New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

which United States senators were elected.
 The Clayton Act and the Federal
 Trade Commission.
 A wise and far sighted admins tration has also given us two adol- tional measures of reform that have contributed to the saftey and se- curity of American husiness-the Clayton act and the federal trade commission.
 Dollar Diplomacy and Pan-Ameri-
 canism.
 When the present administration was installed in office it not only in herited from the previous administra- ton series of distressing complica- tions growing out of the situation in Mexico, but it also inherited the dis trust of the less powerful peoples of this hemisphere and the hatred of the victims of form of diplomacy known as "dollar diplomacy" The first task of the administration, which it triumphantly accomplished, was to destroy dollar diplomacy and to make it apparent to the world that " W ~"S financial favors upon reluctant peoples.
 Our action during the administra- ton of Mr. Roosevelt, with reference to Columbia and Panama, as we'll as our previous history in the war with Mexico in 1S4S, had made the task of dealing with the South American republics and extending our trade with them, one of exceeding delicacy. Even the most unrelenting critic of MT. Wilson must admit that under the guidance of the present admins tration Pan-Americanism has become a reality. The very difficulties that we have had with Mexico, including the complications at Vera Cruz, have been taken advantage of to bring about a wider sweep of international friendship on this hemisphere.
 Mexico.
 Impu1sive and short-sighted critics complain of the policy adopted with reference to Mexico. Admittedly we have been patient, and if patience is g sin, we have sinned. but we are a great and powerful people and we can afford to be patient. Patience in dealing with the turbulent, eX- citable, ignorant and partially civil ized people of Mexico is not a mark of the weakness and vacillation Of our policies, but on the contrary, is a recognition of the true nobility of that great republic which, confident in it's own strength, seeks to uplift fallen humanity and to implant the aspirations of free government every where.
 The firm adherence by President Wilson to this true conception of America has brought into our inti mate and friendly counsels the rep resentatives of Argentine and Brazil and Chile. Tn addition to this, when the question arose as to whether or not Carranza should be recognized, America did not act precipitately nor foolishly nor alone. It acted de- Hberately, after full consultation and simultaneously with Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guatamala, Uruguay and, indeed, practically all of the substantial gov ernments on this hemisphere.
 If the recognition of Carranza was q mistake, then all these other gov ernments have made the same mis- take.
 Huerta.
 Some of our critics have suggested that the administration committed an Huerta.
 It is amazing that such a sug- gestion can be made by any respon- sible person, mindful of the homo" and the traditions of America. Recogni- tion is the acknowledgmen Of an ac- complished fact. If, at any moment, Huerta or his government had in fact ruled Mexico, and had been accepted by it's people, the question of recog- hilton might more properly have been raised. There was never such mo- ment. Huerta came to power at the Mexican capital through the assas- sination of President Madero and Vice President Suarez. These 'hen he caused to be imprisoned. And when they were at his mercy ne con- nived at their murder. He usurped control of the army, dispersed the congress, imprisoned a large number of it's members, defied the courts trampled upon the constitution, in trigued with foreign nations arG then had the audacity to stretch out his bloody hands to the president or the United States for the friendly hand clasp of recognition.
 No government founded upon as can endure. What excuse could the president have offered to the conscience of the world If he had made friends with this political mon ster? What attenuation could there have been for such a betrayal of the principles of human liberty?
 Intervention.
 There are other critics who con- tend that the president should have intervened in Mexico. Intervention means war. It means a long, tedious, Il