Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-01 | Page 6 | Won't Send Them Back

WON'T SEND THEM BACK. Under tho call of Prosidont Wilson for Americans to come homo out. of Mexico, a good many camo away who saw no reason for their coming, but obei'ed tho call of tho President through patriotic and sentimental motives. mo-tives. Tho great majority of Americans Ameri-cans in Mexico, to bo sure, paid no attention at-tention to tho call. Indeed, tho Moxi-can Moxi-can authorities were busy in assuring them that thero was no need for them to leave the country, as thoy would bo fully protected if they stayed. Tho Governor of the State of Jalisco issued a bonevolont proclamation to tho Americans Amer-icans in his Stato, assuring them that tho Mexican pooplo not only appreciated, appre-ciated, but desired, their presence, and pledging thom tho full protection of the law, both, in person and in property, prop-erty, in his State. Othor Mexican authorities au-thorities have taken tho same view and tho same coutbo. And now a good many of tho Americans Ameri-cans who have como homo to the United States by roason of tho warning warn-ing issuod by President Wilson, find themselvos homeless, their property in Mexico doserted and liable to confiscation confisca-tion or pillage, and they want to get back. Congress appropriated $100,000 to bring Americans away from Mexico who wanted to come. But a good many of those who wanted to como are now appealing to be Bent back. Secre-tarj' Secre-tarj' Bryan says that no part of the money appropriated to bring Americans away from Mexico can bo used to Bond them back; and in this be is undoubtedly un-doubtedly correct, since the wording of tho appropriation bill was that the money was to bo iisod in bringing Americans away from Mexico, who came in response to the President's warning. There is nothing in tho appropriation ap-propriation bill that would justify Mr. Bryan in using any part of that money to send AmoricanB back to Mexico. But here they are, and thoy want to go back; thoy are not able to pay their own way back, and their properties proper-ties in Mexico would not stand the cost of tho return journey. It soems to us that in view of tho circumstances, it is up to Congress to mako another appropriation to Bend thoso back who came away in response to tho President's Presi-dent's warning and now want to get back. This country has done them the mischief of bringing them awa3r from thoir homos and their property. It is a damage inflicted by our government that ouf government ought to repair. Tho provision for sending those Americans Ameri-cans back who want to return should bo made without equivocation or delay. de-lay. '