The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-06-05

who are now struggling towards lib
erty."
The president closed his fingers
into sinewy fist. He leaned forward
in his chair-leaned forward as a
man leans forward who is about to
start on race, his body taut, his mus
Giles tense. | could see the cords
stand out on the back of his neck
His eyes were narrowed, his lips
slightly parted, his vigor and earnest
ness impressive.
Il challenge you." he said, ito cite
me an instance in all the history of
the world where liberty was handed
down from abovei Liberty aiNigs is
attained by the forces working be-
low, II 1trre cath, bv the great n.ove-
mn1t the people. That. leaV >neu
by the sense of w".n,s and opprrs-
sion al6 injustice, by the ferment OF
human rights to be attained, brings
freedom.
at is curious thing" he contin-
ued, that every demand for the es-
tablishment of order in Mexico takes
into cOnsiderati )I, not order for the
benefit of the people of Mexico, the
great mass of the population, but or
der for the benefit of the old-time re-
oino FOR tho orict0nrafc for tho voct.
ed interests, for the men who are re-
Sponsible for this very condition of
disorder No one asks for order be-
cause order will help the masses of
the people to get a portion of their
rights and their land; but all de-
mand it so that the great owners of
property, the overlords, the hidalgos,
the men who have exploited that rich
country for their own selfish purpos-
es, shall be able to continue their
processes undisturbed by the protests
Of the people from whom their wealth
and power have been obtained.
'"The dangers that beset the repub-
lie are held to be the individual and
corporate troubles of these men, not
the aggregated injustices that have
been heaped on this vastly greater
section of the population that is now
struggling to recover by force what
has always been theirs by right.
"They want order-the old order;
but l say to you that the old order is
dead. 1t is my part as l see it, to aid
in composing those differences so far
as | may be able, that the new order,
which will have its foundation on hui
man liberty and human rights, shall
prevail"
AS result of my conversation with
the president, which was on the ev-
ening of April q, only few hours
after word had come that Huerte
would accept the offer of mediation
made by the representatives of Ar
gentina, Brazil and Chilli, l can state
these conclusions, which will endure
regardless of mediation negotiations.
The settled policy of the president
in regard to Mexico will be as fol-
lows:
First-The United States, so long
as Mr.. Wilson is president, will not
seek to gain a foot of Mexican terri
tory in any way or under any pretext
When we have finished with Mexico
Mexico will be territorially intact.
Second-No personal aggrandize-
ment by American investors or ad
venturers, or capitalists, or exploita-
ton of that country will be permitted
Legitimate business interests that
seek to develop rather than exploit
| will be encouraged.
Third-A settlement of the agra
rian land question by constitutional
means-such as that followed in New
Zealand, for example-will be insist
ed on.
These are the materialistic ideals
of President Wilson, the main points
he has firmly in his mind His future
policy will rest on these foundations,
regardless of what the moment may
| inject into the situation in the way
of minor questions.
"We shall not demand a foot of ter.
| ritory nor a cent of money-except, of
course, the settlement of such claims
as may justly be made by American
citizens for damage to their property
during these NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
claims. There will be no money de-
mand in a national sense. Then we
shall have shown the entire world
that the Monroe doctrine means an
unselfsh friendship for our neighbors
"a disinterested friendship in the
sense of not being interested in our