Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-20
Mrs. Pankhurst Says That if She is DepOrted Ship
 Will Carry Her to Her Death
MIGHT NOT LAST OVER "A HOURS, SHE SAYS
Characerizes Administrators Policy in Mexico as "ndif- feren end Drifting and Predicts It will Lead to Inter- venon-Accuses Secretary of State of Acting in Par- tisa'l Zeal-Has Diplomatic Record of 17 Years

Spokane, Wash, Oct. 19.-The letter to Secretary of State Bryan in which Henry Lane Wilson rendered his res lgnation as American ambassador to Mexico was made public here today by MT. Wilson. The letter was written in Indianapolis, Ind. Aug. 2S. In.~psvt Mir. Wilson wrote:
 IT have the honed to acknowledge the receipt of your note of Aug. 14, transmitting a copy of a telegraphic instruction of the department of state to the American amba SSadOr in Lon don, directing him to disclaim all re- Spons1b1lity on the part of this govern ment for an interview attributed to me. The closing paragraph of the in- Struction referred to states that the president regrets exceedingly that a diplomatic official of this government should have been guilty of such an i'm propriety The last paragraph of y0uF note to me states that the president does not go farther at this time be- cause he takes it for granted that the action which he has been obliged to take in this matter will be to you a sufficient reminder of your official obH- gations.'"
 A Limit to Patient Silence.
 MT. Wilson calls attention to a mem- orandum of his dated Aug IS, agree ing to refrain from public comment on
 
 London, or the note to himself. but adds that must respectfully decline to accept as definite or just the action of the president or the department over which you preside in this mat ter.
 There is," he writes. "a just limit to patient silence. and I shall not per init myself to be made the victim of a. nasty and unmerited rebulle without placing on record with you my earnest and solemn protest"
 MT, Wilson then reviews the circum . stances leading up to the instruction to the ambassador in London. A Lon don despatch was published in this country on Aug. II stating that one of the factors determining British recognition of the Mexican provisional government was the "congratulatory speech of the American ambassador on the occasion of Huerta's reception to the diplomatic corps" Mr Wilson says he did not believe that came from an official British source and had decided to maintain an attitude of re- serve until, the next two days, he read in the press articles evidently inspired from administration sources containing expression of qualification over the supposed propitiatOry legis- lation" of the British government. Great Britain Did Not Know It Was
 Offended.
 'Tt seemed apparent to me that this was the first evidence of your intentiOn to publicly question my official aC- tions,' hes continues, and l accord ingly gave to the press the interview referred to-"
 The interview, he declared, could not possibly be construed as an eX- pression of the views of this govern ment, as Mir Bryan already had an nOunced MT. Wilson's voluntary resig- nation. He continues:
 "ThereupOn, with tempeStuOuS haste and apparently prompted by partisan zeal, you despatched an instruction to the American ambassador in London directing him to apologize for lan- guage uttered by me which was not in the least degree offensive. and which was based entirely upon the as sumption that the supposed expression of the British government was a ma licious fabrication. You thus hastily proceeded without aSCertaining whether either the supposed express sions by the British government or my comment thereon was Veritable; and as has since been developed, your ac tion caused the greatest possible sur prise to the government of Great Britain, which did not know it had been offended and had no official knowledge of the views attributed to it.
 
 Thus through pique you have spon- taneously and unjustly discredited a diplomatic officer of this government and at the same time have exposed to the British foreign office the spirit of hazardous adventure which presides over the department of state and the possibility of errors at any moment in future diplomatic exchanges.
 That the president of the United States, whom | know to possess high and patriotic ideals, and whose lofty purpose ought never to be questioned by any American citizen, should lend himself to the hasty crit icism of an old and tried official of the government upon totally unWar- ranted and since discredited sources of information, convinced me that he has been badly advised; and that you. Mir. Secretary, who have been identified with the movement for higher and bet ter things in this country, should eX- Cept as the result of inVeStiga ton and calm consideration, find reason for the censure of a plain and truthful state ment of facts which had to do solely with matters that are of record in the department of state and probably on the records of all foreign offices with representatives accredited to Mexico, by assuming an attitude which involves the correctness Of the official procedure Of a diplomatic officer under your con- trol, inspires me with serious doubts as ito your future state in dealings with delicate international offairs''
 Seventeen Years of Diplomatic Service.
 MT. Wilson next reviews his seven teen years of diplomatic service saying an investigation of his work will show that it twas in the highest degree use ful in humanitarian, commercial and political ways" and that the records of the state department bear ample evil dence to the general satisfaction which his efforts won. He refused the ann bassadorship to Russia, Austria and Turkey. he says, because of lack of finances, and went to Mexico, apprect- ating that he had a hard task before him
 T gave my whole time and my health" he adds, and denied myself the privilege which all men consider sacred, of performing the last office at the bedside of my beloved mother and my only brother" He worked daily from 6 a. m. to midnight or later, and often on Sunday, he says. but never mixed in the slightest degree in the plans of Mexico
 v1afnfai,7ed po1icv Of friendly