The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-27
u. STRIVING TO
PREPARE MEXICO
Benevolent Intentions Being
Impressed Against Inter
vention Day.
EYE KEPT ON GERMANS
Credence Placed in Report
They Will Pour In, Hoping
to Share in Spells.
EYE KEPT ON GERMANS

WARRINGTON, Aug 2e.-Coincident
with plans which are being made to meet
the inevitable emergency Of American in
terention in Mexico efforts are being
made to impress the MexIcans with the
benevolent intentions of the United
States, and the present policy OF letting
Mexico work out its own salvation" will
be pursued so long as possible. The
uncertain factors, 1t is explained here,
are when and how the next step toward
tho Inevitable will be necessitated by
acts Of either Carran=a, his friends or
his enemiea There can, however. be no
remedy for the complete collapse Of
organized government in Mexico, and
this fact must be faced in a practical
way. according to those in a position to
Judge.
Reports that Germans were turning
their eyes toward Mexico and that there
may be a steady flow Of Germans thither
to share in such spofls as may precede
or follow the collapse are attracting at
tention here. There is no intention, how
ever, of allowing the situation to drift
to such a state that German nationals
| will be In a position to cause trouble
or reap harvests. The analysis of the
| situation clearly indicates, 1t is ex-
planned. that action by the United States
will have been forced before any real
! Teuton grip could be fastened on Mexi-
| can affairs
1t develops now that officials of the
| United States Government have realized
for months that there was little hope
OF seeing Mexico clean house for herself
But the cid" was put on Mexican news
by the State Department for two reasons
/ apparently. One was because 1t was
desired to give Carranza every chance
| to achieve the impossible and the other
was because the world war made 1t i'm
practicable, from the viewpoint of mill
tary science, to permit America to be
diverted from the European battlefelds.
! Now that the war Is over and Car
| rama has proved the hopelessness OF
getting results the lid Is OFF," State
| Department officials will nevertheless
continue to deny the seriousness of the
! situation. Any other course would be
regarded by the Nexicans themselves as
an affront which for the sake OF har-
mony should be avoided.
| Taking the financial year 1918 the ex-
cess OF Mexican expenditures and ooli-
cations over legitimate and normal Gov
eminent income is IS, 49,, 900 pesos. The
nationa, bond interest, unpaid for 1918
| (external) amounted to 16.160.000 pesos,
| while the interest unpaid Iinternal)
amounted to 100000 pesos and the
interest on unpaid interest amounted to
1,09S. 900 pesos
With financial chaos practically be-
yond remedy Carranza apparently has
| sought to meet the crisis by lootinE for
eign banks, by confiscating American
oil properties. by readiness TO put into
! effect schemes whereby the last vestigr
of rights are sacrificed in accordance
with trick interpretations of Mexican
laws.
Under such circumstances Il is only
natural that bankers IN America or in
European countries would decline even
| to dream Of advancing money to Car
RAMA The question which confronts
foreigners is how to save what they have
from the wreck and not how to add more
fuel to the fire, 1t is said.
The tendency here at first was to az
| cribe this situation to CarranZa himself
or to his mistakes or inefiiciency. But
IL now appears that there is no prospect
d, OF any one In Mexico doing much better
than CarranZa
The latter has used all the familiar
tricks to gain popularity for himself
and has fostered disputes with the United
States in order to pose as the enemy OF
the Colossus of the North" and has
favored Mexlcans against foreign capt.
talists and otherwise tried to catch the
popular will. But despite it all his power
is gone. except in spots, such as Mexico
City and few other points.
II Carranza continues his anti-Ameri-
can. anti-foreign campaign, continues &c
confiscate property and follow illegal
methods he is bound to fall. II is pre-
dicted. II he adopts Numerically op,
posite course he will fall. perhaps sooner