Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1916-08-04
wrAknEss SHOWN IN sIAR1


strength and expertness Instead
OF assuring respect, wa invited dis.
trust Of our competence and specu.
lation as TO our capacity for firm.
ness and decision, thus entailing
many difficulties which otherwi
easily could have been escaped
GOOD MEN sHELvED
"Then in numerous ins' Ances, no.
tAbly In Latin America where such
course was particularly reprehen
sible, and where we desire to en-
courage the most friendly relations.
men OF long diplomatic experience,
whose knowledge and training were
Of special value to the country we're
retired from the service, apparent
ly for no other reasLn than to meet
partisan demands in the appoint
ment OF inexperiencec persons.
There, as in Santo Domingo, we had
assumed an important special trust
In the interest Of the people, that
trust was shockingly betrayed in
order to satisfy deserving Demo
Gratis. The record showing the ad'
ministration's disregard Of its re
sponsibiIitiss with respect to our
representation in diplomacy is an
oTen book and the specifications
may easily be had Il is a record
revealing professions belied II
is q dismal record to those who be.
lieve in Ameri,anism
REMOVAL 0r HERhlcx.
Take, for example, the with
drawal OF ambassador Herrick from
France. There he stood. in the
midst Of alarms, he very embodi.
ment Of courage. of poise, Of execu.
tive capacity, universally trusted
and beloved No diplomat ever
won more completely the affections
Of foreign people ami there was
no better fortune Of their country
than TO have at the capital At any
one one of the belligerent nations a
representative thus esteemed. Yet,
the administration permitted itself
to supsrsede him.
"The point is not that the man
was ambassador Herrick nor that
the nation was France, but that we
invited thu attention of the world
TO the inexcusable yielding Of ma.
tional interest to party expediency.
II was lamentable sacrifice of In
ternational repute. II we would
have the esteem Of forsign nations
we must deserve IT, We must
show our regard for special know.
ledge and experience. propose
that we shall make the agencies OF
our diplomatic intercourse in every
nation. worthy of the American
name
LAMENIABLE BLUNDERs IN MEXICO
"The dealings Of the administraS
ton with Mexico constitute con
fused chapter Of blunders We
have not helped Mexico She lies
prostrate, impoverished, famine
stricken. overwhelmed with the
woes and ou,rages of internecine
strife, the hel plsss victim of con.
dilion of anarchy which the course
of the administration only served
to promote.
"For ourselves, we have witnessed
the murder of our citizens and the
destruction of their property We
have made enemies, not friends
Instead Of commanding respect anc
deserving good will by sincerity
firmness and consistency we pro
voked appreh ension and deep re-
sentiment. In the light Of the con
duct Of the administration no on,
could understand it's professions
Decrying interferen ,e, we interfereC
most exasperatingly. We have no
even kept ou. Of actual conflict
and the soil of Mexico Is staine,
with the blood OF our soldiers w
have resorted to physical invasion
'. only TO retire without goining tn
protessed object II IL recOrdwhi
. cannot he examined without a pro
sense OF humiliation
huERIA MAS EXECUTIVE IN FACT
: when the administration cam
into power, Huerla was exercisin
authority as provisional preslde1