THE MEXICAN QUESTION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 93, 19 December 1913, Page 4

THE MEXICAN QUESTION.

The' sensational daily press, writes a New York correspondent, have been to-day (Octottei' 28th) crying extras about rumours o iwar being declared upon Mexico as the result of the detention of one of the Ward Line mail steamers at the port of Vera Cruz, the jingoists who have been wanting war for the sake of perosnal emolument are greatly excited, and the humble investor who years ago was induced to take stock in Mexican mines and rubber plantations heaves a sigh of hope that something may happen to give a chance of dividends through peaceful means hereafter. But no word comes from the President that he is to intervene, and even the sincerest American believers, in the Monroe doctrine are now doubtful of it being the policy that appeals to the wisdom of President. Wilson. It is very probable that the advices of actual conditions in Mexico which are received at the White House in Washington are different from those reaching the capitals of Europe, and it is not, unlikely that both may be different from the representations dished out to the readers of American daily papers.

It is reported that England draws such a large part of her petroleum supply from Mexico that she hesitates to express an opinion about interference with the internal affairs of that country, while some writers state that American intervention is just as certain sooner or later as it was in thel matter of Cuba. This remains to be seen.