Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-20
viii presently be revealed.


Meanwhile, what is it our duty 70
do? Clearly, everything that We do
must be rooted in patience and done
with calm and disinterested delibera-
ton. Impotence on our part would
be childish and would be fraught with
every risk of wrong and folly we can
afford to exercise self-restraint of
really great nation which realizes its
own strength and scorns to misuse 1t.
Still Hopes For Agreement.
ut was our duty to offer our active
assistance. 1t is now our duty to
show what true neutrality will do to
enable the people of Mexico to set
their affairs in order again and wait
for further opportunity to offer our
friendly counsels. The door is not
closed against the resumption. either
upon the initiative of Mexico or upon
our own of the effort to bring order
out of the confusion, by friendly CO.
operative action, should fortunate oc-
casion offer.
while we await the contest of the
rival forces will undoubtedly for
little while be sharper than ever. just
because it will be plain that an end
must be made Of the existing situation,
and that very promptly; and with the
increased activity of the contending
factions will come, it is feared, in
creased danger to the non-com batants
in Mexico as we'll as to those actually
in the field of battle The position of
outsiders is always particularly trying
and full of hazard where there is civil
strife and whole country is upset
Americans Must Be Protected.
I'VE should earnestly urge all Amer
leans to leave Mexico, at once, and
should assist them to get away in
every way possible-not because we
would mean to slacken in the least
! our efforts to safeguard their lives
and their interests, but because it is
imperative that they should take no
unnecessary risks when it is physic-
ally possible for them to leave the
country. We should let every one
who seems to exercise authority in
any 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 a definite
reckoning. That can and will be
made plain beyond the possibility of
a misunderstanding
No Arms to Either Side.
For the rest, 1 deem it my duty to
| exercise the authority conferred upon
| me by the law of March IA, 1912, to
see to it that neither side to the
struggle now going ON in Mexico re-
ceive any assistance from this side
| of the border.
| 4 shall follow the best practice of
nations in the matter of neutrality by
| forb1dding the expectation of arms or
munitions of war of any kind from
| the United States to any part of the
republic of Mexico-a policy suggest
ed by several interesting precedents
and certainly dictated by many mani
! fest considerations of practical ex-
pediency. We cannot in the c1rcum-
stances be the partisans of either
| party to the contest that now distracts
Mexico, or constitute ourselves the
virtual umpire between them.
Other Nations With U.s..
4 am happy to say that several OF
| the great governments of the world
haze given this government their gen
| erous moral support in urging upon
! the provisional authorities at the City
of Mexico the acceptance of proffered
good offices in the spirit in which they
/ were made. We have not acted in
this matter under the ordinary prin
| ciples of International obligation.
"All the world expects us IN such
| circumstances to act as Mexico's
nearest friend and intimate adviser
This is our immemorial relation to
wards her There is nowhere any
serious question that we have the
moral right in the case or that we are
acting in the interest of fair set
Element 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 sis
ter republic and our own deep concern
to see peace and order prevail in
Central America, this consent OF
mankind to what we are attempting
this attitude of the great nations OF
the world towards what we may at
tempt in dealing with this distressed
people at our doors, should make us
feel the more solemnly bound to &C
to the utmost length of patience and
forbearance in this painful and anx
ious business.
The steady pressure of moral force
will, before many days, break the bar
riers of pride and prejudice down
and we shall triumph as Mexico.
friends sooner than we could triumph
as her enemies-and how much more
| handSOm with how much highel