The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-10-03

arouse the people Lnere against tuiS |
country was that "The Northern In
vaders" were coming again to take
their country and were seeking an ex-
cuse to invade Mexico and either an
mex it, or take much Of its territory,
and that Mexico must fight them any
how. The utterances of the annexa-
ZIONIST papers here have been quoted
as having the weight of authority and
as revealing our real motives. might
remark that to a Mexican what we call
the Mexican war is 1.-THE Northern In
vasion," and he is under no delusion
in regard to who won, which might
lead him to think that defeating the
United States would be an easy task
1t sometimes nerves him with the
courage of despair, but never with con-
tempt for our prowess. What has been
true of Mexico, in regard to the inter
probation put upon our acts, has in
great measure been true of all Latin
America, as the excerpts and car
toons reproduced in papers and maya
zines in the United States from South
American newspapers abundantly
prove.
The ease with which we took Vera
Cruz proved to Mexicans that we could
whip them.
An illustration of the superiority of
the exercise of common sense over
force, when force would drive desper
ate people to violate deeds, is furn-
ished by an incident in connection
with the trouble with Huerta known
as the "Tampico affair."" an incident
perverted from it's real import by that
most adroit of politicians, Colonel
Roosevelt. In an editorial in which
the Mexican policy of the Wilson ad-
ministration was sharply criticised on
other grounds, the Salt Lake Tribune,
the leading Republican paper in the
intermountain country, on March 81,
1916 in discussing this matter, said
of Colonel Roosevelt's attack, IAN at
tempt is made to put the administra-
ton in a bad light because of the Tam
pico affair. The outstanding fact is
that a little diplomacy and caution
saved the lives of all the Americans
whereas little of the action which
Mr.. Roosevelt suggests might have
ended in the death of all of them" The
facts of the case were that the MeXi-
cans driven to desperation by false
reports of proposed American inva-
sion, declared that at an attempt tc
land they would kill all the Ameri-
cans. The battleships withdrew, I'M
, der orders, a short distance, and al
lowed the people to be taken up by
Englis hand German ships from whom
: the Mexican rabble feared no inva
sion. The rabble knew that they would
} be beaten were the Americans to land
: and were in a desperate state of minC
{ as a result. One would think to reaC
. the abuse of the administration fol
/ this eminently sensible way of hand
| ling the matter that the politicians OF
the outside regret nothing so much al
I the failure of the Mexicans to kill tn
f Americans at Tampico. Even had w
( desired to invade Mexico at Tampicc
f the course taken to withdraw Ameri
t can citizens out of the hands of tn
e mob, without endangering their lives
= was the proper one to pursue.
}. Spanish-American was once friendly
h Long before the historic Monroe doc
O trine was promulgated, indeed befor
J. the independence of Latin America
: try. Within a year after the Monro
s the countries to the south came to tn
k United States to work out theoretica
It plans for a closer union of the peopl
e of the Spanish colonies with this coun
e. try Within a year after the Monro
1t doctrine was given to the world SimO
IS Boliver, the liberator of South Amer
.e lea was on hand with a plan for
6 conference of all the countries on til
t. western hemisphere, and the union {
< the west in defense against the eai
s. was one of the dreams of Thoma
s, Jefferson and other great America
al statesmen. The fact that all the col
ID stitutions of Latin America are pa
ID termed after ours shows the esteem
which we were held.
OF late years, in fact since dollar d
plomacy days, the relations betwee
this country and the nations to Il
south, have, notwithstanding the il
creasing friendship along some line
as a whole been strained. l shall n
attempt a detailed explanation of wi
this has been so, but the fact is III
deniable. Lack of confidence" de
cribes the situation. The result in
purely material way has been unto
tunate. Instead of all the westel
hemisphere being united in defens
the effect has been to make us the
fender of the whole hemisphe
against aggression, without the c
operation of the other nations ben
) fitted. Yet while they lacked co
fidence in our purposes, from wha
ever reason, the situation could n
well be otherwise. Trade followed p
, pular sympathy from those countri
to Europe.
In this paper l propose to show tn
, the leading Investigators and obse
vors who have studied the situate
without regard to party advantage, 7
, gardless of their personal opinion
:. to the wisdom of the A. B. c. or sin
lar devices as permanent institution
have agreed that this conference h
|. resulted in the most salutary recu
renee of the confidence and the desi
to heartily cooperate, which has lo
. been absent from the relations |
tween this country and Latin Ameri'
William l. Hull, Ph.D., professor
, history and international relations
Swarthmore college and author
1.-THE Hague Conventions 1.-THE M
) Peace Movement" ETC., and an oppo