The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-28
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est but in accordance with the dictates
of our friendship toward Mexico
Disputes Limbs Premises.
! In spite of the fact that at the be-
| ginning of the note which 1 now an
| swer you state that you lack instruc-
| tions from the president of the United
| States. after the statement which
have reproduced above you state in the
| name of that same president that the
| method indicated in my note of the
| 18th instant in so far a it concerns the
| recognition of the present government,
! which 1 may say in passing is quite
far from being a defacto government,
! as YOU have chosen to qualify it, or
J of any other future government of
Mexico-this you adds something
/ which in the exercise of it's sovereign
! rights in this respect Will. not hesitate,
| especially in time of serious domestic
| troubles, to consummate in the manner
| which in the judgment of the United
! States of Amarica and not in that of
Mexico may be best for this latter.
You add that the president of the
United States of America sincerely and
ardently believes that my government
will see in the suggestion of His EX-
cellency Mr.. Woodrow Wilson, the
most feasible plan for serving our vital
interests and for insuring the speedy
re-esta blishment of our domestic tran
guilty and always in the name of the
president of the United States you sub
NIT to the -nsideration of my gov
eminent the three following PROPOSE
tons:
The New Proposition.
THAT the election called for the
18th of October of the present year
Cthe note sent to the foreign office by
Mr.. Lind dated October 20 and not
16th) shall be held in ACCORDANCE with
the constitutional laws of Mexico.
'2-That President Huerta in the
manner originally indicated by the
president of United States of Amer
lea give the assurances called for in
paragraph &C. of the original instruc-
tions, a paragraph which says literally,
The consent of General Huerta to
agree not to be candidate in the COM
ing election for president of the re-
public
''3-That the remaining propositions
contained in your original instruction
shall be taken up later but speedily
and resolved as circumstances permit
and in the spirit of their proposal.
You add further more, Mr.. Confiden-
tial Agent, that the president of the
United States of America has author
lied you to say that if my government
acts Immediately and favorably on the
foregoing suggestions that same pres
ident will express to American bankers
and their associates assurances that
the government of the United States
of America will then look with favor
upon the extension of immediate
loan sufficient in amount to meet the
temporary requirements of the present
Mexican administration.
At the end of your note, Mr.. Con-
fidential Agent, you express the hope
of your government that my govern
Mt will iJ16o o xx-it1
best and highest interests of Mexico, |
to accept such propositions
stating that they are submitted in the
same spirit and to the same end as the |
proposition but in a more re-
stricted form to the end that my gov
may act within its faculties
without the cooperation or aid of any
other outside factor.
An Aggravated Feature.
1T appears at once Mr.. Confidential |
Agent that in this case the proposal |
Of his eXcellency, Mr.. Woodrow Will |
son, is not to remove himself an iota |
from the position originally assumed |
by him, for notwithstanding the time |
since the 18th, the date of |
my reply to the 25th in which you de-
iVered to me your second note which |
am here answering, the essence and
even the form of his original instruc-
tons are the same with the aggravat-
ing feature well quanf1eQ by You as
more restricted
For my part it would have been
sufficient to answer this note in it's
-otality by reproducing the whole of !.
ny note of the 10Th instant as mega
i've as categorical I have the honor
TO reproduce it in this present note.
But the president ad interim wishes to
carry his forbearance to the last point
md to the end that Mexican public
opinion which is so justly disturbed by
he present tension in the diplomatic
relations between the two countries and
tlso to the end that the various for
ign governments which have offered |
heir good offices in the most delicate
possible Manner am glad to repeat
hat this has been their attitude and
lot less pleased to express grateful ac-
thereof-may be duly in
ormed, has authorized me to reply to
-ou in the follow ing terms:
A Highly Significant Fact.
II will begin by taking notice of a
highly significant fact. Between the
light of the 14th when I received the
sheets containing your instruction not
directed to any one and calling the
present administration the persons
Who at the present time have author
ty or exercise influence in Mexico
nd yet, some progress has been
made, in that now the constitutional
PRESIDENT ad interim (see paragraph
70. : or the new propositions) is call
d President Huerta' and in the |
Whole course of the note the per-
onnel of his administration is re-
erred to as the de facto government
tut in as much this or that quail
ication is of no Importance. upon the
round that all the representations of
our government have not been in
tiated except with yourselves which
ives up, upon the superstition that
We have not been disp assessed of it. a |
perfect political and moral PERSONAL
~ to clear up the present divergence, |
Intentionally limit myself solely to ,
oint out the facts. Il
IF VOur original nronosalS we're moi .