The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-04
ARGENTINA PRAISES UNITED STATES FOR
 MEXICAN LENIEN NCY

Buenos Ayree. June 17.-AG4a. Frersas commenting on the results of the Na- agara Ealls peace conferences says:
 Mot only does the protocol of 1Ji- aga Tails imply the salvation of nation torn asunder by civil war, but 1t also ernbodtes the complete triumph of a protective pacific policy as ap- piled to a whole continent Without exaggeration it is memorable event in American history, shedding lustre on tlsA dipIornat5ste who have inter- ments concerned, and, above all mak- ing manifest to the world at large the civilization Of the western hem isphere.
 ITO appreciate this 1t is necessary to cast one's memory back to the fac- tors that brought about the conflict so happily solved by mediation The internal politics Of Mexico, disturbed by hate and bathed in blood, had brought about friction with the UH1it- ed States and eventually things came l to such a pass that between night and war. Everything was at an abnormal tension It was a caueeless attack. without any real Justi ifcation or pre- Hminary declaration in order to. avenge an offense offered to the flag Of WashinEton by a government that was not recognized as the constitu- tional representa- tive Of Mexico. thus creating a position wherein no au- l thoritY was actually in omcial shape l to repair the afrront. as Eef President Wilson's government at once found itself at war, in posses sion of Mexican soil that had been occupied by force and with sanction l of Congress and driven forward by the jingo opinion of the country A world power, wounded in it's dignity | =. H-! | -. ,r.E. -. t struggle as is most apt to excite na4 tional susceptibilfties and prove dif11-
 cult to resolve While the drama opened in Vera Cruz. a powerful fleet dominating Mexican waters, the Mex l ican people themselves were engaged hate-embittered parties, who had di-
 vtded the country between them. Hacking any external representation
 Of a. legal nature, there was no one l to whom the offended power could ap-
 ply for redress.
 s-The possibilities arising from this I situation drew the attention of the
 whole world. # and deeply affected I South American opinion owing to the s fact that the war was a. scandal to the continent, and looked like ending in the suppression, and possibly the
 group, in this the first quarter Of the itwentieth century, and that at the
 hands Of tue power who, from the be
 ginning of the nineteenth century,
 had voluntarily constituted itself the
 guardian of the former Spanish col on1es It was under circumstances o1
 this nature that the three great re pIblics or the. south rendered theil
 friendly offices in Washington and ir Mexico. offering to- act as .medtators
 The offer was not Regarded with uni
 versal favor-not> from any doubt as E tf n-- H.
 grounds of undue rashness, and the
 almost certain failure of the attempt It was@thought that the three Inter Ivenerss lacked sufficient interna tiona authority to bring matters to a sue .lscessful end, and this was the genera
 impression in European diplomatic
 circles.
 While the ability of the dipl plonat. l is worthy of all praise, now that theil l4eforts have been crowned with evi
 dent success, at the same time itsmus Fl be berT s in mind that it is rather thu
 to be celebrated. since it was on thi. kbasis that matters were brought tt
 an arrangement, the United State leading the way. This example giye1
 by the United States is an irrefutabl, Il proof of the sincerity of it's leading statesmen when dealing with tn, lj South American nations. That natioi f accepted mediation, helped it's settle nent. did it's best to allay all frrita
 tion.. and eventually renounced it
 claimshf for satisfaction on account Q Fl the aHront and indemnity for tn E costs of the campaign already Sc 7 afoot All that WAS asked was tn
 granting of an amnesty for foreigner z who were compromised in the cfvi war. Complete liberty Is left to Mex !, = leo for the settlement of her own af , fairs without any foreign supervision 2 and the sum and s1lbSt ance of it al ,. is that all are Evictors, since all hay o yielded to the force of reason
 Blessed be Pan-Americanisrn Tn ! Argentine nation may well be prou ;. der in sosnoble cause.'