The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-26
WILL BE NO MORE OF THIS.

WILL BE NO MORE OF THIS.
Not so many years ago Mr.. Bryan was secre-
.ary of state; he was put In that office by Presl-
dent Wilson There was a revolution In Mexico
against Huerta and President Wilson sent John
Lind down to act as her personal representative
and Investigator. AT this time a Mi. Hopkins
was one of Carranza' IS advisers and he had many
dealings with Lind, according to his testimony
before the senate committee Here is some OF
that testimony in which Mr. Hopkins tells Of
he made to Carranza after In
terviews with Lind The extracts are from
Mr.. Hopkins says he sent to-
Carranza:
President Wilson has discretely permitted 1t to
be known that his opinion you should not CON
sent mediation in respect to the internal affairs
Mexico. because in the opinion of the American
government, in your opinion, the only way to
pas.fy the country wcs1ld be the complete triumph
OF the revolution
If this be fact, then Mr.. Wilson was without
the knowledge of his secretary and certainly
without the knowledge of the people, covertly
working to make Ca1Tanza's revolution against
Huerta successful
Mr lind Is as much opposed to mediation or
compromise as you yourself enjoying the conh-
dence of president and can, believe speak
with more authority than Mr.. Bryan
Is It any wonder that the department OF state
has been unable to function with such tactics
pursued with the consent and cooperation OF |
the president? Is it any wonder that Mr.. Bryan
is not reconciled to Mr.. Wilson's distorted
Americanism7
It's for that reason that have looked upon the
offers of mediation by Argentina, Brazil and Chile
with much apprehension feeling that MT. Bryan
might SO ally himself to their pur-
to neutrafize the present domlnanC po
siton the revolutionists enjoy. Mr. Bryan pre-
Of that pretension has invariably indicated will
ngness to embark peace atany-prce pol
And these were the days when Mr.. Wilson
was 'swatchfully waiting" to be followed by
DAYS when he "kept us out Of war" Yet ap-
parently Mr. Wilson was not averse to rlsklng
revolutions that would inevitably imperil our
interests when the revoluhonaries had minds
that ran along with his.
It is rather curious state of things that
party should have two men-Wilson and Bryan
who insist on Numerically different things,
and must rid itself of both of them to have any
chance of success This might look like a hero
ic remedy; but the party would still have its
principles and traditions left, and if it Is to have
any future it must cling to these. Submission
Ito either of these men would ruin it, for no sane
citizen thinks that Bryan could be elected; or
that the people would give to Wilson what
they denied to Grant and Roosevelt o..
There is something bit humorous in the pro-
hibition by France of the importation Of arti-
fetal teeth on the ground that they are ''lux-
iuries.'' At the same tilne according to the Ma
, tional City Bank of New York, this embargo
puts stop to a flourishing export trade for our
manufacturers. This nation is the largest
manufacturer of artificial teeth and has in the
past decade exported some fifty million dollars
, worth of them. But fortunately for the manu-
:, facturers, if not for the people at large the
home market for this is large and growing
one.
r The forests of this country will be denuded
I and ruined within comparatively short time if
B.. they are not protected against despoling greed
and if systematic reforestation is not instituted
4 The outlaw strike is raising it's head again
? at time when railroad service is vital not only
to the prosperity but to the life of the nation.