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Show safe road to prosperity and happiness and that they will be able to adjust their internal affairs with satisfaction to themselves and to the world. Meantime he Mexican situation has not improved from the American point of view, i So far as affairs on the border bor-der are concerned, they never have been worse, and constant activity on the part of our troops is necessary to protect the iutercsts of the Texas people and even then their interests and even their lives are not safe. Whether a march across the border would improve the situation or not is more or less a matter of guesswork. guess-work. It would seem to be idle, however, how-ever, to enter Mcxicq merely to chase bandit bands over the mesas and through the canyons. If we go into Mexico we should not stop until we take Mexico City and dominate the entire country. And when we have made, up our minds to do this the South American Ameri-can countries should be invited to lend us every possible assistance, for the Monroe doctrine is theirs as well as ours. Meantime President Wilson will continue con-tinue more or less "watchful waiting." He will arrange a conference' with Car-ranza Car-ranza or his agents to discuss "purely international relations," as Carranza has suggested, and then there will be more waiting for the Mexicans to adjust ad-just their affairs. But it appears to be increasingly certain that the final settlement set-tlement of the Mexican problem will lie with the L'nited States and the Central and South American nations. CARRANZA'S REPLY. Evidently a gentleman of considerable attainments, Jesus Acunat secretary in charge of foreign relations for Venus-tiano Venus-tiano Carranza, has written a communication communi-cation which should appeal to the literary lit-erary sense of President Wilson. It is couched in language of grace and distinction dis-tinction and breathes a noble spirit of liberty and humanity. It is ap attractive attrac-tive contribution to the literature of Mexican diplomacy. Not the most elegant ele-gant of Castilian statesmen could have done better. As a reply to our proposal of A. B. O. mediation it is much less appealing. It flatly rejects the plan to arrange the internal affairs of Mexico from the outside out-side and in this respect it follows the ancient and modern precedents of international in-ternational relations. The only grounds upon which President Wilson and the Latin American diplomats can base j their offer is the supposed impossibility I of bringing peace and order to Mexico by any means other than foreign intervention. inter-vention. Carranza, through his secretary, secre-tary, meets this situation with much force because of the changed circumstances circum-stances in Mexii-o. Two months ago auf r'hy prevailed throughout Mexico and bandits roamed the streets of Mexico Mex-ico City, looting at will. Now there has been a material alteration of conditions. con-ditions. Not that Carranza is able to eliminate anarchy throughout the coun-' coun-' try, not that he is able to control the entire country. nAi-4hat law and order ouce more prevail, but Carranza can justly maintain that he is growing stronger and the opposition weaker and he feels afe in predicting that the time is not far distant when he and hit partv will he supreme throughout the land. He would have us believe that when the fortunate time arrives the troubles of Mexico will h at an end, that th peoph? once more will be np rhe |