Show What hat AI Mr Wilson Inherited I NEITHER EITHER Mr Taft Jart nor anybody asso associated lI lI l- l atod with him in hl his administration r had I taken tho the trouble at an any time until the present pre pres ent campaign to refute the statement that t I tho the succeeding Democratic administration In Inherited Inherited inherited In- In the Mexican problem and continued It merel merely ns IS Mr Ir Taft had begun it Those conversant with the facts Ime knew better Others Oth OUI I ers era less well Informed were undoubtedly Impressed Impressed Im hn- Im- Im pressed and inclined to excuse Mr Ir Wilsons Wilson's series Gerles of ot errors o on m the theory that perhaps he was doing as ns well as possible with tho the material at hand Mr Knox Secretary of or State Slate under tinder the I Taft administration dispassionately recites the facts with a clarity larity that dissipates all misconceptions What That Mr Wilson Wilsen inherited from Mr Taft ran way was an unanswered diplomatic diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic request directed to tho the Huerta government government government govern govern- ment of ot Mexico 1 for definite 8 assurances for forthe tho the security of American rights and the adI adjustment adjustment ad ad- I of ot American claims as a preliminary preliminary nary to to tho question of or recognition Had f I I j these thes been received with Mr Taft in office Huerta would In all probability have been recognized as the tho de do facto president of or Mexico co and tho subsequent anarchy MI avoided or at nt atthe the loo least t minimized President Mexican Moxie problem Is Ie Isas isas as ho he has hM made It It be began n when ho upset international precedent and practice by bj declining de do- dining clining to recognize a n. government of ot wh whoso whose e character he disapproved While such Ruch ro- ro may maj have hayo been Idealistic and altruistic In the tho extreme and as nB such worthy the praise of ot every amiable theorist Its practical l result has i boon been a a. peace moro devastating than war and a tranquillity that differs from war Will only In tho the lack of oC a formal declara- declara declaration tion of ot Tho The annual ann effort of or the dancing masI masters mas nuns I tors to Invent a a. dance danco nobody can learn without professional onnI Instruction goes on I apace |