Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-09

6ctfy in that matter ourselves with
out denying Mexicans the right to any
revolution at all which disturbed us
and making the emancipation Of her
own people await our interest and con
venience.
"The people Of Mexico have not been
suffered to own their own country or
direct their own institutions Outsid
ers, men out of other nations and with
interests too often alien to their own.
have dictated what their privileges and
/ opportunities should be and who
should control their land. their lives
and their resources-some of them
Americans, pressing for things they
could never have got in their own
country The Mexican people are en-
titled to attempt their liberty from
such influences. and so long as l have
anything to do with the action of our
great government shall do everything
in my power 10 prevent any one stand
ing in their way. 1t is hard doctrine
only for those who wish to get some
thing for themselves out Of Mexico. l
have heard no one who was free from
such influences propose interference by
the United States with the internal
affairs OF Mexico. Certainly no friend
of the Mexican people has proposed It.
The "UnspeakabIe Huerta."
The people of Mexico are striving
for tho rights that are fundamental to
life and happiness COO 900 oppress-
ed men, oyerhurlened women and pitt.
ful children In virtual bondage in their
own home of fertile lands and mex
haustibe treasure Some of the lead
ers of the revolution may often have
been mistaken and violent and selfish.
but the revolution itself was inevitable
and is right. The mspeakable Huerta
| betrayed the very comrades he served
traitorouSly overthrow the government
Of which he was a trusted part, Inn
pudently spoke for the very forces
that had driven his people to the re-
belli0n with which he had pretended
to symnathize, The men who over
came him and drove him out repre-
sent at least the fierce passion of re-
construction which lies at the very
heart Of liberty. and so long as they
represent, however imperfectly, such
struggle for deliyerance | am ready to
serve their ends when | can. So long
as the power Of recognition rests with
me the government of the United
States will refuse to extend the hand
of welcome to any one who obtains
power In a sister republic by treachery
and violence. No permanency can be
given the affairs Of any republic by a
nation Mistakes | have no doubt
made in this perpleXing business. but
not In purpose or object"
To Play a Leading Part.
The president declared that we must
be prepared both in resources and In
policy to play our part when Europe's
war is over. There must be a just and
settled peace, and the nations of the
world must unite in Joint guarantees
that whatever is done to disturb the
whole worlds life must first be tested
In the court Of the whole worlds opin-
ion before It is attempted
1--WE have created in the federal
trade commission means of inquiry
and of accommodation in the field of
commerce which ought both to co
ordinate the enterprises of our traders
and manufacturers and to remove the
barriers Of misunderstanding and Of
too technical Interpretation of the law.
In the new tariff commission we have
added another fundamentally of OBJ
servation and adjustment which prom
Uses to be Immediately serviceable.
The trade commission substitutes coun-
sci and accommodation for the harsher
processes of legal restraint, and the
tariff commission ought to substitute
facts for prejudices and theories.
eve can no longer indulge our tradi-
tional provincialism. We are to play a
leading part in the world drama wheth-
err we wish it or not. We shall lend,
not borrow; act for ourselves, not imi-
tate or follow; organize and initiate,
not peep about merely to see where
we may get in.
1--WE have already formulated and
agreed upon n policy Of law which will
explicitly remove the ban now suppos-
ed TO rest upon cooperation among our
exporters in seeking and securing their
proper place in the markets of the
world. At home we have put all kinds
Of unfair competition under the ban
and penalty of the law. We have
barred monopoly. We ought both to
husband and to develop our natural re-
sources, our mines. our forests, our
water power.
1--WE must hearten and quicken the
spirit and efficiency of labor through
out our whole Industrial system by
everywhere and in all occupations do
ing justice 20 the laborer, not only by
paying living wage, but also by max
ing all the conditions that surround la
Dor what they ought to be We must