The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-07
Is Mexico Making War on Us9

Prog). 1T is nothing new. .
We AL knew that the papers were full
of it, all the Americans who were so
fortunate as to escape from Mexico
with their lives, though their property,
the savings Of years. were left behind
them, knew that there was war with
Mexico and told it all over the land.
The government at Washington, though,
Ignored the war and loftily preserved an
appearance OF peace on our part"
But the American people are undis-
i turbed. This calmness of the public
mind" says Idaho Statesman (Rep),
lis not due to indifference, but it Is
due solely to the fact that the Ameri-
can people long ago became convinced
of the truth of the facts which the SEN
ate subcommittee is now giving to the
world in semiofficial form"
This subcommittee, under the chair
manship of Senator Fall of New Mex
leo, has been holding hearings at San
Antonio and FL Paso. They are get
ting fifst-hand testimony where the in
| cidents to which it relates occurred"
remarks the Pittsburgh Chronicle (Rep)
adding:
First, there is the evidence of fed
eral, state and county officials that
| they could never secure the cooperation
of the Mexican authorities in stopping
| the frequent raids across the boundary.
| Then there Is testimony strongly point
| Mexican central government in these
| invasions of United States territory
| Raiding parties were commanded by
Mexican army officers wearing the reg
ular uniform. The Plan of San Diego
| for regainng territory lost in the Mex
| lean war seems to have been their in
| spiration. And as usual Germany is
| linked up with our actual if not formal
| enemies. German made guns and am
munition have been used in these muir
derous forays"
The subcommittee has the goods on
Carranza." according to the Jacksonville
Florida Metropolis Dem.). He has
been "at the bottom of these outrag es, Z"
and until Mexico is cleaned up and
put on a sound basis as to government,
| until banditry in Mexico Is stopped, the
United States will have no peace. =.
There is immediate, urgent need for
strong, drastic recourse to force to
bring order out of chaos" The Nash
vile Tennessean 0nd. Dem.) thinks
there has been no government worthy
of the name since Diaz passed from
the presidents chair" and that Mex
leo today needs a man on horseback
who will combine the popularity Of Ma
dero with the constructive ability and
power of Diaz. If such a man will
arise . the next generation will
see peace in Mexico If not, there may
be trouble ahead for the republic south
of the Rio Grande."
The plan Of San Diego for recon-
quering the border states is, in the
view of the Minneapolis Tribune (Rep)
80 ambitious as to appear absurd but
there is no telling what anti American
Mexicans might have hoped to do witt
German aid, lured on, as they seem tC
have been, by German representative
that Japan might be drawn into row
against this country" But while thu
Tribune thinks that reservation o
Judgment as to the significance of the
committees findings will do no harm,
it thinks likely that grating irrespon
, sbles in Mexico have given a face t
!, the situation that Is not borne OH
/, by the underlying facts At any rate
as the San Antonio Light Und) re
/, marks, 1.-THE Carranza administration
will draw a long breath of relief wheI
, the Fall committee ceases its investiga
ton"
But is there another side? The Sal
Francisco Bulletin Qnd) thinks Their
; is.
There are big money interests" /
! says, lat the back of the plot to pro
, mote war with Mexico Newspa
pers are being flooded with reports o
partisan opinions by unknown and ir
responsible persons rescued from OBJ
security solely for the purpose of stirring
NJ strife between the two countries
No man so insignificant that he is no
, being taken to San Antonio to testif,
: before the senate subcommittee If
is thought that he has some grievanc
, against Mexico"
The Greenville Piedmont 0nd. Dem.
tells us that Senator Fall himself "con
q fesses he is financially interested il
: Mexican mining properties" and asks
e "Are there not in all the senate enoug
. members not having money interest
: in Mexico to form one little subcommN
: tee to investigate Mexico?" The Oma
9 ha Daily News Gnd) likewise asks
a Senator Fall favors intervention "as
. senate of the United States, as rep
a resentative of an American state, o
as an exploiter of Mexican mineral re
sources?" The Sioux City Tribun
n Gnd) thinks the Plan of San Diego
u exposed by the Fall committee lis t
: smoker" and says Senator Fall an
a his committee have stuffed their ear
- and closed their eyes to anything goo
y that might be heard or seen in tn
Mexican situation" The Dallas New
- 0nd. DEM has this to say:
+ IF there had been any evidence avail
u able showing that the CaTanza govern
y ment is retrogressing instead of pro
:. crossing, we may he sure it would nc
. have escaped the heraldng of Senate
- Falls committee, The fact that 1t ma
Z heralded little or no evidence of thi
kind is therefore pretty good reason fo
, believing, albeit a negative one, tina
. the Carranza government has been max
:, ing progress
> Another Texas paper, the FL Pas
Herald Gnd), reminds us that "assum
ing that 500 Americans have been kille
= in Mexico during the past eight year.
| that is no more Americans than haV
been killed in the city of Chicago,
and suggests that 1--WE may not blam
| everybody in Mexico for what her nun
II derers have done, any more than "
- blame everybody in Chicago for tn
s.. homicides committed there The Gran
u Rapids News Und) wonders whetht
much of our trouble with Mexico
n rot caused by those Yankees in the re
a public who want their own way, Whe
the Mexican thinks he has the right
. have his own way in his own country.
And the St Paul Daily News lnd
n gives us the somewhat surprising info1
~ nation that 1.-THE Mexican governmer
r. today is spending at least half its ma
q tional income on the pursuit and pur
70 ighment of bandits"
What is the solution? The Fresr
Republican Ond) thinks the fault
a the United States has been one
% changeable and inconsistent policy.
e is not necessary that we should dc
=. mand more Of Mexico than we hay
y been getting Perhaps we should e.
!, less. But whatever it is found advi.
y able to arrange with Mexico we shou
If enforce" The Columbus Dispat,G
'e a hundred million dollars worth,
business with Mexico last year
l. saws, and 1--WE can no. do a hundre
IA millions worth Of business witho'
making friends. The men who trans
n acted business with each other al
= bound to have respect Tor each ON ,r
= and arrive at better understanding
ID | ca while the outlaws along the bOrd,