| Show I II I S I L I WASHINGTON LETTER LOO LOOMS lS FOIt U S IN 11 MEXiCAN I X By Jig I P STE 1 EA Service Writer WASHINGTON l Aug 1 12 Wash Washington'S Wash Washington's ington's estimate of Mexico Is a great deal more moore nearly exact than Its up size ot or the tile Latin Am h republics sout south souti of ot the Iho Panama canal Mexicans ans are DIO so different rein the people le of ot the United d lh the latter may not un understand them very sieli u ell but at least Its It's realized lucre that Mexico's ion on the mai map a next door neighbor and one w oa troubles and and mean on ott tills this side sido or of o the flip lUo Grande C rande Countries like Bolivia and Para Pam Paraguay guay can revolt to their hearts content and Washington official official- officialdom dom don hardly knows anything Is go- go goIng InS BO-InS lag Ing on Tho rho United States gov ly undertakes tile the role of 01 peacemaker between Chile and peacemakers Peru gets gels what peacemakers germ gen gen generally orally emIly get et and tind still doesn't klow I what II it was all about I A United States naval noyal mission sos goes gaily down to Rio Hio to build up upa Upa upa a big fighting fleet for tor the Brazilian Brazil Brazil- Ian tans quite oblivious to the tact fact that thai Its It's a mighty dangerous tIming play for Brazil to have But Mexico Is recognized as a powder magazine which would be beno berio beno rio no joke to have hove blow agan up-agan up again Of Ot course there are arc a afew few Inter Inter- Interests interests Interests ests on oil on this side of ot the bOlder ucb border would like to see a II Mexican lX Cx- ex explosion be because auae this lIds time they be- be believe be lieve the United States State's would have ha to go 10 In stamp the embers out and make some seme safer Eater disposition of ot the r TNT T A first class gen general generally ral ly Iy affords an opportunity for tor loot loot- loot ers era to get on the jot job and loot The ThO Th merits merits of ot the present lous lOlls bus rumpus In hl Mexico c am-c are neither here no nor noc there Th The essential fet ct Is that they lift the temperature ot of the Mexican store ot pf ot high beyond the danger limit By Hy great good luck President Coolidge seems to be a g good od watch watch- watchman watchman man titan In the present case He doesn't intend to lift urt the ex x existing cx- cx embargo embargo the Indiscriminate hating embargo oil oil- ate shipment of ot arms from rota the United Stales States into Mexico he says sas sa's at at any aly rate not for tor some sortie time timeto timeto timeto to come Mexico mayor may or may not have some bad laws lawa It If they're bad President Coolidge woul prefer to see them theft repealed In the regular way not with guns suns shipped In from the United States The Tho explosion ot of an arsenal 80 so cloSe by would be mighty unpleasant ant lint on this side of o the line Rest Resi Residents dents In the vicinity of ot Lake Den Den- Den Denmark mark mat N J can testify to that That That the United UI States would he hard put to It tt not to 10 Intervene it If another revolution s should break breakout breakout breakout out In Mexico diplomats In Wash lash Washington ington generally agree arec Mexican revolutions really have become too tiresome esome Military men arc are authority for ortha Ue time Statement tim t a It would lip lift rio no small affair It would be easy in ina ina a way but way but its it's a big territory with witha a population not to be bo Je eMd d at atIt It might aught take a year ar or two ai ilda c-ilda a million men 1111 to o win n-ld n hold the tho country down It al also aljo o would allan all tile the n-bela n of nr L Latin Llin tin America solidly against the United Sates Copyright Cop 19 1926 G by NEA Service In be |
