Military Organ Aroused.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 28, 1913:
Army and Navy Journal Urges Intervention in Mexico.
    The Army and Navy Journal, one of the two recognized organs of the united services, in its issue of Saturday comes out for intervention as the only means of restoring tranquillity In Mexico. It says that the visit of Ambassador Wilson to Washington "should strike the hour for reading to Mexico as sharp a lesson as was read to Nicaragua a few months ago." Had the Taft Administration compelled the Mexican Government to make redress when the present outbreaks began, the Journal contends, the situation would have been clarified immediately and the present crisis would have been averted. Editorially The Journal says:
    "During the past week there has been more Mexican war talk on Capitol Hill than at any time since the first revolution in the Southern republic. No longer do members of Congress minimize the danger of the situation. They have come into a full realization of the fact asserted in our columns from the first that the only solution of the problem is intervention by the United States. This is a sure indication that there is a general demand throughout the country for a more aggressive policy in dealing with Mexico.
    "The statesmen on the Hill have their ears to the ground and respond readily to every wave of public sentiment. They pay very little attention to recommendations of the State Department, or of any of the executive departments. But when the voters speak they heed, and at least go through the form of responding to all popular demand. The same state of public opinion exists now as before the Spanish-American war."
    Of Ambassador Wilson's visit The Journal adds:
    "The visit of Ambassador Wilson to Washington should strike the hour for reading Mexico as sharp a lesson as was read to Nicaragua a few months ago, when United States marines and bluejackets were landed to put an end to the terrors to which foreigners had been subjected during one of their fantastic local revolutions. It is doubtful, however, whether the necessity for vigorous action was any more pronounced in the case of Nicaragua than it is now and has been for months in the case of Mexico. Indeed, it may be safely said that the Monroe Doctrine is more in danger from the unpunished terrorism practiced by Mexicans than it ever was in Nicaragua."
    In conclusion The Journal accuses the Mexicans of taking advantage of the Monroe Doctrine, confident that the doctrine "will stand on the Rio Grande and bark off any European intruders."