Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-07-02 | Page 5 | Take Norrn Mexico, Henry Watterson Urges

l I Tal Tale Take e N Northern Mexico f I Henry W Watterson Urges I t I I I We Should Establish Stable Government There and If Wilson Does Not So Conceive It Some Other Man Should Be Called Editor Says LOUISVILLE Ky July 1 Under l.-Under Under the caption The Mexican Situation I Henry Henry- Watterson says in the Courier- Courier Journal It will show itself worse than idle before the end is reached for the Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- to undertake in the presidential campaign a labored defense of the administration administration ad ad- ministration policy of Mexico It began with a grievous error and thence proceeded from bad to worse Be sure the Republicans will make the most of it All that can be said in abatement is that the aim was to avoid trouble that the chief magistrate had indifferent advisement that he be was raw on his Job and let us hope that he has learned better But still sUll more serious ills will fellow fol fol- follow follow low it if if in going to to war with Mexico we fail fall to realize the meaning of it its far reaching eventualities what it is about and whither it may lead and in short after we have bave a second time possessed ourselves of the country the disposition we shall make of it and the return we shall get for our outlay of blood and treasure There is nothing altruistic about war The chatter that comes to us usI I from Washington touching our benevolent benevolent ben ben- Intentions and the regret we feel to be compelled to cross the border bor bor- der not der-not not to intervene in the affairs of Mexico but to punish outlawry and establish order will order will certainly not deceive deceive deceive de de- the Mexicans It is much as if a a. policeman dragging a screaming and struggling malefactor to Jail should seek to appease and quiet him by profuse profuse profuse pro pro- fuse apologies Rio Grande Untenable Primarily we wish the Mexicans no evil But resolved upon good neighborhood we must cut our coat according to our cloth With this in view the line of the Rio Grande is both illogical and untenable Before Defore it was established by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo a neutral zone between between between be be- tween the Nueces and the Rio Grande vas was variously proposed Thus ThuR early however it was foreseen that the natural natural natural nat nat- ural boundary south and southeast was the mountains and south and southwest the Pacific ocean There will never be peace and order order order or or- der or good neighborhood until the theline theline theline line of ot the Rio Grande is advanced to the mountains embracing what is known as northern Mexico and New Mexico and Arizona are extended to the sea and Lower California joined to California as was at first intended We can afford aCCord to buy all this territory territory territory ter ter- ter- ter from the Mexicans to pay them for it enough to put them out of debt leaving them a region though too big bigfor bigfor bigfor for them to govern yet easier to govern govern govern gov gov- ern than the vast area aTea which has forthe Corthe for Cor forthe the last years defied every effort at government save and excepting the despotic Diaz regime Up to Mr Wilson H There is now practically no government govern govern- Tn ment- ment mentin nt in Mexico Mp Carran a may be tie I toppled over at any moment He will willbe willbe willbe be suc eded by some other of the military military military mili mili- tary bandits who have ruled at varying varying vary vary- ing intervals ever nce Mexico cut loose from Spain If it was worth our while to cross the ocean and set a form of government in the Philippines Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines to cross the guar guif and set an experimental experimental experimental ex ex- ex- ex government nt in Cuba it is isa isa a binding indispensable duty that we wego wego wego go to the City of Mexico and from that vantage lay the sure and solid foundations foundations foundations of an orderly nd nd stable system In place of perennial chaos nor that we come away until it is definitely achieved It is a situation calling for constructive statesmanship as well as the leadership of men If Mr Wilson does not so conceive it if it he be not prepared for it some other who is should be called to the head of our national national na na- na affairs The situation and the times call can for plain speaking The people of this country are not going to pour out millions millions millions mil mil- lions of money and send their boys to tobe tobe tobe be shot down in battle after it is over overto overto overto to beg pardon of the Mexicans and andI slick things with goose grease for the I Latin When we go again into Mexico we shall go to stay out the need We Va arc are already at war war war- I very much at war From rom this onward there must be action vigorous action I and nothing but ut action I I