The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-22

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for Mexico than for themselves.
And now. sir. I challenge you to find
one case In history where q great nation
has encouraged It's citizens to go to a
friendly country with which there was y
treaty guaranteeing protection and then
after they have lone their duty like
brave men and not by their action bu.
FOR entirely extraneous reasons have for
the first time encountered trouble &c
grave that they needed their nations
help--1 challenge you TO md one other
case where their nation had said. Bah .
YOU are Adventures take care Of your
selves: II you don't like IL there, go
somewhere else II YOU don't want to 20
somewhere else. stay there-but do both
at your own risk
what ~ south Amevicas
That Is what Washington hal done.
Can you imagine any other nation In the
world doing it7 And can you realise
that thi4 ame nation continues urging
lie nationals TO develop South American
trade? Why7 Why should any man
seek TO dcveaop foreign trade when he
has had evidence that his " country
Will not help him, or. rather, will 60 out
OF its Was to hurt him? For that Is ex-
actfy what Mr.. Wilson has lone.
WIeu y lid bdyb ut 10 u
citisen. he @ys II with pride, for he
knows that II means protection for him.
And that 10 what has made the great
British Empire. Just al II made Rome.
II was making the United States. toe
'Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead was a
real American expression. Car,anza
has promised to protect YOU was no.
American. and as regards performance
II war not u
One Of the leading lawyers in Mexico
city, a man whom intimate acquaint-
ance failed to reveal as n pirate. adj
venturer. agitator.' or classifahle other
wise in the list Of wdesirables where
| Washington has identified American
residents OF Mexico. was asked about the
| Mexican CONCESSIONS which Washing
ton considere hcinous.
II will get you one II YOU wish" he
| said with a smile.
Concessions are easy to obtain, them
Extremely So" he replied. There
are laws on the subject. and all you have
to do is to comply with the law"
And pay money!"
rranrhises worse In 4. ..
YES. but not In the way you imply.
| The price of a concession Ia set forth,
lust az IL the method Of obtaining one.
Washington seems to have the idea that
a concession il a vicious sort Of grab.
A concession Ia a franchise. Beyond a
doubt there are bad franchises here
Just as In the United States. | will war
rant, however. that cannot And evil
| dence OF a single franchise which can
compare with those you can ind In the
United states. will go further and say
that you will not iind "A single conces-
sion given to al American within the
last twenty years. with which period
am familiar. which has a suggestion OF
a faint"
A careful search was made and the
! statement proved true. The search also
revealed the fact that the much aesalled
Cowdray oil concessions proved valuable
only after Cowdray had Junk millions
In what his friends said was a hopeless
venture. Cowdray was a pioneer. lie
developed an IN territory. and
he lost a huge fortune before he made a
cent. II Is a question whether the good
done to Mexico does not balance tina;
done himself. The search also revealed
that fact that even the dynamite mo
nopoly. which is French. has lived up ,o
Its obligations as closely AZ tn its favors
and during the last few months has actu.
ally lost money.
A manufacturing concession. for ey-
ample, allows a pioneer to import ma
chinery for his plant duty free. which
cannot be called robbery of the Govern
mcnt. II also allows him AK exemption
for a short term OF years To allow him
time TO develop his plant. That is abou,
the extent OF the much assilcd "conces.
siors."
As an agency for stimulating pioneer
work In industry II IN a carefully de-
rised programme which encourages de.
velopment, and beyond a doubt helps
Mexico far more than any method which
the United States follows.
No .'Pirates. There.
Acquaintance with the foreign colony
failed to disclose any signs OF the "pi.
rates and ad~venturcrs' who. the Ad-
minlstration implies. constitute the en-.
tire foreign population OF Mexico. The
membership OF any leading club In The
capital will compare favorably with tina,
OF any club in the United States. II
anything. II averages higher than many
There was not found one man VIII
defended the withdrawal Of the marine.
from Vera Cruz. There was not fount
one who defended the manner in which
Carranza was recognized after the riva'
leaders had been told they must accep'
one authority. II villa had consented
and Zapata had consented. n Carranza
alone had said he would do nothing OF
the sort, whereupon he was immediatel,
chosen. The people who consider Car
rama tho best available man canno,
bring themselves 20 approve a cours,
which allowed him to show his contempt
for the United States and then to be re,
warded with the greatest gift the United
States could confer.
There was not found one man who
would defend the vacillation of the Ad
ministration II was pleaded that ever
where a correct policy had been FOL,
lowed in case II was so hemme,
In by Inconsistencies that the moral ef.
feet was lost.
There was not found one man VIII,
would defend the sentiment Of the In,
~dianapolis speech. with It's assuranc.
hat the reign Of terror in Mexico coult
continue indefinitely without American
protest.
There was not found one man whs
would defend the programme OF SUP
pressing new OF real conditions in Mex,
leo and usurping a monarchic privileg,
OF not only devising and carrying out 6
programme but also retaining for Wash
ington alone the very information or
which such a programme was based.
There was not found one man wbo
would defend Il policy whereby Ameri.
can citizenship becomes a possession o,
no value whatever. becomes a matter n,
genuine modification rather than pride
becomes a cause for insult rather than ;
cause for protection. There was mo-
found one man who would strain a,