Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
NOTE
SENT TO MEXICO
NO HINT OF INTERVENTION;
PATRIOTISM OF CITIZENS
APPEALED TO.
GENERAL ELECTION is URGED
Republic is Given Ten Days in Which
to Make Reply, But No lntima-
ton is Given of Course in
Case of Failure.

Washington.-The following is the
long awaited joint note from the ALI
American nations to the warning fac
tions i Mexico, which is expected to
bring peace to the troubled republic:
THE undersigned, the secretary of
state of the United States, the am
bassadors extraordinary and pleni-
potentiary of Brazil, Chile, Argentina,
and the ENJOYS extraordinary and min
listers plenipotentiary of Uruguay,
Guatemala and Bolivia, accredited to
the government of the United States
OF America, acting severally and in
depently, unanimously send to you
the following communication:
Inspired by the most sincere spirit
of American fraternity and convinced
they rightly interpret the earnest
wish of the entire continent, we have
met informally, at the suggestion Of
the secretary of state of the United
States, to consider the Mexican sit
uation, as to whether their friendly
and d~isinterested help could be sue
cessfully employed to re-establish
peace and constitutional order in our
sister republic.
In the heat of the frightful strug-
Bile which for so long has STEPPED in
blood the Mexican soil, doubtless all
may well have lost sight of the dis
solving effects of the strife upon the
most vital conditions of the national
existence, not only upon the life and
liberty of the inhabitants, but on the
prestige and security of the country.
Appeal to Patriotism.
1--WE cannot doubt, however-no one
can doubt-that in the presence of a
sympathetic appeal from their broth
ers of America, recalling them to
these disastrous effects, asking them
to save their mother land from abvss
no n a doubt, we repeat-that
the patriotism Of the men who lead
or aid in any way the bloody strife
Will not remain unmoved; no one can
doubt that each and every one OF
them, measuring in his own con
science, his share in the responsible
ties of past misfortune and looking
forward to his share in the glory OF
the pacificatfon and reconstruction of
the country, will respond nobIy to
opening the way to some saving ac-
ton.
1--WE, the undersigned, believe that
II the men directing the armed move
ments in Mexico-whether political or
military chiefs-should agree to meet
either in person or by delegates, far,
from sound Of cannon and with no
other inspiration save the thought of
their afflicted land, there to exchange
ideas and to determine the fate of
the country-from such action would
undoubtedly result the strong and un-
yielding agreement requisite to the
creation of a provisional government
which should adopt the first steps
necessary to the constitutional recon-
struction of the country-and to is
sue the first and most essential of
them all, the immediate call to gen
eral election.
"An adequate place within the Mex
lean frontiers, which, for the rpo
might be neutralized, should serve as
the seat of the conference, and, in or
der to bring about a conference of
this nature, the undersigned, or n
of them, will willingly, upon invita-
ton, act as Intermediates, to ar
range the time, place and other de-
tails of such conference, if this ac-
ton a in any way aid the Mexican
people.
1.-THE undersigned expect a reply to
this communication within a reason
able time; and consider that such a
time would be ten days after the com
munication is delivered, subject to
propagation for cause.
ROBERT LANSING, U. 8.
I'D. DA CANA, Brazil.
"R. S. NAON, Argentina.
81. CALDERSON, Bolivia.
CARLOS MARIA DE PENA,
Uruguay
JOAQUIN MENDEZ, Guatemala"