The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-29

fulfilled. have been carried out in perfect
good faith by the United States.
Efforts Distracted.
Its efforts however, have been OBJ
structed at every point: first, by insis-
tence on Il palpably useless agreement
which you admit was either not to apply
to the present expedition or was to con-
tain inpracticabe restrictions on its or
sanitation and operations then by ac-
tlEil opposition. encouraged and foSteretl
advance of the expedition into Villa ter
ritory. which was followed by the sudden
suspension of all negotiations for an ar,
his followers. and the protection or the
frontier: and finally by demand for the
immediate withdrawal Of the American
troops.
Meantime conditions of anarchy in the
border states of Mexico were continually
growing worse.
''In view of the actual state of affairs
as ! have outlined it above. am now IN
position to consider the conclusions
which YOU have drawn under your ac-
acknowledgement from the erroneous state
ments OF fact which you have set forth.
Intfmatex Insinccrity.
Your government intimates. If it does
not openly charge, that the attitude of
distrust ana suspicion toward the de
facto government of Mexico and that
the intention of the United States In
tend its sovereignty over Mexican ter
ritory and not merely for the purpose
OF f.p b amd
de facto government charges by inrplica-
ton which admits of but one interpre TIA
ton, that this government has as its
object territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT even
at the expense of war Of aggression
against a neighbor weakened by years
of civil strife.
States. if it had had designs upon the
territory Of Mexico, would have had no
difficulty in finding durins this period
BILE arguments for Intervention in Mex
lean affairs. Hoping, however. that the
people of Mexico would. through their
own efforts, restore peace and establish
States has awaited With patience the
consurnnat ton of the revolution
Hoped to Restore Order
when the superiority Of the reVolu-
ton led by, General Carranza became
undoubted. the United Sta tes. after con-
ferring with six other of the American
hoped and expected that that govern
ment would speedily restore order.
after month for the consumma ton of
its hope and expectation. In spite OF
increasing discouiagements, in spite of
the government Of the United States
has RETAINED from aggressive action
and and sought by appeals and moderate
upon the de facto government the
robustness of the situation.
I'm the face of constantly renewed
evidence of the patience and restraint
Of this government in circumstances
which only d government imbued with
unselfiShness and sincere respect to
the full sovereign rights and national
dignity Of the Mexican people would
have endured. doubts and suspicious as
to the motives of the government of the
United States are expressed in your COM
muncation of May %, for which / can
imagine ne purpose but to impugn the
good faith of this government. for I
find it hard to believe that such impu-
tations are not universally known to he
without the least shadow of justification
in fact
Could Have Found Pretcxts.
Can the de facto government doubt
that if the United States had turned
covetOuS eyes on Mexican territory it