Show An lin Exception to the tile Rule of the United States nl navy under un un- un- un O OFFICERS der the direction of the President have havo taken in Santo Domingo action which Mr 11 Wilson has hns repeatedly declared as immoral oral and Ind indefensible when urged b by persons who thought the they they understood understood conditions better bellel than he for application in Mexico Conditions in Santo Domingo are arc practicallY practically the same as in Mexico There is 15 political po po- po- po chaos and anc anarchy The strong fire are oppressing g the weak the tho wealthy arc aro exploiting exploiting ex ex- the tho poor and antI government go generally generally generally gener gener- ally has broken down own with little possibility of or help from without Mexico an and Santo Domingo are of a a. piece fo so o far tar as concerns the Internal situation They differ only In power and importance It is Impossible ible for Cor the tho disinterested observer ob oh- should bein bein be bo boin there server server serer to comprehend why in Santo Domingo that interference United States refuses to obtrude h in I the i Mexican affairs Mexico l is HI adjacent to the United States while Santo Domingo is sufficiently remote to preclude the possibility that anarchy thero there could threaten th the life of ot an American citizen Yet Mexico Is left to work out her own problem while Santo Domingo Is placed under the military rule of the United States and the tha most stringent of restrictions reo established But Rut one inference is possible le from the facts as fiS they exist But nut one deduction can be drawn fl rawn and that Is that Mexico Is permitted permit permit- ted ted to work out her own salvation because she he I is comparatively strong and able to defend defend defend de de- de- de fend herself while Santo Domingo weak and defenseless is an invitation to inter Inter- The fhe self constituted champion of ot constitutional government in this hemisphere hemisphere hemi herni- sphere evidently e con confines Cines his operations only to tho those e sections where the they arc are not lIkel likely to be bo met with effective protest Mexico and Santo Domingo cannot be bei regarded as In the same classification when considering c them as a n. menace to the law lawand lawand lawand and or orde e of this hemisphere When hon Mr 11 Wilson chooses es to cleanse the one and antI to Ignore the other certainly he is not operatIng operating operating ing In conformity to any established prin prin- ciple |