The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
AMERICANS URGED
70 LEAVE MEXICO
,ntborities, However, Held to
'' Strict Account.
,;dent's Message Read to Con-
f'', aress Urges Patience With
Southern Neighbor.

,,-ocbin 0tOn."PreSlueHI WIiooli has
Na S5 al Americans to leave Mexico
TaTneu g." At the same time the Ameri-
at ON an,hassy and all consular repre-
can e ti1,os throughout the southern re-
selI na we're instructed "to notify all
puoHo civil and military in Mexico
olllcia NOV would be held strictly re-
. .nnonsible for harm or INJURY done to
spon nr;cans or their property.
A gon -r Bryan dispatched long tel
nS TO the embassy and all consul
eSL"n nolJnrpsentatives quoting extracts
lat i[ tbo presidents address to con-
RON in which he reviewed the futile
SIeo9 nogotiations with the Huerta
peao ,Urment and the policy the United
stotps would pursue hereafter toward
Mexico oa.oaos tho consu1s wore
t.,,ctpd to give every aid possible
ll''t donarting Americans, furnishing
wnenortation and any other pecuni-
ll n,, assistance to the needy. They
dy informed that a sufficient num-
We of ships would be provided to
carry C away those in the seacoast
towns. I'LL 10 ~;
I'D If fhe action of the United States,
. IN that they may give similar advice,
Dd +bn American cOnsulS will help
III fornigners in any emergency.
a. Those DEVELOPMENTS followed close
= IN thp reading by President Wilson
Il his address to congress, in which he
outlined the policy of the United
Ctstps toward Mexico as one of abso-
1,to non-interference and strictest neu
trsIitv The president held out hope
for a resumption of negotiations and
Ultimate success of a policy of persua-
sion hacked by the moral force of the
governments of the world.
In a statement which breathed re-
grpt and sympathy in every phrase,
tbe president in his message to con-
grpss chung tenaciously to optimism
ssto the ultimate result, notwithstand-
ing the pessimistic facts confronting
thp two nations. After picturing the
hopelessness for Mexico if she main
tanned her present position, isolated
and without friends who can effectu-
aIv aid her." the president announced
the necessity of a firm neutral stand
by this government, a policy of hands
off to await the time of MeXico's
awakening.
To prevent the shipment of arms or
munitions of war into any part of
Mexico or to any faction, the United
States troops on the border already
have been warned to exercise in
creased vigilance. Whether more
troops will be sent to the border is a
question to be determined within the
next few days. Major Wood,
who has been inspecting the troops
in Texas, already is on his way to
Washington
The diplomatic relations between
the two countries, it is understood,
will remain as they are at present,
each country maintaining an embassy
without official recognition, presided
over by charge d'affaires. Though
the president told congress that every
thing this nation did in the situation
confronting it must be rooted in
patience and done with calm, disinter-
ested elaboration" he had no word
Of rebuke for Mexico and reached the
determination to maintain strict neu-
uallty after having presented the
whole situation to the members OF
me foreign relations committee in con-
sfess Not an essential detail did the
president withhold in his presentation
Of the case for the public, publishing
also to the world the reply of the
Mexican government to Mr.. Lind.
everything that Mexico has said to
lS government in response to the
proposals was made public, including
ut huerta alternative that nothing
.Uuld be welcomed except unrestrict-
~ recognition of his government.