The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1920-08-28
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U'p Years reside correspondent
IN Mcyico Chc foi the Sow Gork Wurld
aud IN charge 81 tie Noyicnn section
of the S Committee on ruhiic In.
formation durinG the world War. fm
his latter brilliant service to this coun
try and the allies he hns been decor.
atod by italy ana commended for the
United states Distinguished Service
McdalD
NEW YORK. arc. 2S.--All was
peaceful IN Mexico early in 1910. and
there S,r litu' understanding of Men.
lean conditions. and little interest ~
them 10y The plain loll, of the United
states
CaNr. Nadcro. then. crying like u
Mexican John the Baptist and preach.
ing tl,c doctrine II effective suffrage
and no rc-'1eCticn." The Dia1 legend
persisted with rs. lie would crush Ma
derO. But. greatly Ia our lancuid sur
prise. he did not. lie couldn't. lie was
too old. tie had governed too long and
toe alone.
He in all the government. was the
sturdy OAK. On what outwardy looked
to hr the sturdy OAK, although under
| the bark there was naueht hut dry.rot
incptitudc, weakness. decay,
An of the other individual elements
| IN the government were rlinging vines
parasites, towards. old men. who had
done their share in sucking tn" ZAP
! from III" formerly sturdy oak.
| Madcro Could Never Have Oustrd Diaz
Without Help from L. $.
Without the assistance which came
! TO him fr0m the nitrd States. Nader"
IN yer could have OVrrthrOwn Diax. The
Washington government permitted the
MntLristaS to establish their base. unt
h.t rlt lllnit. MATS an I nit ph SIllIrs for
| ritOry.
Din/ protested VninlN. lnvaluni,ir aid
md comfort. materially and a,ntircut
ally. was given Madcru along In" h0r
der, bv Americans in I'll paSO. Eagle
Pas, Laredo and Jth"I places. Through
the border ports poured openly ard un
inndcrod "a e"IS'lcss. stream OF iiIlra
rmmunitinn. machine guns to liz" Ala
d,r,StIs.
We didn't Soa that We wore sos; ing
fh,. wind. Had we seen, cnuil ~ have
seen. what the consequences WUuid ~"
fUr Us perhaps "" would hny" 'tn!t'.n
things in hand. II "" had cOacpId IT
that ii was for the best interests of The
McTiCan people tha, Diaz shO,Ai - and
that n genuinely democratic ful'n of
Gu",rnm,ni fu which apparently. tlty
hunger, d nud which N1dcru promised
hon 'E"uld j." SCI NJ below ~" Ri"
Thlud', his. then, Is what ~" would
have done:
with all di>int crested sincerity and
what j. more important. pilrVoNeIui,
constructive firmnus.. We should have
caused the M'xicanS 10 understand that
while n. 70 tree people ourselves We
ynpatl,iled completely with thrir ~.
piratiOns 10 throw OH the tlnalldum ol
Iay. nnh were willing 10 assist them
80 tar ~ we could. destructive rcvOlu-
| ton would not be tolrra.cd as much
! for their own sak,> - for ours. Also
| that border fighting, which tod, IT, ton
| If american lives IN III 'aS0 and other
| frontier towns. must pra'c. Also that il
| Il did not cease We ShO,iId oirsriyr, IN.
| h"rtakc the military p"I:cing al the
Mexican .itr Of the border, especially
| opposite American towns.
| Taft " armed .ind ThrcItcn, Il But TOcl.
NJ Action
| OF course. IL would have u'ru ,g'l,s-
! 10 have told them Hn'thin" of TINS sort
uuIoss tho t"Iling was htri'd NJ by a
| old ana infiaViblr determination T." do
| what W said y" would Il" If ~ M"Hi.
| cans persisted in doing tn" Times W
| iuld them Tho, nu't not de-. t'u We
! cculdn't merry" ourselves 10 Juyllliu" Of
| the sort Th'r" was TO popular d"uHud
! rpr it. SO more than thrrc is moss f'r
| intervention.
The EcNicane kept on p'ny'u. hob
along the border. Tift warned 'Eom
again aud again. Eut he didn't =" any
thing. save warn and threaten That
was fatal Not only for our prestige,
| bot also To- al hope ,ha' N'tt.u could
| be- abb, To- chang" governments a" peace.
| fullv AMI ~ . matter Of course 1s WI.
/ eon viii Turn over "m gu,'nn'ut I"
his guc,poy.l ON March ! nrs,. raft
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