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Show UNCLE SAM DISTRUSTED. Whilo both Brar.il and tho Argentine Uopublic followed the lead of tho United Stales in refusing recognition. to Iho Hucrta government, tho recent action ac-tion of President Wilson docs not meet with tho approval of the press of Bio dc Janeiro and Buenoa Aires. One of tho Bio papers hopes that tho situation may bo cleared, if tho United States does not really intend conquest, which it says it wishes to bolicve, but evidently evi-dently docs not. The prcts of Buenos Aires is more outspoken. La Nacion eays: "President "Presi-dent Wilson tried to mako Huerta resign, re-sign, and the revolutionists wore counting count-ing on tho sympathy of tho White house. This would explain the conduct of Hucrta in the Tampico affair. Tho quick action of the United Stntcs shows that thov had intended to intervene. 0 Tho memory of this conflict will live in the history of tho relations between be-tween the United Slates and Latin-America." Latin-America." La Proiifia goes still further and declares de-clares that tho United States aims at Mexico ana not nt Huortn. It; continues: con-tinues: "Wo fear a repetition in Mox-ico Mox-ico of tho protectorate system fho United States created in Cnba. Meditation Medi-tation by tho Fiitropoan powers would now bo opporuno. 'The policy of tho United States will rovivo the distrust of Latin-Amorica, International law and' (ho Monroe doctrino do not authorize author-ize intervention or the establishment of a protectorate or tho tearing down or sotting up of governments." Tho saino fooling of distrust exists in Chilo and tho other South and Central American countries, fostered, no doubt, by ICuropcan nations who sock the es-Irangement es-Irangement of tho Latin-American republics re-publics from tho United States for their own solfish purposes. Even the Panama canal zono is hostile to this country, nnd Colonel Goothals has been compelled to guard tho locks of tho great waterway to provont thorn from being dynamited. Tho Latin-American republics do not tako .kindly to tho Monroe doctrine. Thoy do not want to bo under our pro-protocting pro-protocting wing ovon though wo havo obllgatod ourselves to spill our blood and spend our treasuro to savo thorn from European aggression. They nre ungrateful to be suro, but that docs not mend matters. So fnras wo aro ablo to see, tho application of tho Monroo doctrine brings us only curses in return for our attempt at philanthropy and vexation of spirit whore we Bhould find gratification in our ability to defend tho weak against tho strong. |