Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 29, 1913, Page 3

T —— REVIEWS EFFORT TO AID MEXIGO Wilson Reads Mes- sage to Congress, REJECTS G0OD OFFIGES Huerta Government Not Awake fo Its Great Peril. MUST WAIT WITH PATIENGE Americans In Warring Country Will Be Assisted to Leave and Strict Neutrality Will Be the Policy of the United States in Dealing With Affairs of Our Strife Ridden Sister Republic. Washington, Aug. 28.—President Wilson appeared in person before congress and laid bare to the world the cCetails of this nation’s efforts to bring about peace in Mexico; the acts concerning Huerta’s rejection of the peace proposals and the policy to be pursued now by this government. The message follows: “Gentlemen of the Congress: “It is clearly my duty to lay before you very fully and without reserva- tion the facts concerning our present relations with the republic of Mexi- co. The deplorable condition of af- fairs in Mexico I need not describe, but I deem it my duty to speak very frankly of what this government has done and should seek to do in fulfill- ment of its obligation to Mexico her- self as a friend and neighbor, and to America’s citizens whose lives and vital interests are daily affected by the distressing conditions which now obtain beyond our Southern border. “These conditions touch us very nearly, not merely because they lie at our very doors. That, of course, makes us more vividly and more con- stantly conscious of them, and every instinct of neighborly interest and sympathy is aroused and quickened by them, but that is only one element in the determination of our duty. Friendship Is Unselfish. “We are glad to call ourselves the friends of Mexico, and we shall, I hope, have many an occasion, in hap- pier times as well as in these days of trouble and confusion, to show that our friendship is genuine and disin- terested, capable of sacrifice and every generous manifestation. “The peace, prosperity and con- tentment of Mexico mean more, much more, to us than merely an enlarged fleld for our commerce and enter- prise. They mean an enlargement of the field of self-government and the realization of the hopes and rights of & nation with whose best aspirations we deeply sympathize. We shall yet prove to the Mexican people that we know how to serve them without first thinking how we shall serve our- gelves. “But we are not the only friends of Mexico. The whole world desires her peace and progress, and the whole world is interested as never before. Mexico lies at last where all the world looks on. Central America is about to be touched by the great routes of the world's trade and in- tercourse running free from ocean to ocean at the isthmus. The future has much in store for Mexico, as for all the states of Central America; but the best gifts can come to her only if she be ready and free to receive them and to enjoy them honorably. Sees Great Future. “America in particular—America north and south, and upon both con- tinents—waits upon the development of Mexico; and that development can be sound and lasting only if it be the product of a genuine freedom, a, just and ordered government, founded, up- on law. Only so can it be peaceful or fruitful of the benefits of peace. Mex- ico has a great and enviable tuture before her, if only she choose and at- tain the paths of honest constitutiona: government. “The present circumstances of the republic, T deeply regret to say, do not seem to promise even the founda- tions of such a peace. We have waited many months, months full of perii and anxiety, for the conditions there to improve and they have not improved. They have rather. The territory in some sort controlled by the provisional authori- ties at Mexico City has grown smali- er, not larger. The prospect of the pacification of the country, evemn by arms, has seemed to grow more and more remote and its pacification by the authorities at the capital is evi- dently impossible by any other means than force. “Difficulties more and more en- tangle those who claim to constitute the legitimate government of the re- grown worse, public. They have not made good their claim, in fact. Their successes in the field have proved only tem- porary. War and disorder, devasta. tion and confusion, seem to threaten to become the settled fortune of the distracted country. Necessary to Act. “As friends we could wait no long- er for a solution which every week seemed further away. It was our duty at least to volunteer our good offices to offer to assist, if we might, in effecting some arrangement which would bring relief and peace and set up a universally acknowledged poli- tical authority there. “Accordingly, I took the liberty of sending the Honorable John Lind, former governor of Minnesota, as my personal spokesman and representd- tive to the City of Mexico, with the following instruction®® “‘Press very earnestly upon the attention of those who are now ex- ercising