The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-20
Makes Earnest and Sol
emn Protest to Secre-
tary Bryan.
HASTY REBUKE
is UNMERITED
Letter in Which He Tenders
Resignation as This Country's
Representative in Mexico Is
Made Public, He Declaring
There Is Just Limit to
Patient Silence.

Spokane, Wash, October 19-The
letter to Secretary of State Bryan. in
which Henry Lane Wilson rendered his
resignation as American amba ssador
to Mexico, was made public here to-
day by Mr.. Wilson. The letter was
written In Indianapolis. August 2S. In
part, Mr. Wilson wrote:
Il have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of August .14
transmitting copy OF telegraphic
instruction Of the Department of State
to the American ambassador in Lon
don. directing him TO disclaim all re-
sponsibility on the part of this gov
ernment for an interview attributed
to me- The closing paragraph of the
instruction referred to states that the
President regrets exceedingly that n
diplomatic official of this government
should have been guilty of such an
improperly.
The last paragraph of your note to
me states that the President does not
takes it for granted that the action
which he has been obliged to take in
the matter will be to you n sufficient
reminder Of your official obligation"
Action In Not just One.
Mr.. Wilson calls attention to mem
orandum OF his, dated August is. agree
ing to refrain from public comment
on the instruction TO the ambassador
in London or the note TO himself, but
adds that he must respectfully de-
cline to accept as definite or just the
action of the President or the depart
ment over which YOU preside" in this
matter.
There is" Mr.. Wilson wrote, "a
just limit to patient silence: and 1
shall not permit myself to be made the
victim of a hasty and unmcrited re-
buke without placing on record with
you my earnest and solemn protest"
+. Mr Wilson then reviews the circum-
stances leading up to the instruction
to the ambassador in London. A Lon
don dispatch was published in this
country on August IL, stating that one
of the factors determining British rec
ognition of the Mexican provisional
government was the congratuiatory
speech of the American ambassador
on the occasion of Huerta's reception
to the diplomatic corps
Mr.. Wilson says he did not believe
this came from an official British
source. and had decided to maintain
an attitude Of reserve until in the
next two days he read in the press
articles evidently inspired from ad-
ministration sources containing cN-
preston OF the qualification over the
supposed propitiatory legislation" of
the British government.
ut seemed apparent to me that this
was the first evidence of your inten-
ton to publicly question my official
acts" lie continued, ''and / according
ly gave to the press the interview
referred to-"
The interview, he declares. could not
possibly be construed as an express
sion of the views of this government
as Mr. Bryan already had announced
Mr.. Wilson's voluntary resignation.
He continues:
"Thereupon. with tempestuous haste
and apparently prompted by partisan
zeal. you dispatched an instruction to
the American ambassador in London.
directing him to apologize for Ian
guage uttered by me.
You thus hastily proceeded with
out ascertaining whether either the
supposed expressions by the British
government or my comment thereon
was veritable; and. as has since de-
veloped. your action caused the great
est possible surprise to the government
of Great Britain, which did not know
1T had been offended.
''Thus. through pique, you have
spontaneously and unjustly discredited
a diplomatic officer OF this government,
and at the same time have exposed 10
the British Foreign Office the spirit
Of hazardous adventure which pre-
sides over the State Department
"That the President of the United
States should lend himself to the hasty
criticism of an old and tried official
Of the government, upon totally un-
warranted and since discredited sources
of information, convinced me that he
has been badly advised; and, that you,
Mr.. Secretary, should. except as the
result of investigation and calm con-
sideration, find reason for the censure
OF a plain and truthful statement OF
fact. which had to do solely with mat
ters that are Of record in the Depart
ment of the state. inspires me with
serious doubts as to your future sue
cess In dealing with delicate interna-
tional affairs"
uevicws Diplomatic Service.
Mr.. Wilson next reviews hi sseven-
teen years of diplomatic service. say
ing an investigation of his work win
show that it "was in the highest de-
gree useful in humanitarian. CONNER
cial and political ways"
"I gave my whole time and my
health he adds. He worked daily
from a NJ. to midnight or later. and
often of Sunday. he says. but never
mixed i'm the slightest degree in the
plans OF Mexico"
He maintained a policy of friendly
cooperation with the Madero admin
istration. he says, until finding that
no intention existed of righting Ameri-
can wrongs ceased to make repre-
sentations to 1t, except in urgent
cases, involving the loss of life or
property. Yet. never abated in the
least my friendly relations with that
government.
"My relations with tho Provisional
President uern hrO,ipht ahout hy ba
stress OF circumstances" he says, add
ing that his dealings with Fuerta and
Felix DiaZ were solely to save human