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Show AMERICA S MISSION I oe op iiiiiiy Frederick W, Lehmann Expresses Ex-presses Confidence in Administration. MEXICO WILL BENEFIT If Intervention Should Come, It Will Be With Highest of Motives. ' Whatever may be necessary for tho -United States to do to compose tho j Mexican situation will be done by this country with the full knowledge of the South American countries that the mission of the L"uited States is one of humanity and not of land grabbing. ' ' This statomont was made last night by Frederick W. Lohmann of St. Louis, whose . moat recent distinguished service ser-vice to the nation was aB representative representa-tive of the United States at the Mexican Mexi-can mediation conference, little more than a year ago at Niagara Falls, Ontario. On-tario. Mr. Lehmann arrived in Salt Lake City yesterday to attend tho nnnual meoting of the American Bar association, associa-tion, of which he is a former president. presi-dent. Mr. Lehmann naturally ig watching the Mexican situation closely, close-ly, though he insists he has no moro information on the subject than has the average American citizen. j Administration Safe. Continuing, Mr. Lehmann said: My interest in t hp Mexican sltua-j sltua-j tion, of course, is principally the interest in-terest that every American citizen snoulil fft-1 under the circumstances. I alo nave another and closer personal per-sonal interest in t!e situation. I have a son who is a member of the National Na-tional Guard of Missouri, and if we ahoull have trouble with Mexico that ahould call for armed intervention 1 know that my eon is not one who would regign from the mlP.tla. You rea II the tribute once paid to the militia, "Invincible In peace. Invlaible in war." I know my on would not want to be clapaed. with those to whom this tribute was applied. Hence you will pardon my personal Interest (n the situation. I do not pretend to have any information in-formation concerning the Mexican situation that is not possess! by any other American citizen. It would be Idle to say 'rat should or what should not be done in the case. The administration is fully advised as to the situation, and whatever course the administration takes will be ac-quleHced ac-quleHced in by every frotxl citizen. T'ealinp with our international problems prob-lems is the natural function of the administration. ad-ministration. Of course, in the Mexican Mexi-can situation and tlie other diplomatic problems confront'.::; the administration administra-tion there are many advisors of the president, and the lesa one knows about the situation apparently the more ready be ia to advise and to criticise. Object Is Noble One. Whatever may be said of the mediation media-tion conference at Niagara Falls, I am sure that the three representatives representa-tives of the ihrt-e great South America Ameri-ca n republics at the conference were per5i:ad-d lhat in our Interest in comi-osing the troubles In Mexico there was no thought of land-grabbing, no suggestion of selfish aggrandizement. ag-grandizement. 1 his much, at least, wan accomplished by tliat conference The three representatives of the jrreat Buuth Ameiic-aji republics are men of i:i?h Intelligence, with a keen appreciation of their duties. I understand un-derstand t.-nt Embassador Romulo S. Naon of Argentina Is to be in Salt Ike in a few days to attend the meetings of the American Bar association. asso-ciation. It wiil bo a Kreat honor for this city to receive a visit from such a distinguished diplomat. Embassador Embassa-dor Naon in a younp man. only 40 yeaz's of age, yet he hns attainod in the diplomatic f-rice of ble country coun-try the most Important position, that of pmbnssudnr to the t'nlted State Aside from the importance which attaches at-taches t.i the position he occupies, Emlmsador Naon is a gre.it man. by reason of his personal attainments. Ho is an indefatigable worker, a Kreat student, and one of the best-infurmed best-infurmed men 1 have ever met. High Ideals Appreciated, Embassadors da Gama of Brazil and Juarez of Chile nre among the most brilliant diplomats of tho present pres-ent day and both represent their countries most ably. They have an appreciation of the influence of the United States In tills hemisphere and they aro in accord with the high pui-posei of tMs nation. The recent conference of the representatives repre-sentatives of this government slid of the representatives not only of Argentina Argen-tina , Hra7.!l and Chile, but of other South American republics as well, mnkos for a closer rdn tionshin anions all Americans, and whatever its effect may h on tho Mexican situation it will, at least, serve to Place th re publics of the western hemisphere In accord regarding the policy to be pursued. We probably all do not possess the Information concerning the Mexican fltuatlon th.it is In the possession of t!x adtmnlstrn t ion a fid It would be Idle to talk about what course Is 'the" right one to pursue. Conditions nre constantly changing and policies iniiHt U frp mod to meet changing co ml I lions. Tho present ad minim ration ra-tion mny well bo trusted to direct our Mexican policy and ull other Iniernu-tlonal Iniernu-tlonal tpiestlons In r manner that is best rnlcuMted to servo the interests of humanity. Nationalities Count. The public is kept well ndvlsed on the Kurorean elli.ntlon and what the ad minlKii .i ; um la doing relative to the m.i tin m 00:1:1! n nt iy ai isiiir from t lie gr.