The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
Mexico MiII D. Neutr.I.

to the capital of that country. | Mexico Will Be Neutral.
 Mexico City. Dec. 2.-That Mexico
 does not expect to herself be drawn | into the Nicaraguan controversy but
 will maintain a neutral attitude. was
 the sttement made by Senor Mariscal-
 ga.. minister of foreign relations to;
 night. The action of the United States
 in severing relations with the Southern
 republic was not resented c by Mexico,
 1t was said. also it came most unex. pectedIy at a time when his govern
 ment was awaiting . reply to its sug' gested plan for peace. He said: We do not resent the action of the United States. Why should we? We
 have absolutely no interests in Central America except in Guatemala. where
 there are about 10000 Mexicans. Wt
 are still awaiting for a reply from the | United States government to our sug. | gestion for an amicable settlement. Wt made the suggestion ostentatiously. be cause we had not been as on several
 occasions approached by the United States on the subject of intervention in | Central America. In view of such sug. l gestions in the past we did not consid- | CT 1t discourteous to offer these sug- | gestions in behalf of humanity. What
 these suggestions were. am still not | at liberty to state.
 "The news of the breach between | Nicaragua and the United States crea. tted a great sensation here today. The matter was the chief subject of. con
 versation on the streets. at the restau. | rants and at the clubs. Members of all the foreign colonies took lively in- | terest in the affair. | Causes Surprise In City. 1 The action of tho United Statei
 caused great surprise throughout the l city.
 l At an early hour today Minister | Mircal, his sub secretary. Frederick Gambo and Governor Enrique Creei, of
 the state of Chihuahua and who was l formerly ambassadoF to the United I States went to Chapultepec castle | where they remained for long time | in private audience with President | Diaz.
 l they refused to answer any questions
 in regard to Nicaragua.
 I President Diaz. 1t Is believed, dis- I cussed with his official visitors the lat- est phase of the situation but the | mouth of every man who went to see
 him was sealed until tonight when
 Minister Mariscalga made the state-
 ment to the Associated Press. From unofficial sources 1t Is learned |
 wrote to Washington suggesting his , plan, no communication had passed be- | tween Mexico and the United States. | If there was an interchange of cor l respondence on the subject the mat I ter was. and is still being kept pro- | foundly secret in this capitol.
 Francisco Castro. the NIcaraguan
 minister to Mexico snd a close friend
 of Zelaya. in speaking of the action
 of the United States in reference tc
 Nicaragua said:
 | Believes Action Unjuat.
 'T believe it Is unjust because the Il main cause apparently is the execution
 of the two Americans and this action I of my government was perfectly inEac- cordance with the laws of the country and was executed by command of a
 military jury and not by direct order | from the president of the republic, as
 seemed the purpose of the press to es- l tabiish, President 2elaya only acting l In accordance with our military code. once President zelaya has disappeared | from the Central American scene, 1t Is very probable that President Cabrera | of Guatemala may have strong power | or control in, the politics of that reg
 ion."
 Estrada Cabrera, the dictator of Gen. | tral America--that Is what Minister | Castro sees in the latest step of the American government in severing dip- | lomatic relations with the republic. of | Nicaragua. While Minister Castro would not answer a direct question to
 the effect that this was the purpose of l the United States intervening at this time. he did admit that the removal of President zelaya would greatly in- crease the power of the present ruler | of Guatamala and would make him the ! dominant power in Central America. The arrival of pr. Luis Anderson, Costa Rican Minister in Washington.
 who is expected here the latter part l of this week, is awaited with great in- | terest He left Washington three days | ago and 1t is believed is acting in the
 capacity of advisor to both the United States and Mexico in the matter. Up to tonight no comments on the | situation have been made by the Mexi-
 can press in this capital. but 1t Is rS- ported that in forthcoming editorials
 most of the papers will take the view | that the United States was too nasty. Among private well to do citizens of the Mexican nation there is an appar-
 ent attitude of criticism of Secretary
 Knox in reference to the language used in his letter to the charge of
 Nicaragua in Washington.
 Knox Note Dismissed. | Washington. Dec. 2-There Is reJoic- 1 ing today In the ranks of the Nicara- | guam insurrectionary party and cor | responding gloom among those who have been friends of President | Zelaya. t.-. .-,.
 The cause Is the ultimatum handed down by the United States to the | Nicapaguan government and is con
 tained in the note which accompanied