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Show MEXICAN SITUATION. Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, has gone to the border to confer with General Villa, over whom i he has much influence. It is said that General Scott will also meet Carranza and endeavor to induce the first chief to lay down his arms. If this can be accomplished it will be plain sailing for the United States and the South and Central American republics to bring about peace in Mexico. If Carranza is bent on fighting it out there is no hope for pacification of the unhappy country coun-try unless an army is 6ent down there to do by force what persuasion fails to accomplish. It is said there is a slight disagreement disagree-ment among the Pan-American conferees, con-ferees, but it is expected they will ultimately ul-timately harmonize their views and mark out a course of action. Coercion is not relished in any quarter, but the situation has become so desperate that it is necessary to depart from ancient tradition and custom and put an end to murder, pillage and arson, feed the starving women and children in Mexico and give the people a government under which they will enjoy the rights and privileges accorded by all civilized na- tions. If Carranza. gets in the way he should be eliminated as quickly as possible pos-sible and the same is true of any and : all of the other leaders, i ' No one wants war with Mexico. It would be too easy. Joint intervention is the thing if it can be brought about, for it is hardly possible the Mexicans would hold out against the earnest advice ad-vice of all the other powers of the western hemisphere and run the risk of force being applied. President Wilson Wil-son is taking a very decided interest in b Mevican situation which he prob ably realizes must be cleared up in time to prevent it becoming an issue in the presidential campaign next year. There will be more or less said about it in any event, both in and out of congress. Intervention In-tervention would probably have occurred long ago if the sentiment of the country had been favorable to such a course being be-ing pursued. But public sentiment may be changing, and if Mexico can be pacified paci-fied without a war President Wilson will be in better position to withstand the attacks of those who have always insisted drastic action should have been taken in the first place or the government govern-ment of Huerta recognized. Events on the border may move rapidly from this time on. |