The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-10

accepted this reform gladly and no one
is heard to demand a return TO lne
previous and corrupt system by Wh1cn
United States Senators We're electeo.
The Clayton Act and The
Federal Trade Commission
ga wise and far sighted Adrnintstra-
ton has also given US two add1t1onal
measures of reform that have con-
tributed to the safety and security of
American business-the Clayton ACT /
and the Federal Trade Commission.
Dollar Diplomacy and
Pan-AmeFicanism /
teWhen the present Administration /
was installed in office it not only IN
herited from the previous adn1in1straT
ton a series of distressing compi1ca-
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 2
victims of a form of diplomacy known
as dollar diplomacy The first task
of the Administration, which 1t trl- /
umphantly accomplished, was. to De
stroy dollar diplomacy and to make
It apparent to the world that America !
did not propose to force its hnanclal
favors upon reluctant peoples
Our action during the adnninistra- !
ton of Mr.. Roosevelt, with reference
to Columbia and Panama, as We'll as
our previous history in the war with
Mexico in 1S48, had made the task of
dealing with the South American Re-
publics and extending our trade, with
them, one of exceeding deIicacys Even
the most, unrelenting critic of MI Viii
son must admit that under the guild
ance Of the present Adninistrauo ton
Pan characterization has become a real
i,y. The very diff cplties that we have
had with Mexico, Including the COM
plicationsj at. Vera Cruz, have been ta-
ken advantage of to bring about q WI
der sweep of International friendship
on this hemisphere.
Mexico.
s.Impulsive and short-sighted critics
complain Of the policy adopted with
reference to Mexico. Admittedly we
have been patient, and if patience is a
sin, we have sinned, but we are
great and powerful people and we can
afford to be patient Patience in
dealing with turbulent, excitable, ig-
norant and partially civilized 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 its own strength,
seeks to up1ift fallen humanity and
ito imp1ant the aspirat lions of free gov
eminent everywhere
THE firm adherence by President
I Wilson to this true conception of
I America has brought into our intimate
and friendly counsels the representa-
Itives of Argentine, and Brazil and
IChiIe. In addition to this, when the
Question arose as to whether, OF not
Carrahza should be recognized, Amer
! lea did not act precipitately nor fool
Iish1y nor alone. Tt acted deliberate :
IN, after full consultation and sirnul-
taneously with Argentine, Brazil, Chile,
fs r.
Iguay and, indeed practically all of the.
substantial governments on this hem
Jisphere.
.If the recognition of Cafranza was
ia mistake. then al these other govern
Iments have made the, same mistake
4 Huerta.
- tsSome of our critics have suggested
that the Administration committed an
! error when it failed to recognize
lEIuerta
aIt4 Is amazing that such q sugges-
.ktion can be made by any reasonable
4 person, mindful of the honor and the
4 traditions OF America. Recognition
lis the acKnow1ed ghent of an accom-
4 plished fact IT, at any moment,
9Huerta or his government had in fact
ruled Mexico. and had been accepted
eby its people, the question of recogni-
q ton might more properly have been
raised. There was never such a mo-
s. srlent. Huerta came to power at the
Il Mexican capital through the assassin
Ikation of President Mafiero and Vice
president Suarez. These men he
4 caused to be imprisoned. And when
4 they were at his mercy he connived
S their murder. He usurped control of
the army, dispersed the Congress-. inn
prisoned a large number of its mem
hers, def1ed the courts trampled upon
1.-THE Constitution, intrigued with for
hefgn nations and then had the auda-
city to stretch out his bloody hands to
1.-THE President Of the United States for
1.-THE friendly handclasp ofsrecognition-
mo government rounded upon as
. sassfnation can endure. What ez-
e cuse could the President have. offered
to the Conscience of the world if he
had made friends with this political
rnonster2 What attenuation could
there have been for such a betrayal of
the principles of human liberty
Intervention.
There are other critics who contend
that the President should have inter
Ivened in Mexico. Intervention means
war It means a long, tedious exas-
perating and bloody war. 1t means
the sacrifice of millions of treasure and
thousands of American lives
ut would inperil our friendly re-
lations with the South and Central
American Republics. It would dis
Etract and divert tne energies Of our
country at a .r1.yrnent when other and
more important questions sco'lfrant U.S.
Manifestly, therefore. Intervention is a
last resort.
Intervention in Mexico is not new
question. The first great Republican
President, Abraham Lincoln, had the
same matter under advisement. If
you will read the communication writ
ten by William H. Seward, Secretary
of State, on April s. 1851, giving Pres
IYosc on
you will find that the spirit pervading
the document and the sentiments ex-
pressed by Abraham Lincoln at that
time are Identical with the spirit and
+ sentiments of woodrow Wilson
LET me read from this historic