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Show NEUTRAL STAND III MEXIGANAFFAIRS President wilson advocates, j policy of hands off and neutrality in mexico. Outlines His Peaceful Proposals to Mexico and Their Rejection and Voices an Urgent Appeal for All Americans to Leave That Country. Washington. President Wood row Wilson appeared before congress on Wednesday, August 27, and revealed how tho Huerta provisional , government govern-ment In Mexico had rejected the friendship of the United States and 1U efforts to aid In the establishment of peace and a government which could he recognized by this nation and which "would be obeyed and respected by Mexico's own people. In a statement which breathed re gret and sympathy in every phrase the president clung tenaciously to optimism op-timism as to the ultimate result, notwithstanding not-withstanding the pessimistic facts confronting the two nations. Alter picturing the hopelessness for Mexico If she maintained her present position, posi-tion, "Isolated and without friends iwho can effectually aid her," the president pres-ident announced the necessity ot a firm neutral stand by this government, govern-ment, a policy of "hands off" to await the time of Mexico's awakenmg. He also voiced an urgent appeal for all Americans to leave Mexico and for the United iStates to aid them in every possible way, but in emphatic language lan-guage served notice upon those who assume to exercise authority in the revolutlon-toru country that they would be held to a definite reckoning for losses and suffering of American citizens. The message of the president was received with enthusiastic applause by members of the house and senate, gathered in joint session in the house chamber, and the machinery of the government is in motion for making effective the policy of neutrality and "hands off" while the warring factions fac-tions continue their struggle. Foreign powers have not been asked ask-ed to place an embargo on the shipment ship-ment of munitions of war or arms to Mexico, but the president in his message mes-sage asserted that this government had been given the geenral moral sup-, port of foreign nations in the proposals propos-als to the Huerta government which have been rejected. In his message, which was in the aature of an appeal to the moral forces of this and foreign nations, the Presi dent made it clear that he based high hopes upon the effect the announcement announce-ment of this government's policy would have, not only on the people of this Bountry and the governments of other nations, but upon the people of Mexico Mex-ico themselves. Now. that the United States has exhausted the effort to bring about peace and a stable government govern-ment in Mexico the president believes that this' government's example to the world will avail great good in the end. "The steady presure of moral force," he said, "will before many days break the harries of pride and prejudice Sown and we shall triumph as Mexico's friend sooner than "we could triumph as her enemy and how much more handsomely, with how much higher find finer satisfaction of conscience end of honor." The president told congress that everything this nation did in the situation situ-ation confronting it must be "rooted in patience and done with, calm, distin-teresd distin-teresd deliberation." He had no word of rebuke for Mexico Mex-ico and reached the determination to maintain strict neutrality after having presented the whole situation to the members of the foreign relations cam-matters cam-matters in congress. Not an essential detail did the president withhold in his presentation of the case for the pnblic, publishing also to the world the reply of the Mexican government LU .til. L-11IU 111 vn:t.:i ol'iiui Mniuuua refers to the American proposals as "humiliating." denies the representation representa-tion by President Wilson that Mexico had not made progress tcsward peace and though expressing appreciation of the avowed friendly intent of the United States declares that "if such good offices are to be of the character char-acter now tendered us, we shou'd have to decline them in the most categorical and definite manner." Kvery thing that Mexico had said to this government in response to the proposals was made public, including the Huerta alternative that, nothing cou'd he welcomed except unrestricted recognition of his government. |