The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-09-06

itself to recognize ana In any } way
proper to assist the administration
chosen and set up In Mexico In the
way and on the conditions 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 pol.
Icy or exercising the authority OF Mex.
leo in decllng the Offices OF friendship
thus offered. Can Mexico give the civ.
ilized world satisfactory reason for
rejecting our good offices7
Lind ehowed Great Tact.
Mr.. Lind executed his delicate anc
difficult mission with singular tact
hrniness. and made clear to the az.
thorities OF the city of Mexico, not
only the purpose of his visit. but also
the spirit in(which 1t had been under.
taken. But the proposals he sub
mitted were rejected. in a note, the
full text OF which | take the liberty
of laying before you.
Il am led to believe that they were
rejected partly because the authorL
ties at Mexico City had been grossly
misinformed 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 SO
luton be found for the Mexican diff
culties; and they did not believe that
the present administration spoke,
through Mr.. Lind, for the American
people.
Meanwhile, what is it our duty to
do Clearly, everything that we do
must be rooted In patience and done
with calm and disinterested delibers-
ton. Impatience on our part would
be childish, and would be fraught with
every risk Of wrong and folly. We
can afford to exercise the self-re-
stralnt of q really great nation which
realizes Its own strength and scorns
to misuse 1t. 1t was our duty to offer
our active assistance 1t Is now our
duty to show what true neutrality will
do to enable the people of Mexico to
set their affairs in order again an6
walt for a further opportunity to offer
our friendly counsels. The door Is not
closed against the resumption. either
upon the initiative of Mexico or upoL
our own, of the effort to bring order
out Of the confusion by friendly CO.
operative action. should fortunate oc.
casion offer.
Urges Americans to Leave.
I'VE 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
our efforts. to safeguard their lives
and their interests, but because 1t is
imperative that they should not take
any unnecessary risks If 1t is physical
ly possible for them to leave the coun
try. We should let everyone who
ASSUMES to exercise authority in any
part of Mexico know in the most un
equivocal way that we shall vigilantly
watch the fortunes OF those Ameri
cans who cannot get away, and shall
hold those responsible for their suf
ferings and losses to a definite reckon
ing.
VIII Remain Neutral.
For the rest, deem 1t my duty to
exercise the authority conferred upon
me by the law of March IA, 1912, tc
see to 1t that neither side to the
struggle now going on in Mexico re
; ceive any assistance from this side o.
the border | shall follow the bes
practice of nations in the matter o.
neutrality by forbidding the exporta
ton of arms or munitions Of war o
any kind from the United States t
any part of the republic Of Mexico.
Il am happy to say that several o
the great governments of the worlc
! have given this government their gen
erous moral support in urging upor
the provisional authorities at the cit!
of Mexico the acceptances of ou
proffered good Offices in the spirit II
which they were made"
(Mexlco's Side Of Il.
Washington. Aug. 2S-The follow
, ing is synopsis Of the reply o
= | senior W luc plOpOSdiS "
, the American government conveyed
through Hon. John Lind, as transmit
ted to congress by the president:
| In his reply to the American pre-
| posals Senior Gamboa, the Mexican
minister of foreign affairs, urges thu
following points:
| That President Wilson's imputatiol
that no progress is being made . to
, ward the restoration of peace In Mex
: leo is not true
j. That the fact the Mexican govern
/. ment enjoys the recognition of nearl.
7 all the great nations OF the world i
proof that 1t Is a true and honorable
Y administration
1 That the proposal Of an armistice Il
impossible, because nations do no
propose armistices with bandits. II
:. grant an armistice would be to rec
l. ognize the belligerency Of the rebels
Q That the request that General Huer
to should not be candidate for tn
S presidency is strange and unwarran'