The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-08

10 recognize MN unless the executive
was satisfied hs could discharge
thing 10 take an attitude quite apart
from the protection OF American
rights and wage war upon an indi-.
yIsgsi and Or. Try TO tax take eonss9i OF
what we think they should be.
MeddIed In Mexico
Now, that was precisely what was
done. We did not content ourselves
with not recognising Huerta. But
our administration said 10 Huerta,
cs YsH &C.! out You H, eHsi even Ho, be
run for office. We are so determined
TO get rid OF you that you can't put
yourself up 20 be voted for" And
imm.diAteiy after recognitlon was
tended to that incomparsbie. that
ideal character villa. Now. In my
judgment the administration did
very wrong thing In abandoning its
proper International attitude and
tLOnRl lawyer could understand. that
no Mexican could understand
They said. or the administration
said. We do not want to medic
Huerta be candidate We do not
want 70 do anything which indicates
desire TO control your politics. out
in your domestic affairs you have got
10 90 Wnht We say,
Now. the NeIlcans protested They
did not think we we're sincere, they
could not understand that But
there was bred there q hatred or US.
and an animosity Cor us That 10
gressive desires with respect 70 Mexi-
co, or any other country. This coun-
Try has no desire to do anything tut
what Is just; why s,hould we maxi
anyone dislike us? We never would
70 ark and why we wore TO ask X.
and where we were to DO strong. II
$ an awful thing 10 be strong la the
wrong place and then run away as
'oS %hS as d XGH x E:' s so DOWN al v.r.
Cruz? Most OF the people OF this
country thought II was beoauss we
had sustained an insult and that our
admiral had demanded salute. or
that We backed him up In TINS DE-
mand for the salute. Well, that was
an extraordinary thing to shed blood
over. But. We didn't get the salute,
Il turns out we didn't go after the
salute. We went before the resolu-
ton was passed. and then, apparent
iy. II was TO prevent the landing or
ammunition that would get To Huer-
IA: and still within very snort
time after that landing" the ammu-
milton got to HueEta. Well. the MeM-
cans didn't understand our attitude
there was n iiPht; 10 Americans and
large number Of MeNicans were Kill
ed. hnd they, the adm n'stration.
say they kept US out OF war That
was war. and very ignoble war.
II was called, over the todIes OF
those dead soldiers. n war OF service
Bgt We did not persist In IL; We came
minds Of the admlnistration was
quoted in one OF the distinguished
papers 81 New York. and asked 10 ex-
plain what wa went there for this
vent the landing ~ munitions. We
went there TO get rid OF Huerta.
The Direct Poitcy.
I do not like 70 have the United
states put In such position. 1t 10
wrong. Now, what did We do?
fiaving gotten rid OF Haerta by this
extraordinary series OF actions. what
next did we do? We said. Let these
NJ eNicanS spill as much blood as Inc!
want 10. that IS their blessed priv
lrge' 80 we coquetted with villa, we
nppucttcd win CarranZa. ana We
showed our deposition 70 favor any
bandit In the land, Now, then, We
have found what, n q result % our
unpreparcdncsse We found the young
men ~ the guard throughout our
country sent down there on the hord.
cr. Sworu into tho regular army OF
tho United states, because We did not
hovo "a regular army big enough e"
keep the Bandits over orr line.
! never heard OF more "Ntraordi-
nary expedition than that punitT'
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49,. 80 a., 80 'rrot.rt our citi-
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o. 80, ~ -, -, i+,.s onr thair prou-
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TT they can rsi'hiS" cover i'l'l'
We VIII 90 an nav we ~ ~ NvIPIi
IT. Talk shout, POI. na' ~ ~
pr"s'Grni LoIl,E '"'s ~ q,
know taS the ,E.,''lNr W. LS' .
policy TOR more lh'h s,N u"n Nv
the Mexican 4u%Sti rspeal' VI
admiuiSirai ION VII PC lRr"" mon ~
from now IN" tI'hnlr ~ lhat 'u'S
administrations has Wr'ti.h reco .lI'l
that no mhittf VIVA says, ~
don't know whether II VII! reSpe'l u.
Now. then. We want IN tht nt -,
place. 70 nave our I''pT" P|Ii'EtlS
clear that we an" p ms |. lhs.S nm
Ncrlco eha'l treat O't o''lZeuN PIOF.
"rlv. and W." ar" S'lht 20 IhS,Si ~
way that vii N" ~ - .Psp,s' !. o.
cHus" We are not S2lns !" say W" -,
not "rtifIed 70 l. puI w a. s"ars
20 So" mat ms - dohN Wn'cn We az
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