The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-02

ground, and that the reported state.
ments tina: Mexican authorities had
caused the Imprisonment of jenkins
| because Of collusion with his abductors
and rebellion against the state are not
seriously regarded by your govern.
ment.
I'm whose interest then is the charge
Of false swearing brought against Jen.
kins?
His abductors?
He is in equity, the complaint in
the case Of his abduction, not the de.
fendant as the Mexican government
now makes him out to be.
The Mexican government is prose
cutting the victim instead Of the per.
potrators for the crime. While the out
laws who endangered his life and took
away large part of his fortune. enjoy
their freedom, the Mexican authorities
now deprive Jenkins Of his liberty
Moreover, the ground expressed for the
Imprisonment Of Jenkins. namely. that
is supposed TO be responsible for the
| crime OF rendering false Judiciary tostl.
mony must be takcn-and my govern.
ment directs special attention to this
polnt-as merely an expression of opin.
ION on the part of the Mexican govern.
ment as it is entirely unsupported bv
evidence, There is not produced any
oi the testimony rendered by him. or
any extracts from such testimon,
| tending to show the correctness of this
opinion
Inc Mexican government cannot cX.
pect the United States to accent i'm the
grave circumstances of this case such
bare unsupported statement as
vivid excuse for the Imprisonment of
an American consular officer. particul.
'afly IN view Of the fact that the in.
Vestlsation Of the ease by the represen.
tatlves of the United states in Mexico
so far as 1t has proceeded fails utterly
to support this opinion Of your gov.
ernment
'On the contrary the investigation
gives the government of the United
states every reason to believe that Mr.
jenkins has not knowingly perverted
the truth, although he has been har.
raSsed by Mexican authorities to give
such testimony, even while living I'm the
hospital too weak ana exhausted TO
MANI ''ei' as result OF mis- treatment
DH H'e upuuc'orS ana while he knew
I,'"'','e was peIhs obtained against
',''I' u''oush intimidation OF witnesses.
So stands the single unsupported and
my government believes, utterly un.
Iouhueu' ground alleged for jenkins i'm
pfisonmenl.
What conclusion is to he drawn fran,
such a reply of the Mexican Govern
ment other than there has beon .
studied effort ON the part of fine NIovi.
can authorities TO ensnare Jonl<ins in
the intricacies Of legal proceedings h, al.
leging the commission of technical of.
fenses and by bringing unsupnortnd
charges against him. for n purpose.
I'm the first place TO divert the .tror.
ton of the American pcoplo and tbe
American government. and indeed of
MeNictns themselves. from the ,ctuol
situation. namely. that puebla fine can.
ltal of the state of Puebla. and perbape
the second largest city in Mexico is
without adequate protection from ont.
laws who infost the Immediate neigh.
borhood and who were accustomed omen.
ly and freely 10 visit the CITY without
hindrance that by the failure TO furnis.
adequate protection in this district
Mexican authorities have. through rhei,.
negligence, made possible the abduction
Of Jenkins and that i'm harmon. ,,.itl,