Arizona republican., 1920-06-09
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with the government management and it was a just satisfaction. The ex- pertinent failed and should not be re- newed.
 Our Mexican Policy
 From domestic affairs. which have only touched upon briefly. let us turn to foreign questions. to our relations with the world of other nations. Look first at one of the most pressing inn portance just beyond our own bord- CTS. Look at Mexico. For seven years the United States has been pursuing under the direction of the president a policy of s'watchful waiting The president saw fit to intervene in Mex ico. As a matter of fact he made war upon Mexico, for in the taking of Vera Cruz we lost some 120 men in killed and wounded and several hundred un- regarded, incidental Mexicans were also either wounded or killed in the conflict. We went there to exact an apology for the treatment of some of our sailors at Tampico. The apology has never been given but General Huerta was driven from power, which was the presidents real purpose, and Mexico then fell into state of an archy which, growing constantly worse. has continued to this day. The president saw fit to recognize Car ranza, who was chosen by a military junta, as political chief He thus fur nished an essential support to the Car ranza government and what has been our reward? Over 500 Americans have been murdered in Mexico, some under circumstances of great brutality. For these murders no reparation has been made. Decorated by endless futile and useless notes they have gone on unchecked. To have been an Aneri- can citizen in Mexico added to a man s danger. The words T am an Ameri- can citizen" instead of being a pro- tection, as they ought to be, in every corner of the world, were an absolute peril to anyone who was entitled to that high distinction. Mexico teemed with German plots The Mexican gov ernmenp largely the offspring of MT. Wilson's recognition did not support us in the war but gave aid so far 1t was possible to the cause of our ene- mics. Yet we still continued to sup port Carranza. His government sent agents into this country to foment in dustrial trouble and to bring on strikes. They allied themselves with the bol- shevist and anarchistic clements. Nothing was done eby the United States Carranza insulted the Ameri- can government in every possible way and still nothing was done. We fell so low that when an American was 1 seized by one of the many bands of brigands and held for ransom all that the government of the United States would do was to offer to be the channel 1 for conveying the ransom of their eiti-
 zens to the highwaymen who had i seized them. The mere statement l seems incredible but it is in exact ac-
 cordance with the facts in some cases. Still nothing was done and we watched | and waited. Naturally we lost our in- 1 fluence in Mexico and what was far
 more important we lost the respect of l the Mexican people by the manner in which we submitted to every sort ol insult and outrage
 1 Need of Firm Hand
 We have watched and waited long ] enough. It is time that this condi- 1 ton. disgraceful to us and ruinous to l hand at the helm. We need a man
 who will think not only of the rights 1 of the United States but of the welfare ! of Mexico. The Mexican people would l not resent the influence or interven-
 ton of the United States if it would only help to bring them peace under a l president of their own choosing. The | great mass of the Mexican people wish | to work and earn money. They long
 to be able to sleep in peace and not bC | subject to pillage and outrage Thous- | ands of them look to us for help. Let | the Mexicans choose as their president
 some strong and upright man who i!
 friendly to the United States and de l termined to establish order and theT
 let the United States give him a req
 and cordial support, and so strengthen
 and uphold him that he will be able tC
 eXterminate the bandits and put aI
 end to the unceasing civil war whicl
 has well nigh completely ruined ont of the finest and most valuable cOun.
 tries on the face of the earth. w
 must watch and wait no longer w
 must have a man who has a policy
 and who will act. Nothing can evel
 be accomplished under the Wilson ad-
 ministration or any administra tion 1T
 sympathy with it. Their miserabl,
 record of hopeless failure in Mexico
 has been unbroken for seven years The time has come to put an end t' this Mexican situation, which is
 shame to the United States and a dis Ii grace to our civilization. If we are tC
 take part in paeifying and helping thu world. let us begin here at home il
 Mexico If we assert and protect th' Monroe doctrine against Europe, as WI must for our own safety we must als' accept and fulfill the duties and re responsibilities which that doctrine i'm poses.
 Mexico or Armenia?
 The president has been unable O ! unwilling to do anything for Mexico ! where civil war has ragged for years , where anarchy exists and where tn people are suffering But he think it our duty to take a mandate for Ar t menia, which would involve our send 5 ing an army there for an indefinit { time and which would cost includin $ the army and civil expenditures 27 ? millions for the first year besides en tangling us in all the quarrels and in ] trigues of Asia Minor and the sur