The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-01

American citizenship. I confess to
prideful love of the old doctrine
the American historic doctrine
that peaceful American citizen,
obeying the law of the land where he
is sojourning, has a right to expect
and will receive from his home Gov
ernment all proper protection, re-
gardless of cost or consequences.
"a government unwilling to go this
far deserves the censure of it's citi-
zens rather than the love, the pride,
and the devotion otherwise SO gen
erously accorded.
tMr. President, l have no feeling
of antipathy against Mexico, 1 have
reason for kindly feeling toward that
unhappy land, for many of it's peo-
wish it no harm; but, on the con-
trary, desire to see and welcome. its
peace and happiness. Modern civ
i1ization, however, demands not only
of Mexico, but of all nations, that
needless and brutal and bloody war
must cease within their borders. Civ
ilization demands that Mexico should
be pacified; that civilized govern
ment should be permanently estab-
lished there. And believe it can
be done without our Intervention,
which the Senator from Georgia (Mr
Bacon) seems so much to fear or
dread. In my judgment this can be
accomplished by now, and at once,
correcting the mistakes made by the
Taft administration.
The Senator from New Mexico as
Sured me the other day-if l fully re-
member his statement-that in the
case of certain outrages on Chinese
domiciled in Mexico, provision had
been made by that Government 20
pay adequate and satisfactory dam
ages to the Chinese Empire-or Re-
public, as now denominated-for the
assault on it's subjects
This indemnity or redress was to be |
paid out of the loan then being ne
gotiated by Mexico.
"Of all the Americans killed in |
Mexico no offer of redress has been
made, no excuse offered, no apology
The Inference is that |
China was more eXacting in the face |
Of national insult than we We're, or
else Mexico had more respect for
China than for the United States,
md made proper amends, out of a.
sense Of decent duty to a friendly
lation. These Cinnamon were in
Mexico just exactly as our citizens
we're i'll Mexico. Germany furnishes
| more conspicuous example of ma
ional pride by collecting at once
100000 marks for damages done se1-
,ra1 Germans in Mexico who were in
hat country under exactly the same
circumstances and national guarau-
les that our rs or so citizens were,
Who have been similarly killed by
IeXicans and not one cent paid by
IeXico or even demanded by us.
"a still more conspicuous example
laims our attention. In two battles
'etween the warning factions in
Iexico, one in Juarez opposite the
ity of Ell Paso, the other at Aqua
'rieta, the little Mexican town just
lluss the line dividing it ~from the
ity Of Douglas, Ariz., man, Ameri- :
an residents CT these two AncIi:2n
tiles were killed or wounded
american soldiers were near the line
t both places.
''They warned these factions not
o fire across the line into our towns.
70 attention was paid to this warn
ne. 1t was met with the usual con-
empt shown, to us on all occasions.
he then Secretary of State, when
ppealed to by the wounded and the
representatives. of the dead for re-
ress, directed that those citizens ,
Wounded in their own town on Ameri-
an soil must first seek redress in