The Washington times., 1919-12-01
Release Jenkins at Once,
Lansing S Note to Mexico
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lns will not place any obstacles in the way of complete
and full examination of himself his witnesses, in the
events leading up to and connected with his abduction
The Mexican government prefers to attribute the Amer
lean note to imperfect knowledge of the Mexican penal
laws and proceeds to explain with refinement the nrcaces
If Mexican penal proceedings but the Government OF the
United States fails to discern in their application to this
at the hands of Mexican authorities any approxma
tion to impartial treatment of Jenkins and the Mexican
government knows the absence OF such treatment is the
reason for the American request
Says Justice Is Denied
"The Mexican government maintains that it cannot
grant the request of the United States for Jenkins release
for the that under international law diplomatic
Intervention appropriate unless denial of justice has
occurred and because the Mexican government is not in
position Jenkins release IN view OF the separation
of the executive and judicial powers under the Mexican
form of government and the independence of the state
courts by one of which Jenkins is held.
The succnct to this contention is everyone
knows that denial of justice has already taken place. and
also because the Mexican constitution specifically gives the
federal tribunals jurisdiction of all concerning dplo
matte agents and consular officers
The United States Is be driven by such subtle
arguments into defense of its request the release of
Mr. Jenkins It is for Mexico for his deten-
ten not for the United States to plead for his liberation
Stripped of extraneous matter with which the Mexi-
note Of November rs eneavors to cothe it. the naked
of Jenkins stands forth: Jenkins United States
suar agent accredited to the of Mexico is i'm
rendering false judicial testimony
ton with the abduction of which ne the victim This
Is the substance of the Mexican note
Jenkins Not Defendant
My Government pleased to learn that the imprison
ment of jenkins stands this single and well defined
ground and that the recorded statements that Mexican
authorities had caused the Imprisonment of Jenkins
Of collision with his abductors and rebellion against the
state OF seriously regarded by your government
1n whose interests then is the charge of false swearing
Brought against Jenkinsi His abducorsi He is in equity
t1e complainant in the case of his abduction, not the
defendant as the Mexican government makes him
out to be.
The Mexicsn government is prosecuting the victim
instead OF the perpetrators Of the crime
While the outlaws, who endangered his life and took
large part of his fortune enov their freedom the
Mexican authorities deprive jenkins of his liberty
Moreover the ground expressed for the Imprisonment of
Jenkins namely that he supposed to be responsible for
The crime of rendering false judicial testimony must be
takenand Government directs special attention to this
poinas merely expression of opinion on the part of
the Mexican government it is entirely unsupported by
evidence
Claims Not Supported
There is not produced any of the testimony rendered
by him. extracts from testimony tending to show
the correctness of this opinion. ~ -
The Mexican government cannot expect the United
States to accept in the circumstances this case such
bare unsupported statement as a valid excuse for the
imprisonment of American Consular Officer particularly
In view Of the fact that the investigation of the case by the
representatives Of the United States in Mexico 80 far az
has fails utterly to support this opinion your
government
son the contrary the investigation gives the Govern
ent OF the United States every believe that Mr.
Jenkins has not knowingly given false test mopy in
respect OF vital points in his although he has been
narassed by Mexican authorities give such testimony even
while lying in the hosp tai too weak exhausted to make
them rs result of his treatment by the abductors and
~niie ne knew evidence being obtained against him
through intimidation of witnesses
80 stands the single, unsupported and nv Govern