East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-26

ernment in their own behalf. The
people of Mexico have, | believe, been
exploited by a handful Of unscrupu-
lous foreign capitalists including some
Americans who. through Diaz virtu-
ally robbed Mexico Diaz virtually
took the lands and liberties of the
Mexican people and sold them to for
eign concessionaries. These eXploit-
ers. or their agents, sought TO con-
tinue the system through the assassi-
nation of Madero and the elevation
of Huerta.
We must have order in Mexico. and
we owe it to our citizens to protect
their legitimate Investments in Mex
leo but we also owe it to Mexico and
to our own national ideals not to help
to restore that kind of order, or pro-
tect that kind of investment, by
which Mexicans have been systemat-
ically robbed. Moreover l doubt if
real and permanent order in Mexico
will be possible which is based on the
unjust methods and ideas of Diaz.
4 SO far as our relation to Euro
pean affairs is concerned, l do not
think that we shall become more eff
ficient by swapping horses while we
are crossing a stream. A change may
plunge us INTO war and it would GER
tainly. in the four months between
election and inauguration. paralyze
our foreign policy completely. From
November to March may be among
the most critical months of the war,
If Mr.. Hughes is elected neither we
nor foreign nations will know. dur
ing that interim. exactly where We
stand
Easy To Find Fault.
We must remember that the prac-
tieal question is always as to what
is best to do next. not as to whether
what has been done was the very best;
almost any action may, in the light
of subsequent events, be found to be
in partial error 1t is always easier
to find fault than to show what could
better have been done In general
Mr. Wilson has accomplished the oh
iectssat which he has aimed and for
ihe chief of these,-peace,-th
country should be profoundly CRATE
full Moreover, this peace has been a
peace with honor We must not b.
misled by foreign criticisms or jibes
People in the intense and fanatical
excitement of war will always find
the neutral exasperatins whatever he
Goes. To them he is an enemy in
disguise" a coward, a 'weaklins
a "hypocrite.'
IS matter Of fact MI Wilson has
stood firmly and. as was proper
without being hellicose for Ameri-
can rights and the maintenance Of
International law, He almost single
handed has maintained international
law-against other nations, against
some of his own party and against a
large number of republicans Vho
after the Lusitania disaster. showed
by their votes on the McLemore reso-
luton that they were willing to sur
render our right to travel on foreign
vessels.
The Senate Democratic.
Thoro is another great danger
r. our ua,ional efficiency in voting
,,o ran,,1ic,p ticl,e, If Mr. Hughes
!. oloctod tho senate will probably
r,,,oi,, democratic Only repubu-
co., iardsli5e can make the senate
,a,,,r,;c,r md of such landslide
tharo soer,s M nrospect II seems
.nn1il,o,,. that the ropublicans can re-
tat,, an sivtaan Of tbe republican
-, ,,.,iot, u.iu no vacated and at
tho so,,,o tir,o win balf of the eigh
,ao, do,,,ocratic vacancies Yet a
,iot,r, ms co,nplete rs this must be
,,o, i, order even to obtain n repub-
lican p,aiority Of one vote.