Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18
,et anneared in Mexican history.

4 T.. q Z y
lyet appeared in Mexican history.
The luckless revolution by Ma
dero, Mr.. Scott sketched rapidly The
present condition in Mexico Is hope
less Mr.. Scott says. Conditions are
much worse than the press reports
them. The land question lies at the
lroot of the trouble. The country Isl
governed by men and not by law.
| Mr.. Scott has no faith in Carranza,
land the ignorant Villa he will have
none of, but he declared that OF the
two bandit chiefs villa is the ADLER
man. Mexican revolutions are mis-.
named. There have been no insur-
lrections Of the people. No uprising
| Of the people is possible in Mexico.
Only one per cent of Mexican men
ARE ever under arms. Whoever wins.
1.-THE people always lose.
Mr.. Scott says that the Americans
in Mexico are mostly men of small
means, and that comparatively few
| of them are connected with the Gin
terests." These Americans suffer
under gross injustice. They went
Into Mexico at the invitation Of Mex
leo and with the good will Of the
government OF the United States.
Mexico needed their talent and their
money to deyelope the resources OF.
the country, and the United States
was glad to encourage their enter
prise because it led to international
trade. Now the president has order
ed them out OF the country, and these
orders are held by those who know
1.-THE inside OF the Mexican situation,
Ito be the cause for much loss OF
lAmerican life.
Mr.. Scott does not believe that 1t
| is possible for Mexico to settle its
Town troubles, and he advances very
weighty reasons why the United
Estates should intervene benevolent
liy. We ought not to make war on
Mexico, says Mr.. Scott, but we ought
Ito pacify her as we have pacihed
Cuba. When the European war is
lover, Mr.. Scott says, European ma
|tions will press compensation claims
upon Mexico, and will back those
lclaims with armed force. In that
case the Monroe doctrine will be
.lpunctuated. Mexico has not the pow
Ter to unity into one nation the fifty
three languages and peoples within
lher border. All her leaders are In
competent and impossible.
4 An American protectorate, Mr..
scott thinks. is the only solution Of
the Mexican problem. We should
20 into Mexico not to exploit but to
redeem. The missionary spirit lies
lat the back Of Mr.. SCOTS remedy.
I|Going IN thus, a representative
. Mexican told Mr.. Scott. eighty per
cent OF Mexicafs would be with the
!, United Estates. and the venture
would create real republic to be
Jour neighbor in the south.
Cheers were as frequent and as
hearty during Mr.. Scott's address as
|they were when, by inference. for he
Twas too clever to mention the mat
liter directly. Mr.. Bryan advocated
1.-THE diametrically opposite policy.
! a LECTURE on sCARECROws.
Opie Read iectured on Scarecrows
sunday afternoon. Lack Of space
prevents report Of his lecture,
which was spiced WITH wit and hui
lmor and which pleased . large audi
Ience.
II The audience enjoyed Mr.. Reads
[quips and quirks on Mr.. Bryan. He
remarked that the great orator had
|r,ayed verbal flute which had
charmed people very much. but that
The had really said little that was to
J, 1.-THE which is exactly the way
1.-THE Freeman tribune felt about it.
| lOpie Read thought that Mr.. Bryan
,Ikad resigned the once Of Secretary Of
|state because he would rather speak
than listers palpable hit when It
lis remembered that had he remained
lin ONCE Mr.. Bryan would have had
Ito take dictation from Woodrow Will
i fson. Another reason for the famous
resignation probably was that Mr..
J lBryan did not want to have to write
ffletters to Gerfany, whom Opfe Read
] [considered to be a very unsatisfact-
J, Tory correspondent. During his lect-
lure Mr.. Read remarked that II Mr..
IlBryan's. dream had been in effect in
I1776 there would have been no
american independence, and he took
Occasion TO say that Bryan's oratory
Twas flowers on the graves Of murder
led Americans. Opis Read is i char
facter; he says things in a trenchant
way and his quaint humor helps peo-
, Iple to remember.
SENATOR GORE SPEAKS.
| Sunday night the big tent was
crowded to overlooking to hear SEN
|ator Gore OF Oklahoma speak against