In the first place, this nation is concerned with the methods by which governments on this hemisphere are overturned and established and of the character of these governments' rulers. The Monroe Doctrine makes us in a sense a trustee for the quality as well as for the security of republican institutions in this continent.

The murder of Madero had excited widespread horror in Mexico. President Taft had declined to recognize the red-handed usurper and before President Wilson came into office, revolutions were in full progress.

Then was no legality in the Huerta title. It had no existence and gained no recognition in many of the Mexican states. Its origin and nature doomed it to early failure, for if anything in Mexico can be said to have been established, the downfall of Porfirio Diaz marked the end of all rule based on personal repudiation of popular rights.

Morally, recognition by this government would have been indefensible; politically, it would have been an act of almost incredible folly, for it would have committed this nation to an alliance with a Mexican faction which represented the worst elements in the Mexican character, and which was deservedly executed by the great mass of the Mexican people. When Huerta had suffered the fate of Diaz—infinitely his superior in force, intelligence and governing skill—American prestige and influence have received a blow far more serious, than any outcome of watchful waiting.

The average man would rather plead, "Rutler by telephone than run the risk of catching."  The dague is going to Police Court. 