Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-09-28 | Page 4 | Not Quite an Inheritance

i I lr Not ot IQ Quite an 1 Inheritance 1 I t 0 f NE lE of oC the political untruths a n number I J J of oC people accept as truth because they I j t have c a never taken the thc trouble to think for or them themselves IB is the common excuse offered t for Mr Wilson's Wilsons Wison's Mexican failure that ho he a 4 Inherited the problem from his hi predecessor Air Mr r. Taft raft Most persons sufficiently familiar with ih Mexico and anti l Mexicans to discuss the the subject with Intelligence and speak with authority declare delare American troubles with that country country coun coun- try tn began besan when the Huert- Huert Huert government hO wa was denied recognition For that dental denial the present administration Is wholly hol responsible Mr Taft Tar was President but hut eJ eight ht days after Huerta seized the Mexican government o Mr lr Taft had already ordered the u usual ual inquiry as to whether Huerta ou ought ht to be given I en reco recognition rec roe recI o the Inquiry having ti to do 0 wholly with wih determining whether hether ho he was ns in control control con con- and was wn actually dc IC facto president i I Mr fr Taft TaC publicly stated on the thc evo CO o of II I his retirement that he lie did dir not wl wish h to take tako i an action binding his successor and that U a the tho j i question o of recognition eco on would Ol ld remain un- un I i I I I settled until Mr Ir 11 Wilson yuon haG nac a assumed control control control con con- of government o business Mr 11 VI Wilson n chose choso to up upset et prece precedents ent and to den deny what ho he had no tenable reason for Cor withholding withholdinG His denial of recognition to Huerta Huert because I of oC the method by which ho he gained hl his power II bound him also aIM to den deny recognition to Carranza Car- Car ranza i whose methods were of oC the same rame me char char- charI I acter Three Thre y n years s ars of oC anarchy and and misrule of murder and ad rapine rapine in Mexico have hao followed fol fol- lowed from this decision of oC President Wil Wil- 1 son on It I is the common practice to extend recognition re- re rec rec- to a a. do facto government o once It ItIs ItIs Itis Is found that government go Is In control of oC the situation The methods by which It I assumed control are arc not a pro proper r matter mater of oC Inquiry though tough If f they the were President Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son demonstrated ho cared Ced nothing about methods when he lie recognized Warnings against counterfeit money would be more practical If lC accompanied with SUgg suggestions on how to lay Jay hold on thereal tho the real kind I