The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-11-02

! draw az an interfering power in Mica
/ ragua; will withdraw as an interior
ing power in Honduras, and say to tn,
Republics of Central America anc
Mexico: We will respect the integrity
! OF your governments; we will ap-
, proach your borders only when asked
to do so as your friend; we recognize
, and respect the sovereignty of your
states and we will never come to you
except rs an older brother and in
respect to your government and in
4 tegrity Of your territory" and then
said, I'VE should stand ready at all
4 times. however. to protect our own
/ citizens in Mexico for that is a wholly
different matter than that which is in
volved in interfering with the internal
affairs of Mexico. We should say TO
/ Mexico, we expect you to protect our
| citizens and protect their property,
and having done so we will respect
the integrity of Mexico in every way"
Having taken that position, l assume
the same position here tonight There
are just two principles which should
have guided us with reference to Mex
/ leo in this trouble from the beginning
Simple, in my judgment. uncontrovert-
ible, and upon which We could have
proceeded with safety to our own peo-
pie and without being involved with
the Mexican people. First: As I have
said. we should have stated to Mexico
you protect our citizens, give them
security, and having done so work out
your own salvation. But you say it
might have lead to war Not at all
There is no nation so low in savagery
that it does not respect the nation
which insists upon the protection of
its own citizens. (Applause.)
WHAT BLAINE SAID.
Let me give you an illustration.
When Jas G. Blaine was Secretary of
State, he appointed a man by the
name Of Morgan as ambassador to
Mexico. Morgan was a brother of the
famous Morgan who was on the Con-
federate side in the Civil war. but this
Morgan had remained loyal to the
Union. and Mr.. Blaine appointed him
as ambassador to Mexico While Mr.
Morgan was ambassador to Mexico,
some Americans were murdered or
massacred in or near Mexico City.
What did Mr.. Blaine do? He sent a
telegram, a copy of which have upon
my desk, saying to Mr.. Morgan-I
have forgotten his initials-ambassa-
dor to Mexico: You will yourself
please read this message TO the Secre- |
tary of the Foreign Affairs of Mexico: |
The United States demands that Mexi- !
co protect its citizens. not next week. |
not tomorrow. but now, and unless 1t /
does so the United States will come |
which they are entitled to- Gap
plause.)
Now the Mexicans could understand
that. Laughter) They could com
prehend that proposition, but they
seem to have difficulty in following
this interminable labyrinth of this
school of international correspondence.
(Laughter.)
WHAT CLEVELAND SAID.
ar r~4xr ]
ton. When Mr.. Cleveland was Presi-
ient of the United States, a lieutenant
Of the Mexican army pursued a Mexi-
,an girl across the border into the Z
United States and seized her and drag
sed her back across the line. She was
| Mexican girl, but she was on the ter ;
'itory of the United States and for the |
ime being under the protection of the
tars and stripes. What did Cleveland {
10? He sent a telegram directing a {
uff1cient portion of the American
lrmy to move to the Mexican border. I
With instructions to the commander in
harge to get that lieutenant, If he {
lad to go to Mexico City and get him. ]
What was the result? They could {
the simple language of I
Grover Cleveland, and the Mexican I
lieutenant was sent to the penitentiary
or twenty years. There was a time,
ny friends. when to violate the inte- '
rity of sthe territory of the United q
tates OF offer an insult to the stars t
nd stripes meant action, and Mexico s
that fact respected the de- 4
hands of the United States and yield a
d to the suggestion of its sovereign. Il
OUTRAGES ON AMERICANS. n
Why are we the most hated people {
4 Mexico? Why should we. living y
pom the border. and a northern Re- h
ubiic. larger brother. be most hated
f all people? l have an affidavit of
young mining engineer. who was in
barge of a mine in Mexico. He had
ome 125 people, Americans, working
Or him. Some of these bandits, our
-iends. | suppose, took possession of
ne mine and demanded a tribute of
$4,000. He didn't have that amount
money so they corraled the men.
omen and children-put them in a
orral over night, and held them there
,r the purpose of determining the
ext morning what they should do in
ise the $4,000 was not paid. The
ext morning they returned and de-
landed $4,000. which was still more
ian he could pay. During this par
y ii was learned that there was a
erman citizen among these men. who
ad been in the corral over night
hat did these bandits do? They
ok the German citizen out from
nong the American citizens, and sent
i'm safely on his way. Why they
new that whatever other fault or
iticism may be assessed against the
erman government that it protects
citizens wherever they may be
und upon the face of Gods earth.
Applause.) And so, my friends had
e stated in the beginning. we will
sist upon the protection of our citi
ms, and said 1t with that force and
aracter that Blaine and Cleveland
id it, we would have our rights re-
ected. and we wouldn't have had
ir either.
! venture to say that if Theodore
,osevelt had been the President of
e United States. and sent a message
CHI as he sent to the barbarian ma
n some years ago. when they cap
red one of our missionaries, when hel
d to the barbarian nation, Give us
? missionary alive or the bandit
ad"-if he had sent the message to
xico, our rights would have been
pected, and we would not have had
r with Mexico either. (Applause.)
But what Is the result? In the
ace of this platform adopted four
lears ago. there have been over
,25 American citizens murdered
md massacred from time to time
II Mexico. Read Mr. Lansing's
tote upon the Goth of August last;
hayPu'I the time this eyeniuo