Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-05-25 | Page 4 | In Mexico

IN MEXICO. Ten days ago Secretary Knox instructed Embassador Em-bassador Wilson of Mexico to "deny through the local press and otherwise all fooi.Ji stories of intervention in-tervention and to let it be known or proclaimed that the Unitd States is a good friend of Mexico, desiring tha blessings of paaee for her, and it not concerned with Mexican internal affairs." But there follows an intimation that there conld only be one cause for intervention on our part the failure of Mexicans to protect American property and life in that republic. This is merely a notice to the Mexicans that officially the United States does not care a cent about their internal troubles, but they must all. federals fed-erals and insurgents, see to 1t that no Americans in Mexico shall be disturbed and that the property of Americans in Mexico must be protected. Our government couia not uo less; it aoes not wisit to do any more. We want no Mexican soil; we have rattleheaded people enough on our own soil, tint not one American must be put in jeopardy down there, neither he nor his property. Americans in the last twenty yeara have gone to Mexico with the assurance of President Diaz thi t their lives and property shall he protected, and though President Diaz may be overthrown, that promise of his must bo held sacred. ' And speaking of that, the latest dispatches said that it was expected President Diaz would resign re-sign yesterday. And that is a reminder that in our judgment Mexico ia making a mistake in forcing that resignation, because all Mexicans, no matter what may be their desires, if fair, must admit that in all the records of Mexico there is no man to compare wtih Porfirio Diaz. He took their country when it was a physical and political wreck ; firtt he helped fight the battles that made Mexico free; then out of the chaoa left by years of revolution abd yar, h organized tha government, established industries wljich.pnt Mexico iipon her feet, built railroads which enabled Mexicans to carry their products to market, built schoolhouses which, it may be hoped, will make better Mexicans in the next generation than the present generation ; and generally performed work more superb than any olher chieftain of our day has ever dreamed of performing! per-forming! In resigning he may well say to them. "See what you were when I began! See what 1 have done for you! Then let younger hands take the helm, and if they can do better, I shall in my old age rejoice more than any of yon, because from tha first my dream has been to make of Mexico settled, stable, civilized power, respected at home and abroad, a coming country which, in the hands of a brave ami true people, with its natural resources, re-sources, ought, within fifty years, to be the envy of tho earth."