The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-11

ATTITUDE
|I|lRD MEXICO
Des Friendship Of Ma
vi IN Talk to Editors,

MANA. June ll.--Prcsident Viii
u Ms address to The Mexican
Doper editors In Washington last
n expressed sincere friendship for
lco. His address which was print
- the morning newspapers here to-
follows In part
NJ have never received a group Of
- who were more welcome than you
e4use II has been one OF my dis.
< lnees during my presidency that the
exican people did not more thorough
understand the attitude OF the United
4 ,otes toward Mexico. ! think that |
- assure you that that attitude is
- Of sincere friendship
XII Don't Seek to Interfere.
The policy OF my administration
J tovafd Mexico was in every point
MED upon the principle that the in
Dfnni settlement OF internal affairs OF
0exico was none OF our business; that
We had no right TO interfere with or
dictate to Mexico in any particular
With regard to her own affairs. When
~ sent troops into Mexico our sin
y scere desire was nothing else than TO
ussist you to get rid OF a man who was
making the settlement OF your affairs
for the time being impossible. We had
no desire 10 use our troops for any
other purpose and ] was in hopes |
might give substantial truth OF assur-
ance that ! had given your government
through President Caranza
Warns OF German Influence.
AT the present time il distreSses me
90 learn that certain influences which
/ assume TO be German in their origin
are trying not only TO make a wrong
impression thr hrJughout Mexico as to
the purpose Of the United States, but
70 give an absolutely untrue account OF
things that happened. '''
~Some time ago ] proposed a sort
: OF pan-American agreement had OBJ
served that one OF the difficulties OF
our relationships with Latin America
was this:
"The famous Monroe Doctrine was
adopted without your consent and with
out the consent. OF any OF the Central
American or South American states.
We said:
, Being Big brother.
sWe are going 10 be your big brother
whether you want Us to be or not We
I'd not ask whether II was agreeable TO
you that we should be your big broth
q. We said we are going to be. Now
that is all very well as far as protect
ing You from aggression from the other
aide OF the water was concerned. But
there was pothing TO protect you from
seression ftom us and have repeatedly
ssen an uneasy feeling on the part OF
representative states OF Central and
South America that our self appointed
protection might be for our own bene
III and our own interests and not fot
the interests Of our neighbors So
have aid Let us have common
eynrantee that all OF us will sign d
declaration of political independence
and territorial integrity. Let us agree
that II any OF us, the United States in
ciuded, violates the political independ-
ence OF territorial integrity of any OF
ths others, all the others will jump on
hes. 49,
s'Now, that is the kind OF an agree
asent that will have to be the founda-
ton of the further life of the nations
Of the world, gentlemen, The whole
family of nations will have to guar
sntee to each nation that no nation
shall violate the political independence
Or its territorial integrity"