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Show GUARDIAN SEES VICE IN STORY Wickedness of Secret Diplomacy Diplo-macy and German Intrigues Mexico, Lesson to World. London. March 2, 10:55 a. m The wickedness of "secret diplomacy1 Is the moral the Manchester Guardian draws, and which it believes most people peo-ple will draw, from the account of German Intrigues In Mexico. "President Wilson would sc. in to hare drawn if." the newspaper "and we are inclined to think the pub lication of the story, the mosl .-ignlli-cant thing thai has happened bt twet a neutral-, and German since the Unit-ed Unit-ed States broke off diplomatic relations rela-tions with German) ." Secret Diplomacy Wicked. While the Guardian contends that German methods are worse than those of the diplomat's oi other nation believes tho vices "which are nauseous in the Mexican story aro Inherent in every system of secret diplomacy" and it advocates the cleansing of diplomacy diplo-macy stableo after the war and a return re-turn to candor, integrity and straightforwardness straight-forwardness in International affairs "One cannot read a story like this," the newspaper adds, "without lulling In love with the virtues of candor, j simplicity and loa)ty in public affairs and not only lov ing them as fair n tues but honoring them for their ex- traordinary efficiency as in.-.t rumen J LflH of human relationship." |