The Political Shame of MexicoMcBride, Nast & Company, 1914 - 422 páginas |
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... close to the actual human interplay , beyond the obvious , behind the conjurer , where the eggs are actually broken for the omelet which later seems to come out of a borrowed hat . Keeping faith with facts will involve criticism ...
... close to the actual human interplay , beyond the obvious , behind the conjurer , where the eggs are actually broken for the omelet which later seems to come out of a borrowed hat . Keeping faith with facts will involve criticism ...
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... Close scrutiny of his administration of the property which thus came to him fails to reveal the slightest tendency to financial hazard on his own account . It may also be defi- nitely stated that those who did business with him in 4 THE ...
... Close scrutiny of his administration of the property which thus came to him fails to reveal the slightest tendency to financial hazard on his own account . It may also be defi- nitely stated that those who did business with him in 4 THE ...
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... Close observation of the business morals of the Diaz régime disclosed strange contradictions . Most of the oper- ations carried on by the governors of the various states reeked with graft , and it is certain that deals were made by some ...
... Close observation of the business morals of the Diaz régime disclosed strange contradictions . Most of the oper- ations carried on by the governors of the various states reeked with graft , and it is certain that deals were made by some ...
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... close the incident . Not long afterwards Harriman learned to his astonishment that from the day of their conference Limantour had applied himself to the great railway problem , utilizing the plans which the American had so exhaustively ...
... close the incident . Not long afterwards Harriman learned to his astonishment that from the day of their conference Limantour had applied himself to the great railway problem , utilizing the plans which the American had so exhaustively ...
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... close touch with Mexican affairs during the entire period . Seventy - one neatly labelled letter files standing side by side on the topmost row of shelves in his library with its red leather fittings , its beautiful Gobelin tapestries ...
... close touch with Mexican affairs during the entire period . Seventy - one neatly labelled letter files standing side by side on the topmost row of shelves in his library with its red leather fittings , its beautiful Gobelin tapestries ...
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administration affairs Ambassador Wilson American arms army Avenida bandit bankers Barra Bernardo Reyes cabinet Calero called capital Carranza charge chief Chihuahua Cientifico command Company Congress Constitutionalists Corral Cowdray's Cruz demand despatch Diaz government diplomatic election Embassy favor February February 9 Federal Felix Diaz force Foreign Francisco Madero guard Guggenheims Gustavo Madero held Henry Lane Wilson hundred influence interests José Yves Limantour killed knew land Lascurain Limantour loan Lord Cowdray Maderista Madero and Suarez Madero Government matter ment Mexi Mexican Government Mexico City miles military millions Minister of Finance Mondragon months National Palace newspapers operations Orozco peace peons pesos political Porfirio Diaz president of Mexico President Wilson presidential railway régime resignation result revolution Reyes seemed Senate Señor situation Sonora streets Tampico thousand tion Torreon troops United Vasquez Gomez Vera Cruz Victoriano Huerta Villa Washington Zapata
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Página 391 - I, therefore, come to ask your approval that I should use the armed forces of the United States in such ways and to such an extent as may be necessary to obtain from General Huerta and his adherents the fullest recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States, even amidst the distressing conditions now unhappily obtaining in Mexico.
Página 361 - The steady pressure of moral force will before many days break the barriers of pride and prejudice down, and we shall triumph as Mexico's friends sooner than we could triumph as her enemies...
Página 398 - With the purpose of subserving the interests of peace and civilization in our continent, and with the earnest desire to prevent any further blood-shed, to the prejudice of the cordiality and union which have always surrounded the relations of the governments and peoples of America, we, the plenipotentiaries of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, duly authorized thereto, have the honor to tender to your Excellency's Government our good offices for the peaceful and friendly settlement of the conflict between...
Página 391 - That the President is justified in the employment of the armed forces of the United States to enforce his demand for unequivocal amends for certain affronts and indignities committed against the United States; be it further Resolved, That the United States 'disclaims any hostility to the Mexican people or any purpose to make war upon Mexico.
Página 303 - The unendurable and distressing situation through which the capital of the republic has passed obliged the army, represented by the undersigned, to unite in a sentiment of fraternity to achieve the salvation of the country ; in consequence the nation may be at rest...
Página 170 - Referring to all recent telegraphic correspondence : you are instructed in your discretion to inform Americans that the Embassy deems it its duty to advise them to withdraw from any particular localities where conditions or prospects of lawlessness so threaten personal safety as to make withdrawal the part of prudence, specifying localities, if any, from which withdrawal at any time seems advisable, and stating that in any such cases consuls may take such charge of abandoned effects as may be possible...
Página 416 - an ambassador who should not have been there . . . lamentably misplaced, unsympathetic, injudicious, and disastrously harmful. Knowing, as I do, how narrowly Madero missed a triumph over the extraordinary difficulties and deadly enemies that beset him, I am constrained to believe that the least value that can be assigned to the unfortunate influence of the American ambassador is still sufficient to have turned the scale. The right man in the place, tactful, well-disposed, keenly discerning, a man...
Página 370 - Little by little he has been completely isolated. By a little every day his power and prestige are crumbling, and 222 the collapse is not far away. We shall not, I believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful waiting.
Página 194 - States to give notice that it expects and must demand that American life and property within the Republic of Mexico be justly and adequately protected, and that this Government must hold Mexico and the Mexican people responsible for all wanton and illegal acts sacrificing or endangering human life or damaging American property interests there situated.
Página 318 - When the automobiles (containing the prisoners) had traversed about two-thirds of the way to the penitentiary, however, they were attacked by an armed group, and the escort descended from the machines to offer resistance. Suddenly the group grew larger and the prisoners tried to escape. An exchange of shots then took place, in which two of the attacking party were killed and two were wounded. Both prisoners were killed. The automobiles were badly damaged.