The Washington times., 1914-04-28
BARRETT EXPLAINS
"ONE MAN" LETTER
? an-American Union Director
Maintains 1t Was Personal
and Unofficial.

admitting the authorship of the let
r to the governing board of the Pan
I nerican Union. made public today,
/ which he characterized himself as
I ing the one man in the country to
We the United States in the crisis
tn Mexico. John Barrett. director
Z d, neral of the Pan-American Union.
tudav issued a statement in which he
declared that the letter IN question was
a. absolutely personal and confiden-
uaI communication
The letter was written more than a
year ago. Mr.. Barrett stated in ii
nat he had ambitions of becoming a
nited States Senator one of these
d sys, and possibly Secretary of State,
g. / expect, in the not too distant fu-
ture."
Disclaims Reflections.
In his statement today he disclaimed
any reflection on the former or the
Z resent Administration, and explained
the references to kmself made in the
L tier which he sent to the members of
tAe governing board of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union.
The statement is as follows:
In regard to this letter, which is
quoted, l have but a word TO say, be-
ca use il speaks for itself. 1t was an
bsolutely personal and confidential
communication. So confidential did l
consider it that l allowed no copies to
be made except one for my private
files.
Now that without my knowledge it
has been published. 1 have simply to
express the hope that all interested
p rsons who read any part of it will
rosd all of it before drawing conclu-
~ hot Fx-fn ha
4 the patriotic and unselfish purpose
a. the main suggestion by a two or
rec line intimate reference to legiti-
J ate ambitions of the future. When L
mentioned the possibility of some day
entering the United States Senate or
becomine Secretary of State, I had
not the slightest thought of the present.
II spoke of the eventual realization
Q passing years which l trusted would
rot be too distant to aid in developing
ference to myself as the one citizen
@ the United States who is called up
n- to lead the battle in this country
or recognition of the importance and
q Enity of Iztin-America,' again wrote
confidential terms descriptive of my
- >uliar and unique duties as the only
rternational Pan-American official In
;-e limited States, that is, as the exc
tive officer of the PanAmerican
nion, whose chief and lofty pur-
Sc Is 10 pECUlOte SOOu uIuel SNdtiiuiiie &
4: nonr the American nations and peo-
les, the only officer Of all the Amert-
,an republics in this country.
"An Earnest Appeal"
Nothing whatever that I said in this
confidential communication was intend
ID as the slightest reflection upon any
official Of the former or present Ad'
-ntnistration and cannot be SO con-
rued II was simply the earnest ap'
peal OF one who for nearly fourteen
-ears has done everything in his power
TO promote good understanding among
me American republics There can bt
nothing wrong in the ambition of a man
who has given the twenty best years OF
is life to trying, at home and abroad
% promote the prestige of the United
~tates in having the hope that some
day he may possess the qualifications
u Senator or Secretary OF state
ven though that time may be Tar Oil
ant IL the future
AT this hour my only ambition L
nat war NAV be ayerted between th'
rited States and one of its sister re
,ubIics, and that the efforts at media
30 Argentina, Brazil and Chill ma!
-ot be entirely in vain.