The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-04
LAZARUS AT THE GATE.

II there any country under that needs the friend
y aid of the United States it is Mexico 1t is proposed
to make the United States the mandatory" for Turkey
Armenia and other distant regions, while Mexico is in
the throes of famine revolution and economic prostitution
Whether the brilliant idea of rainbow-chasing in Europe
and Sinking duty at home originated in the American del
egaon or whether it the fruit of European brains does
not matter-t is enough to know that it is foreign to the
American spirit and cannot be matched for folly.
Mexico is at the back door of the United States All the
deaism proposed for Americans in Europe will be mere
pie of Mexico and thus the contempt of the world
by posing as Samaritan in far countries while neglect
ing the foulness at its doorstep.
The people of Mexico not natural revolunionists
and do not desire the turmoil and rapne that have mpov
ershed and debtated them The revolutions concocted
by bandit chieftains down to and including Carranza
all at the expense of and against the will of the Mex
lean people Foreigners have been wronged but not
ly so much Mexcans The horror of Mexicos strife
has fallen upon the poor tn starving millions who would
work if they could They the victims of every devil
ish scheme that rapacy and cruelty devise Carran
Huns to complete the evsceraton of the Mexican people
There is not source of livelihood that has not subjected
othe strangulaon of graft backed by rifles in the hands
of sharers in the plumber The Carranza military organi-
cation nothing but gang of thieves who have long since
cowed or killed every decent Mexican who dared to pro-
test The only persons in Mexico who have stood out
against Caranza are other bandits who anxious to get
their hands upon the peoples mems of living
There is hope for the Mexican people while they are
the victims of villains of their Help must come
from some organized authority that is not organized rob
berry There organization of power in Mexico that is
not also organization for piage of the people. Out
side authority must stand between the people and he
poiters long enough enable the people to reorganize
and select their own administration The Russians not
more surely inundated by the bolshevik than the Mex
can bosheviki
Another revolution of formidable proportions be-
ginning in Mexico for the purpose of putting Felipe Ange-
les in power He is of good reputation and of ex
ceponal ability The military supporters of Angeles
led by Pancho Villa, the assassin whose raid at Columbus
nearly induced the United States to do its duty in Mexico
Any government controlled by Villa himself would be
merely repetition of the Carranza reign of misrulc but
Villas fighting quality such that he may do much good
by aiding really intelligent and patriotic Mexican to gain
control change from Caranza to Angeles would be for
the better-it could not be for the worsebut the
perence of the last nine years is warning against pac-
ing too much hope upon any revolutionary movement
Madero wel-meanng man, but the sharks about him
sub md GRIN
cost him his life
The United States cannot escape the performances
of its duty to the Mexican people, because the American
people will not permit their government to shrk its duty
Sooner or later the shame of permitting neghboring
people die from pestence famine and official plumber
ing vii strike home to Americans with such force as to
cause them to command their government to do its duty
This is not party political question and it does not
matter whether the duty is done by democrats or repub-
cans. 1t duty imposed upon the United States by
Providence and had its beginnings in the birth of the
American republic. The Mexican people emuated the
americans nj the desire and struggle for independence
copied their constitution, and manfuy endeavored to
maintain free and honest government The large pro
portion of uneducaed persons and the unfortunate laws
nd customs inherited from evil days of Spanish tyranny
made the Mexican people easy prey for professional eX
oites organizing as iberator" "rs chief of the
;itutiona army" and "ctzen charged with executive
1ower." While the Americans looping off dangerous
onsprators in the early days. the Mexicans were falling
ctims to them. Each bad regime made them weaker,
n they the prey of any neighborhood thief who
an lead dozen other thieves The people in their igno
ance and despair believe that the whole world is made up
If starving victims and savage armed uniformed murder
ers.
This is the situation within sight of the flag that res
uod France 1t is within sound of rifles and cannons suf
ton that irdicts the American people and government
for their calous disregard of the duty of humanity and