-nt war, That there should be nome differences of opinion as to what course idionld be- purmicd is only natural. nat-ural. In St. l.ouls we have a great m;i uy people of derma n blrt h or di'H-'rnt. Now, t lies persons of tler-ri tler-ri iu 11 origin are absolutely neutral on the Ccrinnri Hide. We 1ko have many piTsohH of l-;pgllsb origin. They. too. are a bHolutt. ly neutral on the English, side. Such a Mtnatlon In onlv natursl. rersons of intelligence and in forma-lion forma-lion are almost certain tn take Hides In 11 great conflict like this, and what could be more natural than for one to cling 10 the ties of blood and Ithifdi.p and svmpnthlzA with the country from which he has sprung? The son of a ' 'hi 1st In n is apt to bo a Christ l n. The won of a Mohammedan Moham-medan b' spt to be a Mohnni'iiedan. More often than ot her wise I lie son of 11 Kepubllenn is ft Republican. Such i position ii.nv be entirely Illogical, yet It Is natural. Uain in Missouri. The course of the administration in International nfTnlrn meots with f ,( nil approvul. 1 hrileve. 1 hnv lOH-rd some orltLcism of Ui picsl- F" REDERICK W. LEH-1 MANN of St. Louis, who represented United States in recent Mexican mediation conference. ' X; 'A dent's attitude, but thla criticism does not appear to be general. In tliia connection I have heard no taik of politics. In our state, as always, al-ways, the politicians are talking politics, pol-itics, but there appears to be no general gen-eral interest in the subject. The people peo-ple are interested principally in our rainfall. For the past six weeks it has rained at least once In every forty-eight hours throughout Missouri. This continued rain has done a gre3,t deal of damage. It has greatly hindered the gathering of the har-1 har-1 vest. ! Mr. Lehmann said he was greatly interested in-terested in Salt L&ke City. He visited here seven years ae;o on returning from a convention of the American Bar association as-sociation in Seattle. Mr. Lehmann said he had a long personal acquaintance and a very hih regard for Parley L. Williams of this eitv. "I first met Mr." Williams in 1SS3 at a Democratic national convention." he said. 'We were members of tne resolutions committee, Mr. Williams from Utah and myself from Iowa. We were insurgents on the committee and we succeeded in upsetting the slate. We were insistent upon a tariff for revenue only plank in the platform, opposing the Democratic protectionists of that day. Our efforts wero successful and our piank was inserted in the platform." Favors Revenue Tariff. Mr. Lehmann said that ho waa still strongly in iavor of the revenue tariff plan, and declared that the Underwood ; tariff act was an excellent measure. It had not yet been properly tested, ha said, because of the interruption of commerce due to the war. He was convinced, con-vinced, he said, that under normal conditions con-ditions the Unaerwood act wonld prove its value. Mr. Lehmann is one of the most prom-i prom-i inent of the distinguished visitors who ! are to be in Salt Lake for the meetings of the American Bar association. He is a Prussian by birth, bnt has lived in America since boyhood. His legal abil-1 abil-1 ity haa been recognized throughout the 1 country. President Taft in 1910 paid him the signal honor of appointing nim, though a Democrat, to the position or solicitor general of the United States, a position he occupied for two years, representing the United States government govern-ment in many important cases before the supreme court of the United States. Held Many Positions. . Mr. Lehmann in 1904 was a delegate of the United States government to the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, and was chairman of the committee com-mittee on the plan and scope of the con-press. con-press. He was a member of the Louisiana Louis-iana purchase commission, president of the St. Louis public library and chairman chair-man of the board of freeholders of the citv of St. Louis. In and 1909 Mr. Lehmann was president of the American Bar association, and in 1914 he was elected vice president of tho American Academv of Jurisprudence. A little more than a ye,ir ago, when tho three great republics offered to mediate me-diate the differences between the United Statos and the Huerta government govern-ment of Mexico, and the offer was accepted ac-cepted bvboth the American and the Huerta governments, Mr. Lehmann was named bv President Wilson as one of the two United States commissioners at the mediation eonforence. The abdication abdica-tion of General Huerta. his fiight from Mexico nnd the changed conditions in the war-torn southern republic brought the peace negotiations to an end. |
