Republican farmer., 1919-09-05
CARRANzA SAYS
 US. HAS HURT x
 NATIONS PRIDE
In Statement He Asserts the Munroe Doctrine Is Not
 Recognized
DENIES HIS COUNTRY
 HAS BEEN UNNEUTRAL.
Yank Punitive Expedition Was An Invasion" and a
 Violation of Rights

Mexico City, Monday, Sept. l.---In connection with the recent punative expedition into Mexico by the Ameri- can army to find bandits who were holding two American aviators for ransom, d message from President Carranza read at the opening session of Congress said:
 This invasion constitutes a viola
 ton of our rights. Serious and with
 out motive was this violation that has | deeply wounded Mexican patriotic
 feeling"
 The messa ge referred further to a request by the United States for the punishment of the bandits and cites mum erous cases to show that the | government has prosecuted guilty i parties and has met with a great measure of success in dealing with | bandits
 Speaking of charges of alleged un.- neutrality by Mexico during the war, ! the messag ge said:
 The republic of Mexico observed the conduct of absolute neutrality but certain governments have expressed 1 the opinion that the government of l Mexico had not been strictly neutral although they were not able to af- i firm or specify any act or mission ] on the part of the government of | Mexico, which would duplicate the i least violation of neutrality. judging ! in accordance with the most exigent ] principles of international law. trea- ! ties now in force and universally es- i tablished practices. On the other | hand. the rights of Mexico as a neu- i tral were not always respected as ! they were entitled to be, because va | rious units of the American navy re- i mained in certain exceptional cases more than 24 hours in our waters | while there were kept at anchor al 1 Tampico vessels of war under the ! pretext of protecting their fellow | nationals"
 | Regarding the Monroe doctrine, 1 the uessa ge said Mexico did not re- | cognize and will not recognize it ! "inasmuch as it has been establish ! ed without the volition or will of the people of America" adding that the | document srnacls of sovereignty over ! Mexico.
 | Mexico continues in good rela- | tions with all friendly nations of the | world with the exception of Great | Britain" the message declares. '~Th 8 l names of those with whom relations
 ! are suspended are given for reasons
 which were stated in the last repor. i to Congress"
 President Carranza then summa- | rized two notes sent by the American | government, Dec. IS, 1918, one of
 which answered the Mexican note
 1 claiming the right to legislate on pc | troleum. Mention was also made of
 | the American protest against the ! treasury departments circular regard 1 ing the collection of royalties from 1 TfNnA rfrparN replies.
 After protesting against the de- ] mand for intervention for the pur- ] pose of making our laws accord l with personal interests" President | Carranza declared the oil campaign
 was disguised under the plea for in.
 tervention because the lack of guar
 antees they pretend exists in our ter
 ritory."
 Citing the case of the Richardson ! Construction Co.'S protest against tha increase in land taxes, the messagJ
 said:
 unfortunately the Mexican gov ernment has received suggestions from the United States government
 when it has tried to make reforms that may injure American citizens.
 These suggestions destroy deliberate ly our liberty for legislation and nullify the right we have to progress in accordance with our own ideas
 The argument used by the American
 state department as well as by tha American press has been that duties are confscatory. The Mexican gov- ernment hopes the northern republic will respect the sovereignty and in dependence of Mexico. To violate them, claiming the lack of guaran- tees for its citizens or inefficient leg islation for its interests, would con stitute a transgression of interna- tional right and would demonstrate that the worst misfortune for na- ton is to be weak and unable to pro- tect itself by force against stronger nations"