South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-27

represented an effort Of elements in Mexico.
The Huerta coup was merely rough step back to
Diaz Carranza represented in general what Madero
had represented
the Of the villa raid no ordinary president
would have avoided stampede Nearly, if not quite.
every member Of the cabinet reflected the sudden hys
terra. Woodrow Wilson. single handed prevented
hyprcritica assault Mexico affront all South
America His relations in the Mexican matter. TO the
a powers were a preliminary step to his great
world effort. There today dark clouds the Mex
horizon but Wilson at done his part In
that matter his record is complete and secure.
Supreme Court Appointments.
The supreme court is standing firmly against i'm
partial legislative effort to provide normal paths
TO modified industrial regime. 1t loads all the dice
it against labor and in favor Of combined capital
1915 Justice Holmes spoke in heroic. unms-
taxable against judicial usurpaton Mr. Brandeis
at that time more detested by the privileged
classes than any else in America The reasons do
belong When put
OF the supreme court bench showed the
courage that he showed In the case OF Mexico He had
his vision, he followed it, and he secured conhrma
ton after months of bitter controversy in which lead
big business leaders among lawyers who en-
JOY the big business the politicians
combined to defeat the nomination
Following this rough break into the holy court, he
made in Justice Clarke another appointment which
the nearest he could come to repeating The preceding
appointment Justice McReynods was before
presidents singe-track mind had become fixed the
Importance of putting on the bench only who
understood the distinction between court and leg
islature but also who familiar with the facts
o modern life, an essential undermined with calm
ruthlessness by Justice Brandes in the Duplex
there been n in 1914 exhibitions I
have mentioned would have given Mr.. Wilson a high
place as a peace president They would proved
him nearly ideal president in period when eff
fort make of reform a assistance quietly
reaching a future that, whether by "a smooth road a
rough one have power to avoid; a president who
only represented the best country, who
led it, and helped create it. ic. could sug
gest peace-time president to place above him.
Then there burst upon the world a war in which all
the resources of modern science were in
sruction with an actual and pressing danger to civil
cation itself So endless its Importance that his
responsibilities the presidents earlier
came a minor consideration
The World War-Our Neutrality.
This vast responsibility from August.
1914. March, 1917, a way greatly to increase the
presidents reputation Fairinded persons I'm general
will that it desirable: (a) persuade
the belligerents end the if possible before Eu
rope demorazed. bIed white. left critical
situation wherein her now; CD refrain from
participation as long there chance of persuad
ing the belligerens to accept such peace; (c)
this period modify the issues of the a
that would favoraby affect the nature of the
and the of the nations; CD
against Germany if such turned out to be the only
method of ending the German inlperialistic drive
If these things are conceded then it must also be
that Wilson displayed n period a high
craftsmanship That his bring about
an earlier and less destructive peace than finally
achieved failed through no fault of his own, but
through the faults and commitments the opposing
governments, proved by what know o the
treaties and by such other Count
other promising for pursue is proved by
election of 1916 by such contemporary documents
Roosevelt's essay neutrality and 1
think also by correct analysis of the elections of 1918
1920
Wilson how much he might possibly be able to
accomplish by delay He could pursue the beligerens
with ideals, endeavoring to commit them TO
that would imply the acceptance higher
any of the governments actually desired.
time he would be educating his country pos
sible of turning victory actual progress
and he would be waiting for and partly creating, the