Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-11
CARRANzA'S FALL
PLEASING TO j. S.
Administration Hopes That
Mexico Will Work Out
Own Salvation
BELIEVES ORDER MAY COME
BY CLINTON w. GILBERT
STAFF Correspondent Of the Evening PubIi
Ledger

stan Correspondent OF the Evening Public
Ledger
Washington, May 11.-Thc admins
tration, it may be said on good author
ity. is well pleased with the overthrow
OF Carranza. II regards the revolution
as complete and thinks the prospects
Of order in Mexico good
What especially plcnscs the admins
trution is that Mexico has settled the
Carranza affair herself, perhaps not in
the most legal way possible but at least
with no more use of force than is Gus
tcmary IN changing governments below
the border and without external inter
ference. For there is good authority
for saying that the administration be-
licvcs this latest Mexican revolution
has not been prompted by outside bust
ness interests. Although there is the
usual talk of the activity of selfish in
tCrcsts in Mexican affairs the admin
istration is said to dscredt it.
And it feels that its policy Of keep
ing its hands off as CHrranza went on
from bad to worse and letting Mexico
work out her own salvation has been
justified.
Carrarza Wrought Own Fail
The opinion here is that Carranza
worked his own downfall. The former
first chief backed the wrong side dur
ing the war in favoring Germany. lie
alienatcd American opinion and weak
ened himself with those elements in
his own country who see that the flu
ture of the country depends w
friendly relations with the United
States.
He then made the mistake of trying
to control the election of his own sue
cessor and to force the choice of Bonil
las. who was not acceptable to the
strong chiefs of the big states. Then,
failing in this, he tried to put of tn"
election. This brought down upon him
the wrath of Gonzales and Obrcgon.
The revolution was thus. as the ad
ministration is said to view it. Spon
taneouS. springing from the mistakes
and weaknesses of Carranza. The indi-
cations here are that the administration
has no candidate for presidency Of
Mexico and is willing to let Obrrgon
and Gonzales settle that among them
selves. The expectation is that an cleo
ton will now be held and that the new
government will be promptly rccog
nized.
A certain danger exists that the sue
cessful revoutionists will fall to quar-
relng among themselves. That is al
ways danger following revolution
anywhere and it is heightened in Mexico
by the possibility that the great foreign
interest in Mexico. English and Ameri-
can. may take hand now in behalf of
one faction or another
Split on Policy Possible
With regard to this country's policy
toward Mexico there is a possibility Of
a dispute between the Senutr and the
President. The failure of tn" Senate
foreign relations committee to report
favorably upon the nomination of Mr..
Morgcnthau is one sign Of this differ
cnce of opinion. Mr.. Morgcnthau in
Mexico would be what Ambassador
Fletcher was not, personal r"prcscn.
tativc Of President Wilson. lie would
stand there for the utmost freedom Of
Mexico to develop along her own lines.
The difference between tho President
and the Senate is something like the
difference between tn Knox diplomacy
in Latin America. afterward called