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Show THE FIREBRAND. The Texas people who appealed to Roosevelt to bolp them in the Mexican crisis received a quick response. In an interview which the former president presi-dent gave out a few hours after the appeal, and which The Tribune published pub-lished yesterday, Mr. Roosevelt reveals re-veals himself! as flaming for war. On the other hand, the Democratic administration admin-istration in Washington is determiner! to maintain its policy of non-interfer-em-fl and give the lately recognized government of Unrran.a an opportunity opportun-ity to show what it can do by way of maintaining order. The Roosevelt views are so transparently transpar-ently political that they will not carry much weight, lie sees a chance lor a general offensive movement , so to y speak, against the administration and lie begins battle , with horse, foot and artillery. He does not confine himself tu the Mexican .situation, although it is a most fertile field for criticism, but takes up all the issues involved in the Kurupean w;ir. Wc can soe him adroitly but none the less certainly contrasting himself with President Wilson. We can I see him subtly painting a picture of one T. Roosevelt as chief executive of the nation in the present crisis and can 'hear'-' him remembering the words of Hamlet r ajok he i e u'pon t his picture, and on this. ': " See, what a grace was seated on this brow! Hyperion's curls; the front of Hove himself; Au eye like Mars, to threaten and command; com-mand; Look you now what follows " A slave, that's not the twentieth part Vthe tithe of your precedent Lord; The demagoguery of the interview is , revealed wheu Roosevelt compares in- i terveution in Mexico with intervention j in Cuba. The veriest blockhead can see j hat the eases bear no analogy to each ther. Jn the case of Cuba, which we tee ued from Spa hi. we gave a pledge ' the world that law and order would maintained by a government which had set up by means of war. It was : neiely the formal recognition which j government accords To another, was our ward and we made our-,. our-,. responsible for her good behavior. I ervention in Cuba was necessary ! 'ie pledge we had given. Kven e'e of Cuba knew that it was in-ndn in-ndn the event that they could hi tun order and protect foreign wheivclt is on firmer ground ' for roidemns the administration ! him aig Carranza and supplying with t. other factious in Mexico ' citizens ts with which our own isttntioi,t down, But the admin- y.: govern recognised the Carran i opptM-tiinit's bound to give it an killed the utish the bandits who' cans. To in'u or twenty Atneri- J (. arranx.a a e'exico without giv ing i can "ocru Mvto show whether lie j and property end protect the lives; i'. just ire to (ners would be au j 'on.-e-sjo,, t0 ,;a and a weak ! which are al wa ?'i rebrand spirits j these not the leasv;l"" - :1I"1 amon ! Cai raii7 has iuino?,'v I h' 0 punish the enoret i.-a 1- ready two Villa cm bandits. AI-! jilted, and on rathr1:lvp 11,10,1 j rivv were put to dea,s.v ,n' ' ' l,'nr- ! 'e. "on general pi ('"' ;i.i''-C , rt'an because of anv p,',1 " '"ather i "ere directly re.ponsib!11 : ''r of the Americans. C; t5"' ' ;in' '''ready in pursuit of tli':1 truops ' """fitted the murders and'1,1 whi,-h i r' briiur (tem tu justi.'e. fttempt ' 'i")s in (his attempt the f j,' n ;1 ll ; : "'rtmicj :t,)i : |
