The Richfield recorder., 1916-11-03


policy Of the Congress of the Unite
States that the Republic of the Unite
States will withdraw as an interferin
| power in Mexico; will withdraw as a
interfering power in Nicaragua; Wi
withdraw as an interfering power Il
Honduras. and say to the Republic
of Central America and Mexico, W
will respect the integrity of you
governments: we will approach you
borders only when asked to do so a.
your friend; we recognize and respec
the sovereignty of your states and W.
will never come to you except as al
older brother and in respect to you
government and integrity of your ter
ritory," and then 1 said, I'VE would
stand ready at all times, however. t
protect our own citizens in Mexico, fol
that is a wholly different matter thar
that which is involved in interfering
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 conceivable way" Having taken
that position, assume the same posi-
ton here tonight There are just two
principles which should have guided
us with reference to Mexico in this
trouble from the beginning. Simple,
in my judgment, uncontrovertible, and
upon which we could have proceeded
with safety to our own people and
without being involved with the Mexi-
can people. First: AS have said, we
should have stated to Mexico, you pro-
tect our citizens, give them security,
and having done so work out your own
salvation. But you say it might have
led 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 brother of the famous
Morgan who was on the Confederate
side in the Civil war, but this Morgan
had remained loyal to the Union, and
Mr.. Blaine appointed him as ambas-
sador to Mexico. While Mr.. Morgan
was ambassador to Mexico, some Am
ericans were murdered or massacred
in or near Mexico City. What did Mr..
Blaine do? He sent a telegram,
copy of which l have upon my desk,
saying to Mr.. Morgan-I have forgot
ten his initials-am bassador to Mexi-
co: You will yourself please read this
message to the secretary of the for
eign affairs of Mexico: The United
States demands that Mexico protect
its citizens, not next week, not tomor-
row, but now, and unless it does so,
the United States will come there to
give its citizens the protection which
they are entitled to. (Applause.)
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.
Let me give you another illustra-
ton. When Mr.. Cleveland was Presi-
lent of the United States, a lieutenant
Of the Mexican army pursued a Mexi |
,an girl across the border into the
United States and seized her and drag
yed her back across the line. She was
/ Mexican girl, but she was on the
erritory of the United States and for
he time being under the protection
If the stars and stripes. What did
Cleveland do. He sent telegram di-
'ecting a sufficient portion of the
American army to move to the Mexi-
AN border. with instructions to the
commander in charge to get that lieu
enant, If he had to go to Mexico City
md get him. What was the result?
they could comprehend the simple
anguage of Grover Cleveland, and the
dexican lieutenant was sent to the
for twenty years. There
vas a time, my friends. when to vio
ate the integrity of the territory of
he United States or offer an insult to
he stars and stripes meant action, and
fexico, knowing that fact, respected
he demands of the United States and
ielded to the suggestion of its sover-
ign.
OUTRAGES ON AMERICANS.
Why are we the most hated people
4 Mexico? Why should we, living
pom the border, and a northern Re-
ublic, large brother, be most hated
f all people? I have an affidavit
f young mining engineer, who was
l charge of a mine in Mexico. He
ad some 1875 people, Americans,
Torking for him. Some of these BAN
its, our friends, I suppose, took pos
sssion of the mine and demanded a
'ibute of $4,000. He didn't have
1at amount of money so they corral
d the men, women and children-put
lem in a corral over night, and held
lem there for the purpose of deter
lining the next morning what they
lould do in case the $50, 900 was not
aid. The next morning they return
/ and demanded $4,000, which was
III more lndn ne cOulQ pay. OuTlnRI
lis parley it was learned that there
as a German citizen among these
zen. who had been in the corral over
ght. What did these bandits do?
hey took the German citizen out
ON among the American citizens,
Id sent him safely on his way. Why
ley knew that whatever other fault
criticism may be assessed against
lie German government that 1t pro-
cts its 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 it with that force and
that Blaine and Cleveland
i'd 1t, we would have had our rights
spected, and we wouldn't have had
ar either
venture to say that if Theodore
oosevelt had been the President of
e United States, and sent a message
ch as he sent to the barbarian ma
m some years ago, when they cap
red one of our missionaries, when he
i'd to the barbarian nation: "Give
the missionary alive or the bandit
ad." If he had sent the message
Mexico, our rights would have been
spected, and we would not have been
war with Mexico either (Ap-