Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-15 | Page 6 | One Obstacle

ONE OBSTACLE Ca an a and h s ba i of Mex ans have been given an oppo tu ) to as st in pa if ng the d scordant e e ments in the rep b c and n forming a stable government If the ref ise there should b no f r her delay n a pi g pressure and 0 c ng peace It s d e to sar that t is none of our bus ness We ha e s ffered n eve way since the tro b e began and t t n e to al a halt If Car anza hooses to be a stun bl no- bio k n the pathway of peace so mu h the worse for Carranza. , Even now there is no thought of war with Me co the intent on of the Un ted States and the ABC pow er6 beyig to back the eade s who w 1 ag ee to settle their t 0 bles at the polls nstead of emplov ng m rder a sou and p age to accompl sh the r ends It m pos ble to foresee how far this ba king w 1 take us but if we are com pe ed to c ean out the Carranzistas no tault will be found except upon the part of those who would cnt c se in any e ent The Mcacans need a gi d ng hand for there s no prospect thev will ever be able to compose the s tuation un aided There are too many generals too many bandits and too great a disin d nat on to work when there is a chance to steal The situation has be come so bad that predatory bands of Mexicans are now mak ng ra ds in Texas loot having become scarce on their 0 vn side of the border These marauders w 11 have to be exterminated and t makes little d fference whether they are shot on our s e of the in ternat onal boundarv 1 ne or the Mex can side so long as the raids are stopped Major General Hugh L. Scott ehief of staff of the United 'Hates army is attempting to bring the Mex can chiefs together General ott has accom plished wonders in preventing and set tling Indian 0 tbreaks Ee also did splendid work m the Philippines The administration at Washington sent the chief of staff to the border several days ago and he will remain there in definitely It was eay enough to bring Villa to terms and it is probable all the leading chiefs in the northern part of the republic will take advantage of the opportunity to lay down their arms and cultivate the arts of peace if Carranza, Obregon Gonzales and the r followers will do likewise If this part of the plan fails it will not be the fanlt of General Scott but may be attributed to pure cussedness on the part of the so called first chief If the United States had been per suing a pol cy of expansion the northern portion of Mexico would bave been as emulated long ago for there have been any number of excuses for intervention. But our hands are clean in this respect and we have held aloof The time has arn ed however when we are com pelled to step n and save the Mexicans from themselves