Word: carranza
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...last straw". Even without it the Wilson record in foreign affairs has been the most humiliating in all our history, dotted with the graves of our unavenged dead on land and sea. The mere mention of the names of Columbus, Tampico, Vera Cruz, and Carrizal, of Villa and of Carranza; of Lenine and Trotzky, and our soldiers who died in Russia without knowing why they were sent there or for whose cause they fought, is enough to make all Americans, "who never fight," blush with shame and bitter humiliation. And now to these awful chapters must be added the Haitian...
Madero, an impractical dreamer, liberalized the constitution, and assassination was his reward. Huerta, elevated to power by one of Mexico's innumerable insurrections, was swept away by the troops of Carranza's and Villa, combined with the unfriendly attitude of foreign governments. Carranza's presidency has been marked with equal opposition from the outside nations because of his high-handed policy in regard to licensing foreign mining companies. His day, too, seems now ended...
...along our border for the past two or three years. Our neighbor to the south burned his fingers in the Jenkins case, and evidently decided to take no chances on further complications arising from the kidnapping of the American named Hugo. What it all goes to show is that Carranza, no matter what he says, is pretty well able to dictate to the bandits what they shall and what they shall not do. Americans find it hard to believe that the Mexican Federal authorities are as weak as President Carranza alleges they are; when it comes to a pinch...
...allies that Mexico should be let alone to work our her own salvation. Mexico has had nearly as long as we have had to do that, and to date not much of a salvation has resulted. Apparently the only thing that the American government can do is to show Carranza that there will have to be a change of heart on his part, and that such a change will have to come quickly...
...States, the Mexican central government has the right to intervene in his behalf. Paragraph VI of Article 104 of the Mexican Constitution promulgated in February, 1917, expressly states that the Mexican federal tribunals shall take cognizance of all cases concerning diplomatic agents and consular officers. The refusal of the Carranza government to interfere can mean only one thing--an international break with the United States...