Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-04


now our duty 70 shoE What true neu.
trality viii do 70 enable the people
Of Mexico 70 set their affairs in OF.
der again and wait for a further op-
portunity 10 offer our frieniy ccunsels.
The door is not closed against the re
sumption. either upon the iaitiative OF
Mexico or upon our own. u the effort
TO bring order out OF the confusion BY
friendly cooperative action. should
fortunate occasion offer.
While we wait. the contest Of the
rival forces will undoubtedly for a
little while be sharper than ever just
because It viii be plain that an end
must be made of the existing stu
alton, and that very promptly; and
with the increased activity Of the con
tending factions viii come, It Is to be
feared, increased danger TO the non
eombatants in Mexico as wen as TO
those actually In the field Of battle
THE position of outsiders is always
particularly trying and full of haz-
ard where there is civil strife and
whole country is upset. We should
earnestly urge all Americans to leave
Mexico at once and should assist
them to get away in every way posi-
ble-not because we would mean to
slacken in the least our efforts to
safeguard their lives and their inter-
ests, but because it is impossible that
they should take no unnecessary risks
when it is physically possible for
them to leave the country.
I'VE should let every one who as
sumes the air of authority in every
part of Mexico know in the most I'M
equivocal way that we shall vigilant-
ly watch the fortunes of those Amer
leans who cannot get away and shall
hold those responsible for their suffer
ings and losses to definite reckon
ing. That can be and will be made
plain beyond the possibility Of mis-
understanding.
For the rest l deem il my duty to
exercise the authority conferred upon
me by the law of March 4, 1913, to see
to it that neither side TO the struggle |
now going on in Mexico receive any
assistance from this side of the bor-
der. | shall follow the best practice |
of nations in the matter Of neutral
ity by forbidding the expcrtatioHN Of |
arms of any kind from the United I
States to any part of the Republic of
Mexico policy suggested by sew
eral interesting preeedents and GER
tainly dictated by many manifest con-
siderations Of practical expediency
We cannot in the circumstances be
the partisans of either partysto the
contest that now distracts Mexico, or
constitute ourselves the virtual u1n-
pire between them.
Il am happy to say that seSeral OF
he great governments Of tf world
rave given this goyernm( their
generous moral support ging
lpon the provisional authori kthe
yity Of Mexico the acceptaE our
'roffered good offices In tt IN
which they were made.
We have not acted in j. j
Inder the ordinary pfiAe Il
irrational obligation. Ali VI
xpects us IN such cireur u
ct as Mexico's nearest a and
intimate adviser This is Of ,ne-
norial relation towards her
There IS nowhere, Il any fols
uestion that we have thEs moral j
light in the case or that we are act !
1g in the interest of fair settlement /
nd of good government, not for the |
romotion of some selfish interest of /
ur own. {
IF further motive were necessaryh 81
ian our own good will towards a {
ister republic and our own deep con-
ern to see peace and order prevail
/ Central America, this consent of !
lankind to what we are attempt !
lg, this attitude of the great nations =
the world towards what we may !,
tempt in dealing with this distress !
/ people at our doors, should make q
) feel the more solemnly bound to /,
} to the utmost length of patience 7
Id forbearance in this painful and r
lxious business. o
1.-THE steady pressure of moral 4
rec will before many days break the ii
lrriers of pride and prejudice down
i'd we shall triumph as Mexico's n
lends more than we could triumph h
her enemies-and how much more q,
with how much higher W
ID finer satisfaction of Conscience ri
d of honor" m
'' The government of the United h,
ates will be glad to play any part Y
this statement or in its carrying tr
t which it can play honorably and r,
nsistentIy with international right tr
pledges itself to recognize and A m
cry way possible and proper, TO G,
sist the administration chosen and on
! up in Mexico in the way and on
: conditions suggested wi
Taking all the existing conditions IN
o consideration, the government of be
! United States can conceive of IN
reasons sufficient to justify those IN
o are attempting to shape the pol re
or exercise the authority of Next m,
in declining the Offices of friend
D thus offered. Can Mexico give da