Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
United States and Mexico.

The course of the revolt in Mexico
Is watched here in the United States
with the keenest interest. This Govern
n1ent and the American people general
ly have hoped for years for stable con-
ditions in the republic to the south of
us. In recent years such conditions ap-
parently have existed. To most Ameri-
cans the report of widespread revolt
in Mexico came, therefore, as real sur
prise.
The Hoover administration has been
forced almost from the moment Of its
birth to face problem that is decided
~ important so far as North America
j is concerned. The news reports of the
Mexican revolt were published here CO.
incidentally with the Inauguration OF
President Hoover Apparently this Gov
eminent is following out determined
course, leaning to the side of the gov
eminent in Mexico which has been es-
tablished by the MeXicans themselves
and recognized by the United States.
To do otherwise would be to encourage
revolt in friendly country and to re-
turn to the policies of former days of
6libustering expeditions.
The relations Of the United States
Government with that of Mexico have
+ improved during the last year or two in
marked degree, largely under the able
ministrations of Ambassador Morrow,
who recently returned to his post in
Mexico City after he had been widely
discussed as a possible successor to Sec
rotary Kellogg of the State Department.
Mr.. Morrow's presence in Mexico City
at this time may be considered as a
real asset.
The policy of this Government toward
Mexico has been friendly, and will con-
tinue to be so. 1t has been necessary to
act with firmness to protect American
citizens in a country which has seen
revolt at its height a number of times
ia the last fifteen years. Taft, Wilson,
Harding and Coolidge, while in the
White House, had Mexican situations to
deal with. Mr.. Hoover is now having to
meet new situation in Mexico. He Is
not unfamiliar with Mexican affairs, for
they frequently came before the Hard
ing and Coolidge cabinets, of which he
was an important member, during his
tenure of Office as Secretary of Com
nerce. His knowledge of the Mexican
situation may be expected to stand him
In good stead.
y This Government already has outlined
d course which may prove of aid to the
government in Mexico City. In the pur-
chase of munitions of war in the United
States the Mexican government is to
have the right of way, and the sale OF
such munitions to the revolutionists is
banned. Not only may the Mexican
government purchase arms from pri-
vate American concerns, but steps have
been taken to make possible the pur-
chase by that government from the
Government of the United States of
surplus war supplies now held by the
War Department. The ban against the
sale of commercial aircraft to any one
in Mexico but the Mexican government
has also been replaced at the order OF
the Hoover administration. 1t is not
difficult to see that the ability of the
Mexican government to obtain war sup
plies in the United States and the in
ability of the revolutionists to do so is
material aid to the recognized gov
erTnent.
The steps taken by the Hoover adj
6linistration with regard to the present
situation in Mexico are in line with
those adopted during the Coolidge ad-
ministration when revolt raised its head
there in 1924. The United States is de-
sirous of seeing peace in the Southern
republic. Intervention in Mexican af-
fairs has been urged upon this country
many times in the past. But the United
States has abstained from Intervention,
believing that the Mexican people are
entitled to work out their own problems,
provided they do justice to the foreign
ers and foreign property rights within
the borders of Mexico. This traditional
policy is likely to be maintained.