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Show i i i H OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD MEXICO B There, is no doubt that the ovents of the lust B tew days lit Mexico City lmvu imulo tliu question B' of American Intervention a mora burning ono than Bb it has been nt any tlmo Biuco tho outbreak of the present revolution. At the unmo tlmo Intervention BB Ib not yel a necessity, and It is to bo hoped that B tho stalwart peaco policy which has been main- BB tnlnud by President Tuft can bo continued. B It Is quite posslblo that President Mndero B would not l)o ad verso to intervention nt tho pros- Bh ent Juncture in order to strengthen Ills waning B fortunes, but tho United States is not now engaged B In either building up or tearing down Mexico po- H lltlcnl lenders or parties. What this country Is con- BB corned about is tho safety of tho lives of Its Uti- BB zens, and It Is for that reason that warships have B been dispatched to Mexican waters. B While, howovor, tho necessity for intervention B Is not yet apparent, thcro Is no uso blinking tho B fnct that It may ho forced upon us. It Is not mere- BB y n revolution In tho ordinary sense, that is In B progress in Moxlco. Tho right of revolution is ov- B erywhero recognized nnd successful Insurgents ho- B como the established rulers. B But in Moxlco a wholo people seems to 'n 'o B lost tho power of self-government. Whlio the V present fighting In Mexico City Is the most nlarm- Ing feature in the general situation, yet in many other parts of the country brlgandngo has bo-iono chronic, natives nnd foreigners nllko being pillaged until there seems to bo no security for olthor life B or property. Bfl It Is probnblo that Europe would not only be BB Kind to sea this country lntervcno In Moxlco, but BB that It believes that Intervention cannot bo put off BB much longer. Kuropenn cotintries have no polltl- BBBlr 1 -11, 1111 III1BIIBIIIII ! b. bbIbbJbbbb bbbbbbbbbbT cal ends to obtain by Interference In the domestic J politics of tho republic to the south of us, but they hnvo innny important interests that nro being greatly reduced In vnluo by the contlnunnce of the disturbances. What, under tho circumstances, nro our rights nnd duties with respect to tho trouble in;Mextco not only becauso of tho loss of American- llvce hut because wo nro committed ta the Monroe, dd.Urlnj which virtually forbids foreign countries from ln torforlng thcro? It is n difficult question and one which undoubtedly Ib giving President Tuft and his ndvlsers much worry, If as n matter of dlro necessity Intervention should come It is difficult to tell what the end would bo. Could intervention be confined, to tho support of tho established government against Its own rebels, oven If that wcro a Justifiable proceeding? proceed-ing? It might entail war against that overnniint as well ns Its nssallants. In that event reparation and Indemnity rsittht take tho form of a further annexation of territory And If such a precedent should bo set for Intervention Inter-vention to protect llfo and property or "Inlores's," It. is difficult to sco whero tho sovereignty of the United States would reach Kb ultimate Urn', jhert of tho Panama cnnnl. San Francisco Chronicle |