authority or wielding influ- ence in Mexico the following consid- erations and advice: “‘The government of the United States does not feel at liberty any longer to stand inactively by while it becomes daily more and more evi- dent that no real progress is being made toward the establishment of a government at the City of Mexico which the country will obey and re- spect. “‘The government of the United States does not stand- in the same case with the other great govern- ments of the world in respect to what @ 1913, by American Press Assoclation. PRESIDENT WILSON. is happening or what is likely to hap- ven in Mexico. We offer our good offices, not only because of our gen- uine desire to play the part of a friend, but also because we are ex- pected by the powers of the world to act as Mexico’s nearest friend. No Ulterior Designs. “‘We wish to act in these circum- stances in the spirit of the most earn- est and disinterested friendship. It is our purpose in whatever we do or rropose in this perplexing and dis- treesing situation not only to pay the most scrupulous regard to the sovereignty and independnce - of Mexico—that we take as a matter of course to which we are bound by every obligation of right and honor— but also to give every possible evi- dence that we act in the interest of Mexico alone and not in the interest of any person or body of persons who may have personal or property claims in Mexico which they may feel that they have the right to press. “‘We are seeking to counsel Mexico for her own good and in the interest of her own peace, and not for any other purpose whatever. The govern- ment of the United States would deem itself discredited if it had any selfish or ulterior purpose in transactions where the peace, happiness and pros- perity of a whole people are involved. It is acting as its friendship for Mex- ico, not as any selfish interest dic- tates. Basis for Settlement. “‘The present situation in Mexico is incompatible with the fulfillment of international obligations on the part of Mexico herself and with the main- tenance of tolerable political and eco- nomic conditions in Central America. 1t is upon no common occasion, there- fore, that the United States offers her counsel and assistance. All America cries out for a settlement. “'A satisfactory settlement seems to us to be conditioned on— “‘(A)—An immediate cessation of fighting throughout Mexico, a definite armistice solemnly entered into and scrupulously observed; “‘(B)—Security given for an early and free election in which all will agree to take part; “*(C)—The consent of General Hu- erta to bind himself not to be a candi- date for election as president of the republic at this election, and, . “*(D)—The agreement of all parties to abide by the results of the election and co-operate in the most loyal way in organizing and supporting the new wdministration. No Reason for Refusal. “‘The government of the United States will be glad to play any part in this settlement or in its carrying out that it can play honorably and consistently with international right. It pledges itself to recognize and in .|every way possible and proper to as- sist the administration chosen and set up in Mexico in the w and om How Would You Like To Be The Girl? To get this Piano as a gift February 14, 1914. Get'the people of Bemidji and surrounding country to trade at Schroeder’s Five vote coupon in each issue. One cent one vote in trade at Schroeder’s. and read the Pioneer. them. Free to Someone Would you like this beautiful Piano as . tively give it to some one of our customers. Come to our store, see and try this splendid instrument. giving this piano away. This is a present worth having. This Piano is of the celebrated Claxton make. It carries the manufacturers’ Ten Year Guarantee. We cordially invite your inspection. W. G. 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If Mexico can suggest any better way in which to show our friendship, serve the peo- ple of Mexico and meet our internal obligations, we are more than willing to consider the suggestion.’ Tribute to John Lind. “Mr. Lind executed his delicate and difficult mission’ with singular tact, firmness and good judgment, and made clear to the authorities at the City of Mexico not only the purpose of his visit, but also the spirit in which it had been undertaken. “But the proposals he submitted were rejected in a note, the full ‘text of which I take the liberty of laying before you. “I am led to believe that they were rejected partly because the authori- (Continued on Page 6) FRECKLE-FAGE Sun and Wind Brmg Out Ugly Spots, How to Remove Easily. Here'’s a chance, Miss Freckle-face; to try a remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable dealer that it will not cost you a penny unless it removes the freckles ; while if it does give you a clear complexion the ex- pense is trifling. 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