Arizona republican., 1919-07-21
A New Mexican Policy?

policy something the administration has had, seems likely. may approve the inspiration of but this country will hail any kind of vigorous policy provided is pursued with vigor But there is the rub We not be of that until it is all over.
 Circumstances indicate that something happened at Paris that was destined to change our relations with Mexico Mexico was represented the peace conference, was not wanted there and would not have been admitted. Mexico, it appears, to be dealt with and was not to be negotiated with As a party to the conference and member of the proposed league of nations the of Mexico could not be disturbed
 We may believe that Great Britain made known to the president that it would no longer tolerate Mexico. It was generally believed that but for the world war, Great Britain Germany both would have entered Mexico in spite of the Monroe Doctrine and a supine American administration point had been reached in the Mexican outrage British subjects and property, especially in the Tampco dis trict which called for action.
 it's characteristic indecision, iresolution and indirection. our government had tried to do thing. invaded and took possession of Vera Cruz on a mere pretext. when it had ample cause to make an effective show of force against all Mexican fac tions
 Without any special reason it took possession of Tam pico thought by at the time at theinstiga ton of the Standard Oil company, but believe, the representations Britain that it f the United States should Anyhow, weakly abandoned everything after having destroyed the power of Huerta, leaving Mexico in a state of anarchy than ever.
 In the meantime for two years American citizens were being murdered in Mexico. Their property was being destroyed; families being outraged, when the nresident and Mir Bryan were determining to let the Mexcans work out their destiny They were going help Mexico constitutonaize itself set up a representative government and at once become respectable. There was a wilder folly entertained by grown They might well have thought of creating a two-year- old colt in a day
 Our folly further Illustrated by taking sides with this that faction by the semi ioffcial pres of personal representative" of the president the headquarters of this that leader-now with Carranza and with Villa. The chief of these personal representatives. William Bayard Hale year later, be distinguished and active pro-
 
 Meanwhile the slaughter of Americans and for eigners was going but all the world except the United States busy and the revolution" permitted to proceed undisturbed Then the Mexican invasion of American soil at Columbus N. M, and the slaughter of sleeping American soldiers
  ton" in which nobody was punished but American troops which massacred at Carrizal, this time by Carranzistas We getting it coming and going" and offering effective resistance.
 We have often thought that that punitive ex- petition" had considerable effect in embroing us in the war. The in which it was organized and conducted must have misled the Germans as to the character and spirit of Americans It have filled them with contempt for military establish ment and for the material of which any American army could possibly be constructed As nation bound by inclination andslack of spirit peace had become comparable with China. The while the Germans sinking ships plotting almost openly within borders and dersively receiving protests and numberless ultimatums we fancy they paraphrasing the old inelegent coupet:
 Things have to pretty pass
 When one cannot kick the worlds jackass."
 Thanks to the individual American spirit after it was once released, the world has different ifn- presson of America. This impression by the way, not made contributed to by Washington, but by the marines at Chateau Thierry and by the doughboys in the Foul sector at St Mihel and in the Argonne.
 Immediately after the of the president from Paris it hnted that there was to be a change in policy with respect to Mexico It stated that leaf was to be taken from McKinley's Cuban book a guide in our future relations with Mexico
 Now events have brought to Tampico again, back to the oil fields We may believe that are about to intervene by characteristic ndirection, by d pretext. After all have endured it will be hard to believe that brush between handful of American sailors and Mexican soldiers would be regarded by our government sufficient for intervention Most Americans, think, would regret the use of such pretext they would rather see their government approach the situation directly and honestly, with announcement that disorder in Mexico must cease; with the statement that the case is hopeless under local treatment, and that have fully determined to restore and maintain oroer. guaranteeing security for the lives and property of American citizens and foreigners to whose protection