The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-06-30
MEXICO

President Wilson has never wanted
war. In the days when his opponents at
tackled him and tried to goad him into
the use Of the armed forces Of the United
States he remand steacfast to his deter
mlnatlon that the blood of young Ameri-
can soldiers should never be shed except
as the last recourse in the effort to up
hold the honor Of the nation.
Once when even graver eventualitles
were threatened. the patience Of President
Wilson's statesmanship was rewarded by
diplomatic victory that made the shedding
of blood Unnecessary 1t was the presi-
dents previous moderation that gave
such force to the ominUus ultimatum that
brought full concession to the rights Of
America and humanity.
No president of the United States has
ever placed the cause of the people of
the United States upon a higher plane
No president has ever struggled more val
iantly to pre- serve peace with honor. His
critics have proved the case for President
Wilson. Their unanimous approval of his
present. course has not dulled the edge Of
his desire for honorable peace.
The immovability of the president in
the face OF selfish and partisan criticism,
coming from those who thought more of
personal advantage than of the welfare of
the nation. has been the best security
of the American people throughout the
time the world has been darkened by war
clouds
If the sword of righteousness must now
be unsheathed. the American people know
that it is because peaceful means have
been exhausted If the sword is raised
to strike tits because the head of the de
facto government of Mexico refuses to re-
spect the rights of America.
No president has ever tried so hard to
interpret the real spirit of America. Mr.
Wilson mas said that he would rather
know what the men and women gatherd
around their own fireside, are saying than
to listen to the orations of the self-ap-
pointed.
In his handling of the Mexican problem
President Wilson has been guided by the
single impulse to do what the American
pople would have hm do--to exhaust all
the peaceful means at his disposal to pro-
tect the lives and property of American
people and falling in that, to uphold the
honor and dignity of the nation by the
use of its armed forces.
The note written by the state depart
nent to General Carranza in response to
his threat to attack the American troops
presented the complete case of the Amer
lean govrnment against Mexico As in
The European situation, when the ulti
natum with its ominous note brought full
1t marked the end of pres
dent Wilson'S patience.
The lives of the American soldiers in
Mexco, soldiers who We're sent there to
protect the border from the raids of ban
lts bent on numbering Americans, had
been threatened.
In the might of righteousness, the
sword of America was then raised to
strike, and in the struggle that threatens,
he nation enters upon its task with a
lean and fearless heart.
Behind the president who has so truly
presented the charitable spirit of the
american people behind the president now
n his grim determination to use the full
military and naval strength of the ma
ion in support of the troops i'm Mexico,
stand the mighty host of patriotic Amer |
cans, united, valiant and CONSCIOUS of the
of their leader to the ideals of
'eal Americanism.