The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-01

Quence of Mr.. Wilson's reversing Mr..
Taft's policy and lifting the embargo
against arms and munitions into Mex
lco. They attacked Columbus, n. M,
and killed a number of civilians and
a number of United States troops On
the next day the president issued an
announcement that adequate forces
would be sent in pursuit of Villa with
the single object of capturing him.
April the announcement was mace
from the White House that the troops
would remain in Mexico until villa
was captured. 1t was Furthermore an
nounced in the press dispatches from
Washington that he was to be taken
| dead or alive Fine words! Only-
fthey meant nothing. He is not dead
| He has not been taken alive
| You do not have to accept my
statement of conditions in Mexico. Ac-
| cept the official statement OF Pres
| ident Wilson's secretary of state 10
Carranza June 20 last.
In this official statement Presl-
dent Wilson gives the final result OF
his policy in Mexico for the past three
years 1 call your attention to the
fact that he states that the attacks on
the four enumerated American towns
in September last were typical, ana
says that in these attacks on -Amerl-
can territory there were Carranzista
adherents and Carranz;sta soldiers,
| who took part in the burning and kill
ing. Not only were these murders
chara cterized by ruthless brutality. but
luncivilized acts of mutilation were
perpetrated.'
Glad to Recognize Carranza.
| President Wilson therefore expli-
city shows that the Carranzistas, not
once. but repeatedly. made attacks on
American towns, and killed American
citizens, and mutilated them, in Sep
TENDER, 1915. Yet October 10, 1915,
less than a month later, this same
President Wilson, thru his same sec
rotary of state, formally announced tic
Carranza's agent that it was his
| pie asure' to take the opportunity of
extending recognition to the de facto
government of Mexico, of which Gen.
Venustiano Carranza is the chief ex-
ecutive.'
President Wilson thus recognized
the government which, his own secre-
tary of state declares, had been less
| than month previously engaged in
repeated assaults upon Americans, and
in the invasion of American soil, the
government at whose head was Cen
eral Carranza, who, less than two
months previously, on August 2, 1915,
had contemptuously refused to pay
any heed to any representations of
| President Wilson on behalf of media
| ton, saying that under no considera-
ton would I permit interference in the
internal affairs of Mexico
| president Wilson did not merely
kiss the hand that slapped him in the
face. He kissed that hand when it
was red with, the blood of American
men. women and children who had
been murdered and muti1ated with, as
President Wilson, through his secre-
tary of state, says, ruthless brutality
I'm all this shameful history of Mr.
Wilson's dealings with Mexico during
| + 10 ct hi hox bna on
more shameful than his conduct at
Tampico.
cat that time the particular bandit
Mr.. Wilson was favoring happened to
be Villa. This however, is of no con-
sequence. Mr.. Wilson has sometimes
helped the different Mexican leaders
of bandits against one another; now
Villa against Huerta, now Carranza
against Villa; but he has never stood
up effectively for American rights
against any of them When he has
| ventured to take action against any of
them. he has always hastily aban-
doned the attempt as soon as the re-
sistance by the bandit involved be-
| came serious
Held Back Navy.
"At Tampico there was a general
! attack by Mexicans on Americans and
other foreigners. We had squadron
of American warships in the neighbor-
hood. Tho Wilson administration de-
clined to permit this squadron to be
, used to defend the lives of American
men, and the honor of American
women, and the commanders of the
German and English ships at Tampico
had to step in and perform the task
/ our representatives had so basely
abandoned. At the very time the
Mexican mob had surrounded the
building in which the Americans had
taken refuge, and was bowling for
, their blood, the American fleet. in
spite of the protests of the American
, naval commander, and in accordance
| with wireless orders from Washington,
was forced to steam out of the har-
Dor and leave the Americans to be
massacred by the Mexicans. or res
cued by the Germans and English.
| Hundreds have been killed, and
!, Mr.. Wilson has watched their for
! tunes disinterestedly. This admins
= tration has displayed no feeling of re-
sponsibility for American women who
have been attacked and for American
, men, women and children who have
: been killed in Mexico. And now the
: American people are asked to sane
ton this policy in the name of peace
: righteousness and humanity.
president Wilson took Vera Cruz in
, 1914, as we were officially informed al
the time, to get a salute for the flae
. and to prevent the shipment of arms
into Mexico. He did not get his salute
He did not prevent the shipment OF
arms. But several hundred men were
killed or wounded and then he
| brought the army home without
4 achieving either object. President
Wilson sent an army into Mexico ir
r 1916, we were informed at the
I time, to get Villa dead or alive They
8 did not get him dead. They did moi
get him alive. Again several hundred
e men were killed and wounded. Agar
e President Wilson is bringing the army
y home without achieving his object
t POintlesS Little Wars
:, "Of course it is mere play upor
e words to say that these were not
I WARS, They were WARS and otIine