The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
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TEXT OF HIS MESSAGE ASKING
PRESIDENT TAFT NOT TO
INTERVENE IN MEXICO.
HINTS AT DIRE RESULTS
Asks That No Troops Be Landed from
Warships and That Americans Be
Ordered from Fire Zone - Denies
Danger to Foreigners.

( Washington, D. c., Feb. 17-Presi-
dent Madero of Mexico threatened
President Taft with "a conflagration
and terrible consequences" ii the
United States should intervene in
Mexico
Madero's appeal and threat was re-
ceived at Washington, and immediate.
ly the Cabinet went into session.
Secretary OF State Knox was direct
ed by the President to reply to Presi-
! dent Maderos note.
The Cabinet, which was in session
for more than two hours, spent the
time discussing the terms of the reply.
| Secretary Knox stated that the atti-
tude of this Government would remain
! just as it had been for two years past.
The message which President Made
70 wired to President Taft reads as
| follows:
Il have been informed that the Gov
/ eminent over which Your Excellency
dignifiedly presides has ordered to set
out for the ports of Mexico war YES
/ sells with troops to disembark and
come to this capital to give guaran-
! tees of safety to Americans. Undoubt-
| eddy the information which you have
and which led you to take this action
! is ineXact and exaggerated, for the
lives of Americans in this capital are
at present in no danger if they will
abandon the zone of fire and concen-
| trate in certain points of the city or
/ its suburbs where tranquility is abso-
Lutte and where the Government can
| give all classes guarantees.
IF you will order that Americans
resident here do that, following the
precedent established by your own
! orders previously issued [Note-This
refers to the proclamation last spring
| advising all Americans to leave danger
points in the republicl all danger to
the lives of Americans and other for
eigners will be obviated
Regarding what material damages
may be suffered by foreigners, this
Government is ready to accept all re
! sponsibility according to the obliga-
tons of International law.
Consequently | ask Your Excellen-
cy to order your men-of-war not to
| disembark troops in Mexico, as this
act will cause a confagration and ter
! rible consequences of more extent
| than the ones we have to contend with
| at present. | assure Your EXcellency
that this Government is taking all
| in OrInr that tho
rebels in the Ciudadela (the ArsenaD
will do the least harm possible to lives
and property in the capital, and | have
| hopes that everything will be peace
fully arranged in very short time
at is true that my country at this
moment is passing through a terrible
crisis. and the Decentralization of
American troops would only increase
! the dangers of the situation, and by
very lamentable error it would do
! great harm to a nation which always
I has been a loyal friend TO the United
! States, as well as contribute to the
dangers surrounding the establishing
| of true democratic government here
! similar to that of the great American
| Nation.
81 appeal to the equitable, just senti
ments that have been the\criterion of
your Government, and that undoubted
ly represent the sentiments of the
great American people, whose destin-
les you have guided with so much skill
and patriotism.
FRANCISCO l. MADERO."