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Show THE MEDIATION PLAN. (Montana Record) After thirteen months President Wilson and Secretary Bryan have come to the conclusion that they have a duty in Mexico beyond "watchful waiting " The acceptance of the offer of-fer of the representatives of certain South American republics to act as mediators, while at the same time there is a continuance of the military and naval preparations to do something some-thing in Mexico, is proof that the executive head of the nation and his secretary of state realize it is time to act, and not to continue waiting for a miracle. The proposition which Mr. Wilson accepted with such alacrity on Saturday, Sat-urday, and which win now be tried was advanced months ago by Morgan bhuster, a man whose diplomatic experience ex-perience has been such as to entitle him to a respectful hearing, and who had demonstrated while he acted as the financial adviser of Persia that he was not a weakling. Mr. Shuster pointed out conditions in Mexico would go from bad to S?nXe?S there waB Intervention, and his plan was that the United States and the South American repub-Ck,.JOIIL repub-Ck,.JOIIL n paclWBg the southern republic, re-public, by diplomatic mean, ttjSJX blc and If that were not possible by m u . Hc 8howel that by this united action there could be no suspicion In the minds of the South Americans that the United States was intent on territorial aggrandizement But the suggestion came from a man who had been in the diplomatic service under a Republican administration, adminis-tration, and It was given no heed by the Democratic powers. Had the pol- Icy advocated by Mr. Shuster been adopted months ago, the present cris is would probably have been averted, certainly it would have met the situation sit-uation as well then aa It could today. to-day. There is no question but Mr. Bryan is reeponstble for the action of the South Americans Saturday, and ho could just as easily have enlisted en-listed them a year ago as at the present time |