Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-09-05

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 decling the offices of friendship
thus offered Can Mexico give the civ
lilzed world satisfactory reason for
rejecting our good offices?
Lind Showed Great Tact.
Mr.. Lind executed his delicate and
difficult mission with singular tact,
nrmness, and made clear to the au-
thorlties of the city OF Mexico. not
only the purpose Of his visit. but also
the spirit In which it had been under
taken. But the proposals he sub
mitted were rejected, in a note. the
tuu text OF which / take the liberty
OF laying before you.
Il am led to believe that they were
rejected partly because the authori-
ties at Mexico City had been grossly
mlsinroTmed and miSled upon two
points. They did not realize the spirit
81 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 1t our duty to
do Clearly, everything that we do
must be rooted in patience and done
with calm and disinterested delibera-
| ton. Impotence 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-
straint of a 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 enable the people of Mexico to
set their affairs in order again and
walt for further opportunity to offer
our friendly counsels. The door is not
closed against the resumption, either
upon the initiative of Mexico or upon
our own. of the effort to bring order
out of the confusion by friendly CO.
operative action, should fortunate oc.
| casion offer
Ur0es 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 it is
imperative that they should not take
any unnecessary risks if it is physical
~ 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-
ing.
Will Remain Neutral
For the rest, l deem it my duty to
exercise the authority conferred upon
me by the law of March Ia, 1912. to
see to it that neither side to the
struggle now going on in Mexico re-
ceive any assistance from this side of
the border. / shall follow the best
practice of nations in the matter of
neutrality by forbidding the exporta-
ton of arms or munitions of war of
any kind from the United States to
any part of the republic of Mexico.
Il am happy to say that several OF
the great governments of the world
have given this government their gen.
erous moral support in urging upon
the provisional authorities at the city
of Mexico the acceptances of our
proffered good offices in the spirit in
which they were made.
Mexico's Side Of It.
Washington, Aug. 28-The follow.
ing is a synopsis of the reply OF
Senior Gamboa to the proposals OF
the American government conveyed
through Hon. John Lind, as transmit
ted to congress by the president:
In his reply to the American pro
posals Senior Gamboa, the Mexican
minister of foreign affairs, urges the
following points:
That President Wilson's imputation
that no progress is being made to
ward the restoration of peace in Mex
leo is not true.
That the fact the Mexican govern
ment enjoys the recognition of nearly
all the great nations of the world is
proof that it is true and honorable
administration
That the proposal of an armistice is
impossible, because nations do not
propose armistices with bandits. To
grant an armistice would be to rec
ognize the belligerency of the rebels.
That the request that General Huer-
to should not be candidate for the