The Washington herald., 1913-08-29

have never heretofore been imposed on
the ruler OF any sovereign nation?
The question having been set forth,
as l have had the honor of doing in this
reply, his excellency, Mr.. Wilson. will
have to withdraw definitely from his
present attitude at the risk that his mo-
tives which l take pleasure in acknowl-
edging are, as he himself quotes them,
friendly and disinterested, altruistic and
without ulterior ends-at the risk. 1 re-
peat, that they may be wrongly and diff
ferently interpreted by all the other ma
tions which look upon our present in
ternal conflict with more or less interest.
And although the President of the
United States of America should take an
altogether different stand from the uni
versal viewpoint, which considers differ
emily an administration under the con-
ditions in which our own is at present
(the best proof of the assertion is the
unconditional recognition of the foremost
powers of the world, among which the
United States of America occupies such
a prominent and legitimately conquered
rani0 he will have to cease to call US
a de facto government and will give US
the title of ad interim constitutional gov
ernment, which is the only one to which
we are rightly entitled.
Permit me, Mr.. Confidential Agent,
not to reply for the time being to the
significant offer in which the govern
ment of the United States Of America
insinuates that it will recommend to
American bankers the immediate eXten-
sion of a loan which will permit US,
among other things, to cover the in
urgent expenses required by
the progressive pacification Of the coun-
try; from the terms in which it is
couched it appears more to be an at
tractive antecedent proposal to the end,
that moved by petty interests. we should
renounce a right which incontrovertibly
upholds US at a period when the dignity
Of the nation is at stake.
'I believe that there are not loans
enough to induce those charged by the
law to maintain that dignity to permit
it to be lessened.
''On the other hand, have seen with
great pleasure that the President of the
United States of America proposes for
a later date and according to what the
permit the solution which
was marked with the letter "A'' in the
original instruction, all in the note to
which this is a reply with the number
in the way of arriving at an arrange
ment equally dignified for both sides.
Hopes for Solution.
'1n view of this, Mr.. Confidential
Agent. today more than ever we pro-
hope for an immediate solution
of the conflict which unfortunately has
us. 1 could go even further.
would renounce on our part the de-
mand that our respective ambassadors
be received Immediately since for the end
in view the present personnel of our re-
ciprocal embassies is sufficient if it re-
mains as it has been heretofore until
the elections of October have taken
place: but I will always stand on the
unavoidable condition which declares
that we are in reality the ad interim
government of the Mexican
republic.
"In my turn, Mr.. Confidential Agent,
I beg to repeat to you the pleasing i'm
preston which you leave with me as a
citizen of the United States as an able,
righteous, and well-intentioned personal
of his excellency, Mr..
Woodrow Wilson; I esteem greatly the
gratitude which you Nay you profess for
the well deserved treatment which you
have received in Mexico at the hands of
he ad interim constitutional President
of the republic from private individuals |
and from myself, and 1 reiterate to you
as in my previous note my perfect con- |
sideration. +. GAMBOA.
The Secretary Of the Foreign Affairs Of the Mexi-
can Republic.
To Mr.. John Lind confidential agent Of the Pres-
dent of the United States Of America, &c
"a true copy of the original to which |
certify.
For the sub-Treasury for foreign re-
ations, the chief clerk.
"PENAY REYES"