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Show oo NEWS CHANGES TO MEET TAFT'S POINT OF VIEW The "official" Information from our Ambassador in tho City of Mexico 16 colored to conform with the policy of the Washington go crnment When, a year ago, troops were being rushed to the Rio Grande border and the entire en-tire army was on the move, the reports re-ports emanating from our embassy In the City of Mexico dwelt on the persecutions per-secutions of Americans and the necessity ne-cessity of aggressive action on tbo part of the Unltel States. Then Taft suddenly decided for peace and Immediately Im-mediately all Americans were warned warn-ed to get out of the war-swept country coun-try and were informed that they remained re-mained at their own peril Vesterda Ambassador Wilson sent a reassuring message, in which he said he was disposed to accept Huerla's version of the manner in which Madero and Suarez were put to death and that peace was being restored re-stored in the capital. This cablegram cable-gram seems to have been Inspired by Taft 's declaration that the American government would "keep hands off." The transparent story related by Huerta is shown to vary from the probable facts In so many particulars is to be wholly unworthy of credencv, and wc regret that the machinery of jur government Is being employed to bolster up that infamous act of assassination, assas-sination, simply because Taft has said "hands off," As the Standard said last week, Mexico 19 destined to be ruled by a desrot, and already there is ample evidence of the rule of blood and Iron. i llucrta is establishing a reign of terror. ter-ror. He has resolved to murder any one 'ho stand In his waj Cor six months he will be kept busy assassinating assas-sinating the Hadorlsias, until finally the peace of death shall have been made complete, and America will stand by and praise the work of pacification pacif-ication ami flnall: honor the military mili-tary scoundrel as the worthy head of a friendly nation. The United States ha- a Monroe doctrine, which declares apalnst any monarchical government invading the western continent The spirit that inspired that doctrine was one of distrust dis-trust for old world powers with rulers holding to the divine right of kings. This country objected to having as a DetghbOl I Mexico under a Maximilian, i aud yet today we are persnaJing ourselves our-selves that Mexico, brutalized and debased de-based by a human monster worse than nurderer. is worthy of our confidence and trust aud offers no menace. A country ml -hi just as well be turned over to the Black Hand as to be dominated b General Huerta and Felix Dial |