Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1916 — DECRYING INTERFERENCE, WE INTERFERED IN MEXICO EXASPERATINGLY. [ARTICLE]

DECRYING INTERFERENCE, WE INTERFERED IN MEXICO EXASPERATINGLY.

The dealings of the admlnls- 1 tration with Mexico constitute a 1 confused chapter of blunder*. We have not helped Mexico. She lies prostrate. Impoverished, famine stricken, overwhelmed 1 with the woes and outrages of 1 Internecine strife, the helpless < victim of a condition of anarchy < which the course if the admin- « Istratlon only served to promote. • For ourselves, we have wit- < nessed the murder of our dti- ■ zens and the destruction of their ' property. We have made ene- • rides, not friends. Instead of < commanding respect and deserv- ■ Ing good will by sincerity, ■ firmness and consistency, we •! provoked misapprehension and ■ deep resentment la the light < of the conduct of the admin- • istratlon no one could under- < stand its professions. Decrying < Interference, we Interfered most • exasperatingly. We have not ■ even kept out of active con- * filet, and the soil of Mexico Is < stained with the blood of our ■ soldiers. We have resorted to « physical invasion only to retire 1 without gaining the professed ■ object. It is a record which ■ cannot be examined without a < profound sense of humiliation.— * From Mr. Hughes’ Speech of < Acceptance. '