Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03

1t Is now our duty to show what true
neutrality will do to enable the peo-
pie Of Mexico to set their affairs i'm
order again and wait for further
opportunity to offer our friendly
eounsels. The door is not closed
the initiative of Mexico or upon our
own, of the effort to bring order out
Of the confusion by friendly co-opera-
tive action, should fortunate occasion
offer.
While we wait, the contest of the
rival forces will undoubtedly for a
little while be sharper than ever just
because 1t will be plain that an end
must be made of the existing situa-
tion and that very promptly; and
with the increased activity of the con-
tending factions will come, it is to
be feared, increased danger to the
non-combatants in Mexico as well as
to those actually in the field of bat
tie.
Urges Americans to Leave.
The position of outsiders Is always
particularly trying and full of hazard
where there is civil strife and a whole
country is upset. We should earn
estly urge all Americans to leave
Mexico at once and should assist
them to get away in every way pos
sible-not because we would mean
to slacken in the least our efforts to
safeguard their lives and their inter
ests, but because it is imperative
that they should take no unneces-
sary risks when it is physically
possible for them to leave the coun-
try.
We should let every one who as
sumes the air of authority in every
part Of Mexico know in the most
uneQuivocal way that we shall Wig
ilantly watch the fortunes of those
Americans who cannot get away
and shall hold those responsible for
their sufferings and losses to def
mite reckoning. That can be and
will be made plain beyond the pos
sibility of misunderstanding.
No Arms or Munitions.
For the rest l deem it my duty to
exercise the authority conferred
upon me by the law Of March 4th,
1913, to see to it that neither side
to the struggle now going on in Mex
leo receive any assistance from this
side of the border. | shall follow
the best practice Of nations in the
matter of neutrality by forbidding
from the United States to any part
of the republic Of MeXico-a policy
suggested by several interesting prec-
edents and certainly dictated by
practical eXpediency. We cannot in
the circumstances be the partisans
OF either party to the contest that
now distracts Mexico, or constitute
tween them.
/ am happy to say that several OF
the great governments Of the world
have given this government their
generous moral support in urging
upon the provisional authorities at
the City Of Mexico the acceptance of
our proffered good Offices in the
spirit in which they were made.
VIII Triumph rs MeXic0's Friend.
We have not acted in this matter
under the ordinary principles of in
ternational obligation. All the
world expects us in such circum-
stances to act as Mexico's nearest
friend and intimate advisor. This
Is our immemorial relation towards
her.
There Is nowhere any serious
question that we have the moral
right in the case or that we are act
ing in the interest of a fair settle
ment and OF good government, not
for the promotion Of some selfish in
terest of our own.
If further motive were necessary
than our own good will towards a
sister republic and our own deep
concern to see peace and order pre-
vail in Central America, this con-
sent Of mankind to what we are at
tempting, this attitude of the great
nations Of ruC world towards what
we may attempt in dealing with this
distressed people at our doors,
should make US feel the more SOL
emnly bound to go to tho utmost
length OF patience and forbearance