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abused, the United States promptly com
Piled with her request. a second conven
ton was accordingly concluded between
the Two governments on The thiriieth o
january, iS43, which upon its face dc
ciares, that. this new arrangement is en-
I tered INTO for Iiic accommodation of Mex
leo" by tho terms of this convention, al
the interest due ON the awards which hat
been made IN favor Of The claimants umIe
the convention of the eleventh of April
1899 was To be paid to them Oh the ,llirri
eth Of April, 1913, and ''the principal o
/ the said awards, aud the interest accruiuG
thercon," was stipulated To "be paid in fvi
years, in equal instruments every three
months. Notwithstanding This new CON
vention was entered into al The request al
MEXICO, and for the purpose of relieving
her from embarrassment the claimants
have only received the interest due on the
thirie,h of April, 1913, and three of the
twenty instalmemts. Although the paw
ment of the sum thus li1uidaied, and con-
icssedly due by Mexico TO our citizens as
Indemnity for acknowledged acts OF out
rage and wrong, was secured by treaty, the
observations of which are ever held sacred
! by all Just nations, yet Mexico has violated
ihis solemn engagement by falling and re-
tnSiig to make the payment The two in
stalhcnts due i'll April and July, 1914 un-
der the peculiar circumstances connected
with them, have been assumed by the IT,
States and discharged to the claimants, but
they are still due by Mexico. But this is
not all Of which we have just cause of com
plant. To provide a remedy for the cIaini-
In.lI IL,
Joint commission under the convention OF
April the eleventh, 1899 1t was expressly
| stipulated 10y the sixth article Of the con-
vcntion OF The thirlicih of January. 1S43,
that ga new convention shall be entered
INTO Tor the settlement OF all claims of the
government and citizens of The u. States
against the republic of Mexico which were
not finally decided by the late commission,
which met in the city of Washington, and
"i all claims OF the government and citi-
zcns OF Mexico against The u. Slales.''
| In conformity with this stipulation, a
third convention was concluded and sim.
ed at the city of Mexico on the twentieth
of November, 1913, by the plenipotentia-
ries of the two governments, by which
provision was made for asceriaininr and
paying these claims. In January, 1874,
this convention was ratified by the Senate
of The United States with two amendments.
which were manilcsiy reasonable i'm their
character. Upon reference of the a.
mendmcntS proposed TO the government of
.Hexco, the same evasions, difficulties and
delays were interposed which have so long
marked the policy of that government
towards theU. S. Ii has not even vet de cid
ed whether 1t would or would not accede
TO them, although the subject has been re-
lpeatedly pressed upon its consideration.
Mexico has thus violated second time
the fai,l, Of treaties by failing or refusing
to carry into effect the sixth article of the
convention ofJanuary 1913.
| Such is The history OF the wrongs which
we have suffered and patiently endured
from Mexico through long series of years,
So far from atfordng reasonable saiisfac-
ton for the injuries and insults we had
borne, great aggravaiion of them consists
IN the fact, that while the United States,
anxious to preserve good understanding
with Mexico, have been constantly, bui
ivaniy, employed in Seeking redress for
past wrongs, new outrages were constantIS
occuring which have continued to increase
our causes of complaint and to- swell the
amount of our demands. While tile citi-
zens ofthc United States were conducting
a lawful commerce with Mexico under tile
guaranty of "A treaty of 'an,ily, commerce
and navigation" manly Of tiien, have suffer
i ed all the inliirics which would have result
ed from open war
This treaty, instead Of alfordimg protec-
ton 10 our citizens, has been the means
of inviting them into ports of Mexico, that
| they might be, as they have been i'm nu-
erty and deprived of their personal liberty
II they dared insist on their rights. Had
the unlawful seizures of Americas oroper
ty, and the violation of personal liberty of
our citizens, TO shy nothing Of the insults to
our flag which have occurred in The ports
m Mexico, taken place on Tie Eigli seas.
they would themselves long simce have
constituted a state d! aciual war between
The two co6btrics.
IN so IoBg Suffering Mexico 10 violate
her most solemn treaty obligations, plum
der our citizeas of their property aud i'm
prison their persons without aTurding them
any redress, we have failed to Perform Die
of the first s, highest duties which every rov.
crumcnt owes 10 IFS citizens aud the con
sequence has been, HAT many of;hcm have
been reduced from state Of affIueuce to
bankruptcy. The ptoud name Of Amcri-
can citizen, which ought TO protect all who
bear il from insult and injury throughout
the world, has afforded no such pyo,ectioii
10 or citizens in Mexico. We had am
lplc cause Of war against Mexico long be-
I fore the breaking oni of hostiliins. But
even then SIC forborc to take redress in
to OUT own Hands, Until Mexico Herself
became the aggressor by invading oir soil
in hostile array, and shedding the blood OF
our CHlZens.
| Such arc The prave CAUSES nf cnmnlaini