The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-07
DID KNOX FAILH

Critics OF Mr.. Knox, the secretary
of state, are announcing with great
glee that he has practically failed in
his negotiations to bring peace in Gen.
trail America, while Mexico has leaped
into the gap and made itself a far
greater power than the United States
in Latin America, through granting
Zelaya a refuge.
The Chicago Record Herald seems to
be the sharpest critic Of Mr.. Knox,
and declares with much gusto that
Pittsburg diplomacy has made a mess
out of the Nicaraguan situation. Secre-
| tary Knox is represented as having
asked Brazil to help him neutralize
the influence of Mexico and prevent 1t
from gaining further strength with the
neighboring republics. The plan of
Secretary Knox to punish Zelaya and
place Estrada in the presidents chair
1t Managua is heartily denounced by
Mr.. Knox's critics, and Madriz the sue
perior to Est. ada in every way.
Secretary Knox's recent clash with
Andrew Carnegie over the manner in
which the Nicaraguan situation has
been handled, and grumblings from
other sources show that the state de-
partment has not given satisfaction in
it's treatment OF the emergency which
arose in Nicaragua. But Secretary
Knox would have developed critics, re-
gardless of what his attitude might
have been. There is a great South
and Central American junta in Wash
| ington ready to find fault with an ac-
ton of the government affecting it's re-
lations with the southern republics.
Various corporations having conces-
sions in Latin America are constantly
warning and criticising the state de-
partment.
Reports from all quarters of Latin
America intimate that Mexico is pre-
pairing to form a coalition of Central
and South American republics to resist
the aggression of the United States in
Central America. These are doubtless
inspired by enemies of the administra-
ton, who wish to make it appear
Secretary Knox has been too belliger-
ent in his treatment of Zelaya. If
Mexico were planning such coalition
against the United States, it does not
seem likely that Mr.. Creel would have
gone to Washington when he did.
Certainly he would not have declared
that Mexico is not offering a refuge to
zelaya and will not protect him against
whatever action the United States may
see fit to take concerning the murder
of Cannon and Groce.
Pittsburg diplomacy may be little
too robust for America, but the
general public's approval of Mr..
Knox's action throughout the United
States shows that it likes Pittsburg
diplomacy better than anything else
that ever came out of the Smoky city.
s1 Charles w. Morse has been graft
ed onto Atlanta.
4y What are you doing to make 1910
a greater year than 1909?
it% Money could do a lot more for
us, perhaps. if we wanted it to do
less.
Eg The streets or our cities are the
only practice grounds for walking the
streets of gold.
EE Things are getting badly mixed
when a white man is lynehed in Vir-
ginia and black man is lynched in
Illinois.
AZ The New York Judge who decided
that bottle day is not too much
for jury viii probably often be
quoted.
eyAtlantic City, N. j., is said to be
facing a water famine. Perhaps wen
hear next Of a scarcity of ice at the
north pole.
fBTne New York pet stock show
boasts Of $1,000 cat but there is a
suspicion that the appraiser was
bull on the cat market.
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centenarian Does Jig for His Guests.
New York. Jan. 7.--Willlam Red
mond, whose family Bible is author
ity for the claim that he was 100
years old celebrated his birthday yes
terday by dancing a Jig at birthday
party which neighbors at Oakhurst NJ.
J., arranged In his honor Redmond
climbed on the water wagon twenty
years ago and swore off tobacco then,
but before that time he had smoked
and drank regularly. He recently
walked across the Brooklyn bridgeG