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Show MEXICO AND THE SENATE. During the crisis in th" Mexican affair, af-fair, the foreign relation-, commit.tei of the V. S. senate is to hava a personal per-sonal interview with Presidrnt W il son. Let us hope this is not ihe beginning begin-ning of more jockeying by the sena 'tors who, during the past tix months, have been playing for advantage and seeking to embarrass rather than aid the administration in LV.e sol ing of problems involving life, property and world peace The Mexican trouble is serious and wisdom must be shown tn dealing with the muddled situation. There are three lines of action open to America. One is to deal firmly with Carranza and force him to exert all power poi sible to protect Americans, making the president of the dlstracti I repub lie realize an armed conflict is inevitable, inev-itable, if the perpetrators of outrages go unpunished This, we understand is being done, though the response Is unsatisfactory. Therefore .-harper notes are necessary, accompanied by evident preparations for a rupture. A second course is to suddenly fly Into a national rage and strike to crush the Mexican The third Is to continue to be patient, pa-tient, hoping that when M'xico is freed from the banditti and stability i established, sane and orderlj government govern-ment will prevail and Americans will j ceases to be the victims of he blood- Ihirstv h.amtv nnn nnornttnp In nnrrli. em Mexico. The Standard prefers the exerting of greater pressure on Carranza. ;:"ci then, if necessary, an Invasion ex tending five hundred miles fouth of l the Rio Grande, with the occupying of the oil region near Tamplcc. An attack of that kind might bring the' Mexican authorities out of their leth 1 argy. |