Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-20
ENVOY WILSON
MAKES HIS REPLY
Former Mexican Ambassador
Gives Out Letter in Which
He Resigned.

Spokane, Oct 20.-Harry Lane Will
sons letter of resignation as American
ambassador TO Mexico, was made pub
,iic here yesterday by Mr.. Wilson, =. The
letter, addressed TO Secretary OF State
Bryan, was written in indianapolis,
August IS.
Mr.. Wilson says Secretary Bryans
course in the matter has inspired him
with serious doubts as to your future
success in dealing with delicate inter
national affairs" and asserts his be-
lief that President Wilson would not
have lent himself to "hasty criticism
of an old and tried official of the gov
ernment upon totally unwarranted in
formation" if he had not been badly
advised.
The break between Ambassador Viii
son and the department of state came
after an interview with Mr. Wilson in
which he attacked, as at variance with
British tradition, a statement attribut-
ed to the British foreign office that
recognition of the Huerta government
had been extended by Great Britain
after Ambassador Wilson had made
congratulatory speech TO the provis-
ional president.
Mr. Wilson writes that he gave
! the interview only when he had what
/ he deemed apparent evidence of Secre-
tary Bryan's intention to question pub.
/ licly the ambassadors official acts and
declares 1t could not possibly be con,
strued as an expression of the views
of this government, as Mr.. Bryan al.
ready had announced Mr.. Wilson's vol
untary resignation.
| "Thereupon," he continues, with
| tempestuous haste and apparently
prompted by partisan zeal, you dis
patched an instruction to the Ameri
CT ambassador in London, directing
/ him TO apologize for language uttered
/ by me which was not in the least de
| gree offensive and which was based
entirely upon the assumption that the
supposed expression of the British
government was a malicious fabrica
| ton.
'You thus hastily proceeded withou,
ascertaining whether either the sup
posed expressions by the British gov,
eminent or my comment thereon were
verifable, and as has since been de-
veloped, your action caused the great
/ est possible surprise 70 the govern
ment of Great Britain, which did not
know it had been offended and had nc
official knowledge of the views attrib
uted 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
IN British foreign Office the spirit oi
hazardous adventure which presides
over the department of state, and the
| 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
purposes ought never 10 be questioned
by any American citizen. should lend
himself to the hasty criticism of an OLD
and tried oficial OF the government
upon totally unwarranted and since
discredited sources Of information
convinced me that he has been badl!
advised, and that you. Mr.. Secretary
who have been identified with the
movement for higher and better thing!
in this country, should, except as th1
result OF investigation and calm con
sideration. ind reason for the censurS
Of a plain and truthful statement o.
fact which had to do solely with mat