New-York tribune., 1920-05-30

would be happy to give my modest
forces in helping your government
in any place l might BIZ used
Neither may Obregon be stated to
be IN absolute accord with President
Wilson's policy with regard to Mex
leo. Writing in The Ooutlook," on
one occasion he stated:
The greatest failing of President
Wilson is that his acts so seldom
coincide with his words. He makes
too many declarations that have no
facts behind them. You need not
examine his Mexican policy for SUBJ
sanitation of this; just look at the
record of his dealings with Ger
many"
There are other things "against''
Obregon which may initiate against
his immediate recognition as a reg
ularly constituted President of Mex
leo by the United States, but It Is
probably better, in the opinion Of
students of Mexico's turbulent his
tory, that the United States "for-
get it, and give Obregon a chance.
A Triumphal Entry
Before his last triumphal entry
into Mexico City following the cam
palgn which resulted in the ignomi-
NOUS downfall of Carranza, Obregon
made one other triumphal entry in
to the capital. Thls was on January
%, 1915, leading the army which
defeated Zapata and threw Huerta
from power. Mexico City was
sacked and many terrible things
happened. Obregon's enemies saw
that he not only condoned these ter
rlble acts but that many outrages
were perpetrated under his personal
direction. Again, at Gradalaiara. he
has been accused.of the degradation
OF the American flag. However. even
Obregon's enemies nave been chari-
table enough to say that he was
probably carrying out orders from
higher authority.
Obregon faces one Of the hardest
tasks and one Of the most compli-
Gated. situations that ever confronted
a statesman or soldier. He must
either c0nciliate or eliminate such
enemies as Pancho Villa, Felix Diaz
and a host Of lesser feudists who are
seemingly irreconcilable to any re-
glme in Mexico. He must rehabiu-
tate the currency of the country and
begin to pay interest on the colossal
national debt of Mexico. He must
negotiate loans with which to restock
the railroads in rolling stock, now
sadly depleted, and he must teach his
Mexican politicians that the time
has come when personal ambitions
must be overwhelmingly superseded
by national welfare if Mexico is to
survive the terrible state in which
She finds herself.
The poems of Mexico are looking
TO Obregon and his promises to give
them fair deal, uplift and educate
them-teach them the use of the
toothbrush rather than to handle a
rifle.
The great foreign interests Of
Mexico are looking to the new leader
to make good on his fair deal" and
let live pronunciamentos.
Obregon himself has had the les
son OF intrigue. 1t was Carranza's
intrigue in the national elections. set
for July, in which he was a can8,-
date, to beat him by the sheer power
OF Carranza's control of the military
Beginning in Sonora, his home state.
obregon enlisted the aid of his faith
1ul 4aquis, organized the military
forces otherwise in the state and
placed all under the command Of
Adolpho de la Huerta and General
FIutarco +. Gales. Then he left
Sonora to organize elsewhere.
Sonora struck first, throwing off
the Carranza yoke. Then Obregon's
genus for organization began to
show up in full light at various parts
OF the republic. State after state
threw off allegiance to Carranza and
the dictator fell
Tried TO Save Carranza
rev people who have watched the
Kaleidoscope events in Mexico dur
ing the last few weeks, eliminating
with the assassination of Carrana.