New-York tribune., 1917-06-12
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor or ne lrlDune.
Sir: Recent reports from Mexico relate
that the natural unrest of the Mexicans is
being dangerously aggravated by the at
tempts of the Constitutionalists TO enforce
the provisions OF the new constitution, pro-
viding as il does for the confiscation of the
property of churches and foreigners and con-
tanning many other radical and unjust pro-
visos The people at large undoubtedly re-
gard the self-constituted heads of the Con-
stitutionalst government as incompetent and
self-servng; the leaders, however, are ap-
parently exerting every energy to enforce
their doctrine that anything that is not au-
thorized and approved by them is not pa
triotc.
All this adds to the condition Of natural
unrest increasing rapidly, as it no doubt is,
and will continue to do so long as an i'll
advised and unjust constitution is being
forced upon the people by the Constitution
alist leaders and their soldiers, who do not
represent more than 1 per cent of the popu-
lation. These conditions, unfortunate as
they are, have been rendered more dangerous
by the Constitutionaists' position of neu-
trality in the world war. The Mexican peo-
pie realize that if Mexico is neutral to the
troubles of the United States the United
States will be neutral to the troubles Of
hope which all patriotic Mexicans had that
peace and prosperity might be restored with
in the near future.
Field for German Plots
As neutral state Mexico will inevitably
be ground for the culture of German plots,
and the recent overtures made by the Kaiser
to Mexico and Japan furnish the best evil
dence that sooner or later the Germans will
arouse anti-Amercan feelings, which unfort-
unately exist in some parts of Mexico and at
tempt to bring on state of war between
Mexico and the United States for the pur-
pose of causing the United States to consume
valuable time and divert men and treasure in
that direction, thus attempting to prevent
the overwhelming strength of your stupen-
dous resources being thrown into the balance
in Europe.
The Mexican people know that Carranza
owes everything and all to the United States,
They can not and should not understand why
ne chooses to decree neutrality. which is
tantamount at this time to hostility. They
realize, furthermore, that Carranza has neg
lected and even perverted an opportunity to
reciprocate for favors too numerous to men
tion, bestowed upon him and his party dur
ing the last few years. All thinking Mexi-
cans appreciate that without material assist
ance from the United States neither peace
nor prosperity can obtain in Mexico. Even
in the prosperous days of President Diaz
Mexico was obliged to import from the
United States corn, sugar, machinery, food
stuffs and many other necessaries of life.
Mexico cannot obtain the necessaries now, as
the United States will not supply neutrals
while her allies are in need.
Financial Help Needed
II is equally true that Mexico as a neutral
cannot derive the great and all-important
benefit which would accrue from substan-
tial loan from the United States, which might
and probably would have been made if Mex
leo had chosen to become an ally of the
United States and put at your disposal and
the disposal of the Entente her ports her
oil fields and her other resources. 1t is diff
tcult to conceive how any government in
Mexico can survive without financing At the
present time Mexican money is deceit and
a reproach. and it can have no value either
at home or abroad until the finances Of the
country are improved which necessarily
means a substantial loan from some friendly
government. As the matter stands, poor, ex-
hausted, bleeding, weeping Mexico is doomed
TO suffer from hunger, sickness and misery,
although at the very door of the richest
country in the world, just because Of the
stupidity, the utter incapacity, of a group of
men calling themselves patriots, who have