Bisbee daily review., 1920-06-11

ters has been largely responsible for the continued loss of American life in that country and upon the border; and foreign property; for the lower ing of American standards of moral ity and social relations with Mexi- cans; and for the bringing of Ameri- can ideals of justice and national honor and political integrity into con tempt and ridicule in Mexico and throughout the world
 | The policy of wordy, futile, writ ten protests against the acts of Mex ican officials, explained the following day by the president himself as mean ingless and not intended to be con sidered seriously or enforced. has but added in degree so that contempt has been earned for us the sneers and ieers of Mexican bandits and add ing insult upon insult against our na- tional honor and dignity
 We should not recognize any Mexi- can government unless it be a respon-
 
 give sufficient guarantees that the | lives and property of American citi- zens are respected and protected, that and just compensation will be made for injury sustained. The Republican party pledges itself to a consistent, firm and effectual policy toward Mex ico that shall enforce respect for the American flag and that shall protect the rights of American citizens law fully in Mexico to security of life, and property, in connection with interna- tional law and our treaty rights.
 The Republican party is a sincere friend of the Mexican people. In it's insistence upon the maintaining of order for the protection of American citizens within it's borders, a great service will be rendered the Mexican people themselves for a continuance of present conditions means disaster to their patriotic purpose.
 Mandate of Armenia
 We condemn President Wilson for asking congress to empower him to accept mandate for Armenia. The acceptance of such a mandate would throw this country into the very mael- strom of European conflicts. Accord ing to the estimate of the Barbord commission, organized by authority of President Wilson, we would be called upon to. send 5000 American boys to police Armenia and to ex- pend $276,000,000 in the first year and $756,00O,OOO in five years. This estimate is made upon the basis that We would have only rowing bands to fight, but in case of serious trouble with the Turks or with Russia, a force exceeding 100000 would be nec- essary.
 No more striking Illustration can be found of President Wilson's dis regard for the lives of American boys or American interests. We deeply sympathize with the people of Ar menia and stand ready to help them in all proper ways, but the Republi- can party will oppose now and here after the aCAeptance of mandate for any country in Europe or Asia.
 League of Nations
 The Republican party stands for agreement among the nations to pre- serve the peace of the world. We be- lieve that such an international as. sociatjon must be based upon inter. national justice and must provide methods which shall maintain the rule of public right by development of law and the decision of impartial courts and which shall secure instant and general international conferences whenever peace shall be threatened by political action, so that the ma tions pledged ><lay insist on what is just and fair and may use their in- tluence and power for the prevention | Of war.
 We believe that all this can be done | without the compromise of national | independence, without depriving the | people of the United States. in ad- ! vance, of the right to determine for themselves what is just and fair. when the occas\1 arises. and with out inviting them as participants and not as peacemakers in multitude of quarrels. the merits of which they are unable to judge.
 The covenant. signed by the presi- dent at Paris failed to accomplish this purpose and contained stipula. tions not only intolerable for an inde- pendent people but certain to produce the injustice, hostility and controversy among nations which it proposed to prevent.
 The covenant repudiated to de- gree wholly unnecessary and uniusti- liable, the time honored policy in fla Vor of peace, declared by Washing II lon and Jefferson and Monroe and by all American administra- -ors for more than a century. and it