The New York herald., 1920-01-14
OBJECTS To j. s.
SHAKING HER FIST
At MEXICO 5 NOSE
Carranza'S Finance Minister
Praises President as Care
full, Wise and Just.

quit putting the armed fist TO Mexico's
nose" and give her and her President
Nenustiano Carranza, a chance. was the
sist of a message to the American people
by Luis Cabrera, Mexican Finance Min
lister. and given out by ]. ]. McCullogh.
OF Ell Paso Texas here last night Senior
Cabrera lauded President Carranza as "a
most careful, prudent, wise and lust ex-
aminer OF public matters" who never
rushes into things" The message" said
in part
President Carranza is not an enemy of
the United States at all, but her real
friend. Still, quite often your govern
ment. instead OF considering the circum-
stances and sleeping over matters at lea st
one night. jumps into the arena. and in all
serious diplomacy such actions must bring
heartburn. If it does not project calamity
Take the Jenkins matter. I am salts
fled that when this case is ultimately re-
viewed all hasty action and unmeritable
blame will be condemned. We do not say
that there is positive guilt in the case, but
there is certainly matter for serious judi
cial investigat ton
II sincerely hope that in the future the
United States officials will prohibit all Off
cial representatives from enga ging in per-
sonal business, which will avoid many en-
barrassing situations. Mexico wants to do
and will do the right thing in all these
cases which have been occurring and will
necessarily occur between neighbors. Only
show her in respectful terms where she is
wrong and do not get the notion of putting
the mailed fist to her nose in every recur-
ring essence, and even before the facts are
available. Even if these arc our ways and
not yours, consider them at least in the
light of our mentality and civilization
And let me add that whenever the desire
OF our friends In the North for armed inter-
vention grows too strcng-based on the
false assumption that this country is going
to the dogs, however weak purely ma
terial consideration would be for making
terrible war-thoy should consider care
fully the facts before falling into Mysteries
Whenever you compare the last six
months of our improvement in revenue
and the development in pacification with
the previous six months Of administra tio1
and find that we have retrogressed you
can go ahead and condemn U.s. Poor as
such improvement may appear. this coun-
try is forging ahead. I will not burden
you with the multiplicity OF facts or fig
ures which are well within everybody g
reach 70 substantiate. / merely ask you
to bring this other test of our devoted
President to the notice Of that less bellig-
erent who based a casus belli On such
inadequate reasons"
Sefior Cabrera declared that he was q
friend of the United States and that be-
cause of his friendship and admiration
for this country he was educating his
children here. He declared that it was
the ambition OF the Carranza government
10 make Mexico a safe and respectable
country to live in, as God has placed II
under pleasant skies
LAS to Senator Falls contribution to the
kindly relations between the two coun-
tries We are not against the fullest in
vestiGation. but let IL be full and fail. .
he said. ITO this end ] will appreciate
il very much IL YOU will extend an invi-
taton from me to Senator Fall to come
to Mexico City and make this work of
real value. shall offer him every facil-
ity here in Mexico City to find out what
Mexico really is and what the government
is doing; to fully examine the mares nest
which he has discovered"
He declared that he did not know "the
Mr.. Buckley who is just now disporting
himself before the Congressional COM
mittee with regard to Mexico and using
my name so freely"