El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-01

be villa. This, however, is Of no con-
sequence Mr.. Wilson has sometimes
helped different Mexican leaders OF
bandits against one another; now VIVA
against Huerta: now CarranZa against
Villa: but he has never stood up eI-
fectively for American rights against
any of them At TampIco there was d
general NOV ment Of attack oy Ihe
eigners. At the very Zine that the
Mexican mob had surrounded the build
ing 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 hsrbor ana
leave the Americans to be maSsacred
by the Mexicans. or rescued by the
Germans and English. The case has
been set forth in full, and without
successful contradiction by an expert
in naval matters. Mr.. ReuterdahL
wish to say with all gravity and in all
seriousness that in this case the Of
tense of the murderouS Mexican mon
was not as serious as the offense of the
American administration
Fortunes of Americans
"On August 81, 1918. president VIII
son said with marked oTatOrlcal el-
feet: we shall vigilantly watch the
fortunes of those Americans who cam
not get away from Mexico Three years
have passed since the date of this ora
ton: three years of inceSSant elocu-
ton on the part of Mr.. Wilson, three
years of repeated invocauons TO hu-
manity and peace by Mr. wilson ana
Mr. Wilson still continues to 'viEllantly
watch the fortunes of those Americans
who cannot get away There are not
many of them left now Hundreds
have been killed. and Mr. wilson has
watched their fortunes as dislnterest-
edIv as if they had been rats pursued
adr nif1ie rat
displaved no more feeling of respon-
sibilitv for the American women who
have been raped. and for the American
men. women and children who have
been killed in Mexico. than farmer
shows for the rats killed by his dogs
when the hay is taken from barn
And now the American people are asked
to sanction this policy in the name OF
peace righteousness and humanity
Got n War But No salute.
president Wilson took NeracruZ IN
1914. as We were officially informed
at the time. TO get a salute for the
arms into Mexico. He did not get the
salute He did not prevent the snip
ment of arms. But several hundred
men were killed or wounded; and then
he brought the army nome without IIlll
achieving either object President VIII
son sent an army into Mexico in 1916,
as we were informed at the time 70
get Villa dead or alive They did not
get him dead They did not get him
alive Again several hundred men
were killed and wounded And yet
Mr.. wilson's defenders say that he has
kept US out of war As matter OF
fact his policy in Mexico has combined
all the evils of feeble peace with all the
evils of feeble war In fact. when Mr.
Wilson forgets himself he admits that
we have been at war, for example on
May II. 1914. in an address over the
dead marines ut the navy yard IN
Brooklyn lin which. by the way. he
in effect claimed sympathy on the
ground that his feelings had been as
much lacerated by sneers as the bodies
of the dead men by bullets). he said
that the marines had been engaged in
a war of service \ war or service
to whom or WHAT Certainly not 70
the United States: nor to Mexico; nor
to humanity at large. Was it 10 Mr..
Wilson,
Intervention Repeated.
LAS il is with war so II IS win
intervention President Wilson has
again and again said he would not
intervene in Mexico. As a matter OF
fact ne has interviewed continuously
On January S. 1915. he announced that
the Mexicans had the right TO spill
blood as much as they pleased. without
interference. The fact that the blood
they were spilling included the blood
OF American citizens. both soldiers and
civilians-and among them women ana
children-evidently did not weigh with
that 1t was None of our business what
the Mexicans did with their govern
ment and so long as 1 have the power
to prevent il nobody shall butt in TO
alter il for them Yet at that very
time he had been 'butting in for two
years and he has been 'butting in
ever since: and he has avowed that he
wished 10 alter II for them in all kinds
OF ways, from land tenures up and
down.
No Policy in Mexico.
But as he never followed any policy
of either Intervention or non inter
vention with any resolution-always
Welding at the critical moment to some
bandit chief OF whom he became fear
ful-both his spasms of Intervention
and his spasms Of non-intervention
have alike been entirely futile In
August 1913, he sent a special envoy
to Mexico TO tell Huerta ne would not
recognize him. He announced this him
self in a note in October, and on
December he announced he would
not deal with the Huerta government.
This was intervention. and nothing
else: il was such intervention as II in
1877 some European government had
declined to recognize Hayes as presi-
dent and insisted upon the seating OF
Tilden. Mr.. Wilson interviewed when
he backed Villa against Huerta. He
interviewed when he turned against
Villa and recognized Carranza-"