The Political Shame of MexicoMcBride, Nast & Company, 1914 - 422 páginas |
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... things are never what they seem . This general truth seems there to have a particular manifestation , for though Mexico is next neighbor to the United States , the government at Washington , if one may judge by its acts , has seen on ...
... things are never what they seem . This general truth seems there to have a particular manifestation , for though Mexico is next neighbor to the United States , the government at Washington , if one may judge by its acts , has seen on ...
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... things are never what they seem , let us cite an instance very con- spicuous . This will necessitate glancing back a little way , four years or thereabouts , along the panorama of that country's recent history . So glancing , the ...
... things are never what they seem , let us cite an instance very con- spicuous . This will necessitate glancing back a little way , four years or thereabouts , along the panorama of that country's recent history . So glancing , the ...
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... things surely happened , and there was no un- usual lack of sincerity among the participants ; but what is the truth that lay behind ? The way to discover it is to forget for the moment all the personages present at this remarkable ...
... things surely happened , and there was no un- usual lack of sincerity among the participants ; but what is the truth that lay behind ? The way to discover it is to forget for the moment all the personages present at this remarkable ...
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... things . That is precisely what was wrong with it , the same fault that has invariably been found in similar organizations using the mechanism of government for personal profit . The truth that capital favorably situated can always ...
... things . That is precisely what was wrong with it , the same fault that has invariably been found in similar organizations using the mechanism of government for personal profit . The truth that capital favorably situated can always ...
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... thing for Mexico that he should come to power through revolution , and revive the habit . He did not win by conquest , yet armed revolt was to some extent encouraged . He disturbed northern Mexico and that was regrettable for particular ...
... thing for Mexico that he should come to power through revolution , and revive the habit . He did not win by conquest , yet armed revolt was to some extent encouraged . He disturbed northern Mexico and that was regrettable for particular ...
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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.