The Mexican Policy of President Woodrow Wilson as it Appears to a Mexican

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Press of Smith & Thomson, 1916 - 97 páginas
Calero was Secretary of Foreign Relations and also Ambassador to the United States under President Madero. Here he rebukes Wilson and finds a fellow Wilson hater in Lodge.

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Página 45 - It would be tedious to recount instance after instance, outrage after outrage, atrocity after atrocity, to illustrate the true nature and extent of the widespread conditions of lawlessness and violence which have prevailed.
Página 40 - Government of the United States cannot stand indifferently by and do nothing to serve their neighbor. They want nothing for themselves in Mexico. Least of all do they desire to settle her affairs for her, or claim any right to do so. But neither do they wish to see utter ruin come upon her, and they deem it their duty as friends and neighbors to lend any aid they properly can to any instrumentality which promises to be effective in bringing about a settlement which will embody the real objects of...
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