. II comes from one
Of President Wilson's close organs. II
shows that the CarTanza Government
which owes its very existence to Pres
ident Wilson, eagerly waits the oppor
tunity TO join with any hostile old.
world power against us. This Is the
fine flower OF President Wilson's pol
icy In Mexico. He has permitted the
country to be ruined and its people
decimsted He has permitted our
own people to be murdered unchecked.
He has prostituted our national honor
to the bandits whose cause he has es
poused. And he has won from these
bandits only venomous and treach.
erous hostility to the United States.
For three years there has been no
protection OF our citizens abroad. The
right II ciiizsi Vi the United
States TO demand the protection OF his
Gov eminent when wrunged by Il for
eisn power have been settled by the
Supreme Court ot The lniteu States,
when il said ts3 T. $, p. 79): 1T is
the privilege or citizen OF the United
States to demand the care and pro-
lection OF the Federal Government
over his life, liberty and property
when on the high seas or within the
Jurisdiction OF u foreign government"
This applied to our citizens on tho LII.
sitania and the Arabic who lost Their
lives from German submarines. /;
applied to our citizens in Mexico and
Chihuahua, who lost their lives at
the hands of the Mexican soldiers of
Carranla. II applied to the Ameri-
cans whose property was taken In yiO-
lation OF the principles of information
al law by the English feet. The right
to life comes ahead of the right to
property, and unless we first deaf
with the offenses against the lives
OF our citizens, We have no jus
tifcation for dealing with Of
lenses against the property rights
Of our citizens. But il we had done
our duty In the first case. II would
then have become incumbent upon us
TO do our duty in the latter case. At
this moment our first duty should be
10 see that American citizens. es.
pecially women and children, shall not
be set afioat In row boats miles of our
coast on the October seas, as a result
OF submarine attacks on merchant YES
sells. The German U-boats in effect
established a pacific" blockade of our
coast. The guarantee" of the safety
OF nonconbsnts aboard the vessels re-
Gently tOrpedoed OF our coast was car
ried out by American destroyers, not
by the German submarines; II the
Germans had themselves made good
and intended TO make good. their guar
antse. there would have been no neces-
sity for American destroyers to be
present.
At the outset Of this war Mr. vii.
son had one OF two courses to follow.
He could by deeds stand up for our