The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
AMERICANS URGED
70 LEAVE MEXICO
,uthorities, However, Held to
Strict Account.
,;dpnt's Message Read to Con-
gress Urges Patience With
Southern Neighbor.

cochin ton.-PreSident Wilson has
wa" od all Americans to leave Mexico
Walno oo At the same time the Ameri-
al on nnnbassv and all consular repre-
can lives lives throughout the southern re-
sel l,;a we're instructed ito notify all
p ee;nio1s civil and military in Mexico"
olllV'+ +bpv would be held strictly re-
tnar nsibIe for harm or injury done to
Spnricans or their property.
A cocretary Bryan dispatched long tel
o u,C to the embassy and all consul
CONSERVATIVES quoting extracts
iaL the presidents address to con-
n rrocs in which he reviewed the futile
S io negotiations with the Huerta
pe@o ornment and the policy the United
s 5yotoe would pursue hereafter toward
MT u these messages the consuls were
..d ~ to give every aid possible
~ dpnarting Americans, furnishing
!wuorsnortation and any other pecuni-
orT assistance to the needy. They
az informed that a sufficient num-
w. w.. of ships would be provided to
oorrv away those in the seacoast
towns. I'll, - -.
sad If tbe action of the United States,
so that they may give similar advice,
oUd the American consuls will help
al foreigners in any emergency.
These developments followed close
" IN the reading by President Wilson
~ His address to congress, in which he
outlined the policy of the United
states toward Mexico as one of absc-
intp non-interference and strictest neu-
traIitv. The president held out hope
for a resumption of negotiations and
Ultimate success of a policy of persua-
chm backed by the moral force of the
governments of the world.
In a statement which breathed re-
gret and sympathy in every phrase,
tbe president in his message to con-
gress clung tenaciously to optimism
as TO the ultimate result, notwithstand-
ing the pessimistic facts confronting
tbe two nations. After picturing the
bopelessness for Mexico if she main
tanned her present position, isolated
and without friends who can effectu-
ally aid her." the president announced
the necessity of a firm neutral stand
by this government, policy OF hands
off to await the time Of Mexico's
awakening.
To prevent the shipment of arms or
munitions of war into any part of
Mexico or to any faction, the United
States troops on the border already
have been warned to exercise in
creased vigilance. Whether more
troops will be sent to the border is a
question to be determined within the
next few days. Major-General Wood,
who has been inspecting the troops
in Texas, already is on his way to
Washington.
The diplomatic relations between
the two countries, it is understood,
will remain as they are at present,
each country maintaining an embassy
without official recognition, presided
over by charge d'affaires. Though
the president told congress that every
thing this nation did in the situation
confronting it must be rooted in
patience and done with calm, disinter-
ested deliberation," he had no word
Of rebuke for Mexico and reached the
determination to maintain strict neu-
trallty after having presented the
Whole situation to the members OF
the foreign relations committee in con-
sress. Not an essential detail did the
PRESIDENT withhold in his presentation
Of the case for the public, publishing
also to the world the reply of the
mexican government to Mr.. Lind.
everything that Mexico has said to
llls government in response to the
proposals was made public, including
me Huerta alternative that nothing
could be welcomed except unrestrict-
ea recognition of his government,