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fore of the opinion that, while

war is not recognized as existing

between the United States and

Mexico, the actual conditions un?

der which the field operations in

Mexico are being conductcd are

those of actual war."

They are exactly the conditions

under which the Administration's

military operations at Vera Cruz, in

Hayti and in the Dominican Repub

lic have been conductcd. They con

stitute war, because they are an em

ployment of armed force on foreipn

soil, in defiance of the politieal sov

ereignty existing there, and with the

purpose of asserting politieal rights

or securing politieal advantages.

Mr. Wilson's fourth war still con

tinues. It has brought about various

armed clashes with Mexican bandit

groups and two clashes with the or

ganized forces of the Carranza gov?

ernment. American soldiers were

killed at Parral and at Carrizal. "N'ow

there is a state of armed truce, pend?

ing the result of the joint conference

in session at Atlantic City.

But what has been the net result

of this eight months' war? More

American lives have been sacrificed

and a very costly mobilization of the

state guards on the Mexican border

has been made ncccssary. But we

are apparently no nearer than ever

to a real solution of the Mexican

problcm. It is evident that that

problem can never be solved with

advantage eithcr to Mexico or to our

selves if Mr. Wilson's present fan

tastic policy of waiving American

rights in Mexico is to be indorsed at

the polls and thus become more or

less permanent. It was not worth

our while to go to Vera Cruz or to

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New-York tribune. (1916). New York [N.Y.], 1916-10-25. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1916-10-25/ed-1/?sp=8

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1916-10-25.