New Britain herald., 1919-12-02
THE NOTE,

In a remarka bly fine brief. submit #d to Mexico. Secretary of State Ian Hhe presents many arguments that Mould convince the MeNicans that #ey are acting quite beyond the usual Anventions in holding Consular Agent Hnkins for collision in his own kid pping, and that they are an ire Nonsible group of indictments any #w. The unfortunate part of the Fling is that, if the secretarNs ars''- aents are true, and they appear to @, there may not be, in the MeNlcan' appreciation of the fine pom 'S Ed there may be tendency to tWlst @r diplomatic request for the release Jenkins into an apology for our in-
 A'fefence with the alleged law of aAe exico. If the MeXicans were unable @ see the iHegalitN of "punishine Mnkins in the first place it is ex- Msu ely proba ble that anything that N might say. in an argum entatiNe way, XII be just as unconvincins. On the @aArsel and, if the arrogance ot the A rranzists has prompted them to Aecipitate showdown with the Fitted States our note is worthless. A1a srauch as the Mexicans provided RMe latter assum ption is true, prob
 #ly re~I,sed the extent of their ac- RA n and went into if with eyes wide
 en
 I Barefisted diplomacy might have N en a great deal more acceptable to 8Ae American public which, sick as g is of war, is thoroughly disgusted 8aEth the Mexicans and their policy or 8 8eravation. They are an uneducated SN most of them, and pr, ba bly, be lMve that the American is not only N able to lick them but is afraid to
 ht Details of plishm ents in Me Great War have not been spread Ha rough the mass of the populacc 8 q propag ganda workers have un- Na ubt dly done much to belittle the
 Na1ited States by word of mouth. The M tlaws and even the authorities of IAS Se governm ent seem disposed to try N 10 the limit. It is no time for ar A ment. fine as that argument may be. M s demanded in the note. it should 1 ve started and concluded with this M mand. There is no use in attempt ag to convince the petty criminal Eat he is wrong. The proper course aW to impress upon him. in no uncer Min terms, that he is to be punished @ less he mends his ways. "Jenllins. Hive or dead. now or we will come Sat him" might have been more to Ia e point.
 | There are several possibilities in the B cepta of the note by Mexico, hich remain to be worked out. The S|a " e7'om ant mi ght adopt the course as M gently, and offer. in extenuation a xxx ries of words purporting to answer S r argum ents, but be;r mere eva BaAons. In fact it would not be ~ur- AaS ising if this were the case. Jen- SA@ ns might be relea sed al our demand, a ereby smoothing things over until aPc next occasion arises to show sS ite. The note might be ignored en- MMfNly. or merely acknowledged wit h @ Q statement that Jenkirs would not A set free. Thereupon the United S@ ates must break relations and pre- s ,re for war not for Jenkins sake, 1as cause Jenkins would probably be | He'd a once, but because of Jenk1ns M None of HIS wish it. the memory ot zAA ar is too fresh in our mnds but we lN We duty in Mexico. hrst of Ill., il N# ust be carried to finish. which MsN CT way the tide turns and it seems W most i'm possible to expect the rene. Naa de 10 play the game without the HM emory of severe punishmen to hell
 s fugitive ideas.