Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-27

| lut COnulllOllS suggested.
Taking all the existing conditions
into consideration, the government
of the United States can conceive of
no reasons sufficient to justify those
who are now attempting to shape
the policy or exercise the authority
of Mexico in declining the Offices of
| friendship thus offered. Can Mexico
| give the civilized world a satisfac-.
tory reason for rejecting our good
offices? If Mexico can suggest any
better way in which to show our
friendship, serve the people of Mex
leo and meet our international obi
cations, we are more than willing to
consider the suggestion
..Nfr. Lind TactfulD
Mr.. Lind executed his delicate and
difficult mission with singular tact,
flrTnness, and good Judgment and
made clear to the authorities at the
City of Mexico not only the purpose
of his visit. but also the spirit in
which it had been undertaken. But
the proposals he submitted were re-
jected, in note the full text of
which take the liberty of laying be-
fore you.
ct am led to believe that they were re-
Jected partly because the authorities at
Mexico City had been grossly misin-
formed and misled upon two points.
"They did not realize the spirit of
! the American people in this matter,
their earnest friendliness and yet
sober determination that some just
| solution be found for the Mexican
| difficulties, and they did not believe
that the present administration spoke,
| through Mr.. Lind, for the people of
the United States. The effect of this
| unfortunate misunderstanding on
/ their part Is to leave them singularly
isolated and without friends who can
effectually aid them. So long as the
misunderstanding continues, we can
only await the time of their awaken
ing to realization of the actual
facts.
1--WE cannot thrust our good Offices
upon them. The situation must be given
q little more time to work itself out in
the new circumstances, and I believe that
only a little while will be necessary, for
the circumstances are new.
1.-THE rejection of our friendship
makes them new and will inevitably
bring its own alterations In the whole
aspect of affairs. The actual situation
of the authorities at Mexico City will
| presently be revealed.
Meanwhile what is 1t our duty to
do? Clearly everything that we do
must be rooted in patience and done
with calm and disinterested deliber-
alton. Impatience on our part would
be childish and would be fraught with
! every risk of wrong and folly.
awe can afford to exercise the self
restraint of n really great nation which
realizes its own strength and scorns to
| misuse it. 1t was our duty to offer our
| active assistance. 1t is now our duty to
show what true neutrality will do to en-
| able the people of Mexico to set their
| affairs In order again, and walt for
further opportunity to offer our friendly
ccunsels. The door Is not closed against
the resumption, either upon the initiative
of Mexico upon our own, of the effort
to bring order out of the confusion by
friendly cooperative action, should for
tunate occasion offer.
Contest VIII Be Sharper.
while we wait the contest of the
! rival forces will undoubtedly for n
little while be sharper than ever, just
because it will be plain that an end
must be made of the existing situa-
ton, and that very promptly. and
| with the increased activity of the
contending factions will come, 1t is
to be feared, increased danger to tho
non -combatants in Mexico as we'll as
! to those actually in the field of bat
! tie. The position of outsiders is al
| ways particularly trying and full of
!, hazard where there Is civil strife and
| whole country is upset
1--WE should earnestly urge all Amer
! leans to leave Mexico at once and
should assist them to get away in
every way possible not because we
would mean to slacken in the least
i our efforts to safeguard their lives
and their interests, but because 1t is
| imperative that they should take no
unnecessary risks when 1t is physical
ly possible for them to leave the coun-
! try.
1--WE should let everyone who assumes
to exercise authority In any part Of Mex
leo know in the most unequivocal way
that, we shall vigilantly watch the for
tunes of those Americans who cannot get
away, and shall hold those responsible
for their sufferings and losses to def
mite reckoning.
THAT can be and will be made
plain beyond the possibility of a mis-
understanding.
"For the rest, deem IL my duty to ex-
ercise the authority conferred upon me
by the law of March Ia, 1912, to see to
1t that neither side of the struggle now
going on in Mexico receive any assist
ance from this side of the border.
| shall follow the best practise of
nations in the matter of neutrality
by forbidding the expectation of arms
or munitions of war Of any kind
from the United States to any part
of the Republic of Mexico-a policy
suggested by several interesting
presidents and certainly dictated by
many manifest considerations of
practical expediency. We cannot in
| DIR I'M t "a ha tho ri tee q
Of either party to the contest that
now distracts Mexico, or constitute
ourselves the virtual umpire between
them.
at am happy to say that several of the
great governments of the world have
given this government their generous
moral support In urging upon the pro-
visionaI authorities at the City of Mexico
the acceptance of our proffered good Of
Aces In the spirit in which they were
made.
I'VE have not acted in this matter
under the ordinary principles of in
ternational obligation. All the world
expects us in such circumstances to
act as Mexico's nearest friend and in
innate adviser. This Is our immemo-
rial relation towards her.
Nobody Questions Our Right.
There is nowhere any serious ques-
ton that we have the moral right in
the case, or that we are acting in the
interest of fair settlement and of
good government, not for the promo
ton of some selfish interest of our
own. If further motive were neces-
sary than our own goodwill towards
| a sister republic and our own deep
concern to see peace and order prevail