Evening journal., 1916-01-18
srILL MArcmFrLLY WAITING.

THE brutal murder OF Americans and others in Mex
leo occasion surprise 10 those familiar with
conditions there and who have not been misled by the
specious sophstries oxpounded from the White House.
From the beginning of his administration President
Wilson has been warned by everyone whose advice was
worthy OF respect that the Mexican "revolutionsts'
were merely bandits wholly unworthy Of the slightest
encouragement from the United States
At least two members Of Mr. Wilson's own cabinet,
Messrs Garrison and Lane have repeatedly implored
him stop the supply of to these bandits and
all those best informed on the situation warned him
that if he persisted in his determination TO oust Huera
chaos and anarchy and unspeakable outrages would
follow.
Mr. Wilson turned a deaf ear these warnings,
caused the insurgents to be supplied with the very
guns which are now being used to murder American
citizens. employed the and navy TO drive Hueta
out publicly declared that the Mexcans must be free
to take as many lives they wished issued repeated
warnings insurgent leaders that they would be held
personally responsible for the killing Of Americans
and never even attempted to make good his words.
He treated with villa, despite his we-known brutal
character and his record murderer, and finally
when public criticism OF President Wilson became too
severe in this country he recognized president Car
rama who had never missed opportunity to Haunt
and insult the United States and who possessed few
qualifications as a ruler
AS result OF Mr. Wilson's policy, the Mexican
bandits naturally come firmly 10 heneVe ual tne
snort least likely to be attended with harm to them
selves is the killing of Americans The uninelligent
Mexican regards the United States with hatred and
contempt and the intelligent Mexican holds this coun-
try and rightly So responsible for large share OF
the terrible suffering to which the Mexican people
have been subjected They realize that Il was Presi-
dent Wilson's Quitting in" which alone has placed
their country at the mercy OF the cuthroas ana out
laws who terrorize 1t.
According to a reputable newspaper correspondent
Mark S Watson, sent TO Mexico by the New York Sun
and the Chicago Tribune and there, the Wilson
administration has not hesitated to give out statements
regarding Mexican conditions which it knew to be
/ false in order to deceive the American people into
believing that things are less bad than they are Mr.
Watson reports that there $4,000 cases Of typhus
in Mexico City alone which at the present death rate
will mean at least 900 deaths and the chief respon-
| sbility for this condition rests on Carranza, who
would not let the American Red Cross deal with the
situation at the start and President Wilson who
forced the Carranza regime the Mexican people.
Ever since Mr. Wilson recognized Carranza, Amer
cans have been killed and outraged almost daily gen
orally by the villistas sometimes by the Carranzstas
but in all instances without Carranza-who hates ant
despses Americans as much Villa-rasing hant
TO prevent It. Only when the bandits murder Ameri
cans in blocks of fifteen twenty and the newspaper
widely herald the fact does President Wilson pause
in his scheming to make personal political capital ou
of the European situation long enough TO take hee
Of the wanton outrages perperated on American citi
zens just across the border.