Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27

opo!ogy for the Tampico incident.
lr her foreword Mrs. o'shaughnessy
says:
diplomatic relations were broken
OH between the two republics. 1t is
more than two years since the Con-
stitutionalists under Villa and Car
rama have had our full moral and
material support. The results have
been a punitive expedition sent into
uncertain and unsatisfactory rela-
tions with the hostile de facto gov
pTesF mesco Snr As for
are dead, her lands laid waste. her
sons and daughters are in exile, or
tRe w0rd We What here gfTs R9gfe fert6 Gi
and the giving Is not easy-I
oter only with trembling hope of
service.
In one letter she says of Huerta:
He is strong and astute man, and
II he could only get few white black
birds, In the shape of patriots, to work
with him, and If the United States
we're not on his back. he might even
tually bring peace to his country"
This was the view of a bright and
observing and fair-minded woman on
the ground who was familiar with the
circumstances. England had rec
ognized the de facto president. but in
stead Washington was making de-
mands upon Huerta and presenting
practical ultimatums which threatened
a severance of diplomatic relations.
Meanwhile, also. O'Shaughnessy con-
tinued pouring oil on the troubled
waters while Carranza was gathering
strength" from Washington. 1T won
der" says Mrs. O'Shaughnessy in one
letter. IF he sometimes doesn't Won
der why on earth he is so popular in
Washington"
Prophetic, indeed, was the comment
of this level-headed woman on the
raising of the embargo on arms and
ammunition so that Huerta's enemies
might supply themselves" adding that
'the program drips with blood, and
these are the people we are bolstering
up" concluding thus:
A hot indignation invades me as
Mr.. Lind drops out of the most dis
astrous chapter of Mexican history
and returns to Minnesota. ooh,
what far cryD Upon his hands
the blood of those Killed with the
weapons of the raising of the en-
bargo-those weapons that, in some
day and hour unknown to us, must
inevitably be turned against their
donors. 1t is all as certain as
death, though there are many who
refuse to look even that fact in the
AS for his IHuerta'sl
international attitude 1t has been
flewless On all occasions where
it has been made by others. not by
him. His natural political attitude
aas tdPaeb ef sdareev TS9 to }ee BE ike Ike
criticising him in any way. He has
held up, desperately. and deter
state. and H stands e Before a0fi1 the o worid 5I
without a single international obli-
cation. Who has done anything for
neglected and Handicapped abroad,
he bears this whole republic on his
shoulders.
When the break was inevitable
Huerta called at the American en-
hassy to extend an invitation to the
'Shaughnessys to the wedding of his
son and these were his last words;
hold no rancor toward the
American people, nor toward su
son, and, after a slight pause, he
added, he has not understood.
These letters only emphasize what
most intelligent people have believed
right along-that President Wilson
made his initial blunder in refusing to
recognize Huerta, following this with
his "watchful waiting" policy that
simply aggravated the intolerable con-
ditions and involved the United States
in a needless international difficulty.
OF course, the country will stand
back of the President, but it will also
see to it that one who has so seriously
fallen short in so many ways shall not
be permitted to continue at the head
of the government a minute longer
than the term for which he was
elected.