The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-09

I Mexican people by the manner IN WhlCh
we submitted TO every sort of Insult
''N Need of q Firm Hand.
We have watched and waited long
lcnOugh. IL Is time that this condition.
diSSraceful. TO US and ruin"uH |" Nh
leo, should cease. We need lrm hama
at the helm. We need Il man who VIII
think not only Of the rights Of the
United States. but of the welfare ot
Mexico. The Mexican people would not
resent the Influence or intervention oil
The United States If It would only helH
10 hiring them peace under president
of their own choosing. The great mass
of the Mexican people wish to work and
earn money. They long 10 be abic 10
| sleep in peace and not be- subject 70
plllage and outrage. Thousands OF them
look 10 us for help. Let IN" McNIcans
choose as their president some strong
And upright man who IL friendly 10 the
United States and determined TO estao-
IliSh order and then lot the United states
give him 4 real and cordial support, ana
so strengthen and uphold him that he
will be able to eXterminate the bandits
and put an end to the unceasinH civil
\ war which has well nigh completely
ruined one OF the finest and most Valu-
able countries on the face of the carth.
I'VE must watch and wait no longer. We
must have a man who has n policy and
who will act. Nothing can ever be ac-
Icomplished under the Wilson admins
ltratIon or any administration In SYM
Ipathy with 1t. Their miserable record
Iur hopeless failure in Mexico has been
IunhrokCn for seven years. The time has
leone to put an end /" thus MrXlcan sit
Iuation, which is a shame TO the United
States and Il disgrace to our ClVilI%a-
ton. II we arc to take part In pacliE-
ling and helping the world, let US begin
there at home in Mexico. II We assert
land protect the Monroe doctrine against
| for safely,
We must also accept and tutill the du-
ltics and responsibilities which that doc
trnc imposes.
| The president. has been unable or un-
iwilling to. do anything for Mexico"
where civil war has ragged tor years.
where anarchy cNistS and "h'r" IN"
people arc suffering. But he thinks II
our duty 10 take Il mandate for Armenia.
(which would involve our sending an
army there for an indefinite time ana
which would cost, including the army
land civil expenditures, us millions FOR
the first year. besides entangllng US IN
Ian the ouarrcls and intriguCS Of ASIA
Minor and the surrounding countries.
Mexico lies Al our doors. II ~ primary
lduty for US 10 deal with il under Inc
Monroe doctrine. but nothlnE mas ncsh
done and yet We are asked l" take
n mandate for Armenia. The American
people have q deep sympathy for Armc-
lnia They have already given over ="
million dollars for tho RELIEF OF thoSe
starving and suffering people brave
and gallant people who deserve assist
lanCc and who have established a gov
Iernmcnt. We are anxious to help Armc-
lnia in all reasonable ways and no douot
| shall do so, but to take 4 mandat" 10
control, protect and govern mat c"uh-
try would involve our sending our sons
land brothers TO serve and sacrIh,c thclr
Lives in Armenia for an indcilnlt" time
This ~ a mandate which We in the son
ate OF the United States think ShouId
not be undertaken. 1t is plan 10 BE-
ms involved in the responsibilities OF INC
League OF Nations and all the wars IN
which II may be engaged. without our
being n member OF the league. 10 SnCn
la proposition the only answer Is pam
refusal. On the other hand. what XIV
pres dent has L%Elccted-a ike cohui-
ton among an unfortunate people AT
our very doors--wc must take up ana
hv a wise and firm policy restore Mex
leo to the position which shc ought 10
loccupy and thereby help and relieve hcr
pcople and so benefit the world and cN-
tend the reign Of peace.
AS tho great war in Europe pushed
Mexico into the background and turned
Tho thoughts of all away from it, ."
there IL at this moment another Er"h,
question Of our relations to the ciNiliZcd
world which ovCrshadows every other
When the armiStlce with Germany WAS
signed. the course to be pursued was
clear. 1t vas urged hyIR"puolican Sep
tatOrs before the armistNCc and immedi-
lately afterwards That course VAS 20
mako the peace with Germany al once
and then take UP for reasonable Consln
Grafton the question ~ establishing surIl
future relations with our associates IN
the war as would make for IN" future
peac cof tho world. II TINS had pen
done We could have had full pCac" WIN
Germany three months after the arms 3
tice. This Mr.. Wilson prevented. he
went to Europe with the greatest "ppor,
tunitv for large service to INC worio
!. | ever offered to any one man. He insist
! ed on going himself, for - trusted no
one else We then had the confidence
tho gratitude md III" friendship OF every
European nation. which thanks 70 me
Wilson had said. We came here 10 help
win this war In defense Of civilization
The war is won All we now insist
upon is that Germany shall be put IN
such a position as not to be aple asaI,I
To threaten the peace and freedom OF
mankind Our own questions IN the
American hemisphere We Will care Tor
ourselves. We have interest In the faF
East which we shall wish to have pro
,ccted but your own European questions
YOU must settle and We Will accept IN"
settlement to which you agree. We are
not here seeking territory or ~
dictate what you should do In rcEarn
Ia either territory or boundaries. Th"n
tho gratitude OF the world not only i"r
our decisive services in tho war, nut Tor
generous assistance In MAKING lasi ~
peace But Mr. Wilson did not q" lhiN.
II, had apparently only ono alm-to %
tha makcr OF n league or when ne
should be the head. He was dctcr1nincd
that there should be League or M
tons then and there and in order 20
nullify ;hc 2owG,rs OF , tnC Inited States
he decided to make the league an inleg-
raj part Of the treaty or peace win Ger
many Thus nc rreScntcd 70 me csnaic
| and intended to pr"SSlt. diI"thnh IrolI'
which he believed thHyC was n" escape
| In order to have pcaCc\with Germany ne
meant TO compel the Senate to accept Il
with the League Of Nations; II was IN
deed a difficult situation which ne mus
created Rat Republican Senators BE-
lieycd their duty to he clear before
them and did not shrink from fultllllns
il. Thirty-nInc Of them in March. l?'''
signed n statement setting form lna'
tba first draft OF the league as Mr. VIII
| son brought il back. announcing that II
must be taken just "a IT stood. could nov
bo accented by the Senate in that form.
The president returned to Europe WIN
this warning before him and brtor" 'he
world. He admitted few slight chang
90 in the covenant. for the most part
unimportant and some or which MACS
the second draft worse than IN" firSt.
He forced tho allied and associated pow
crs 10 WELD to his demand that the COW
enant OF the league should be int"r""N-
en- with the treaty Of peace. To accom-
rIish this he surrendered tn" principle OF
tho free lom of the seaS-whai"Ncr mat
mny have been--to Great Britain. and he
made promises and concessions tn
! Errnnco-not vet fulfillcd-whiCh
brought him the French support. Having
thus carried his point abroad h" hrouGhi
tho treaty with Germany home and laid
~ before the senate To the great mass
Of ihr American people hc said: This
GOV enant Of the League Of Nations will
bring TO The world a lasting peace. EN-
1op N w.