The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, December 11, 1919, Image 2
LANSING'S NOTE TO MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT DEMANDING
THE KELEASE OF JENKINS.
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The text of the note as transmitted
by the American charge at Mexico
City follows:
"J have not failed to'transmit to
my .government the note of the Mexican
government dated November 26,
1919, with reference to the case of
William O. Jenkins, American consular
agent at Peublo, and I am now
in receipt of a reply from the government
of the United States which
I am instructed immediately to transmit
to you. . 1
"The> government of the United
States declines to be drawn into a J
judicial discussion of irrelevant matters
or unimportant incidents brought1
forward in connection with this case, j
"This government does not admit"
the uote says, that it is necessary to
keep Jenkins in jail while his case
fa being investigated, and this goviOT?r.iant
"fails tn discern" that the
"intricacies of the Mexican penal law"
have been applied with impartial effect
to Jenkins /
Denial of Justice.
"The Mexican government cannot
argue that it cannot interfere with
the judicial process of a state unless
there has been a denial of justice,
th^ American note argues because, it,
conttnds, there already has been a'
denial of justice, and the Mexican
federal government 'to all cases con-i
ceraing consular officers and diplomatic
agents.'
"The United StAes is not to be driven
by 'such- arguments,' says the
note, 'into a defense of its request
for the release of Mr. Jenkins. It is
for Mexic0 to fhow cause for his detention;
not for the United States to
show cause for his liberation."
Tben, the note says, "stripped of
extraneous matter with which the
Mexican note of November 26 endeavors
to clothe it the naked case of
Jenkins stands forth." The note then
reviews the history of the case and
takes u pthe argument. .
Prosecuting Victim.
Jenkins was imprisoned for "rendering
false judicial testimony" in
connection with the abduction of
\ which he was the victim, says the
note. "In whose interest is the charge [
of false swearing brought against
Jenkins?'' asks the note. ''His abductors.
The Mexican government is
/prosecuting the victim instead of the
perpetrators of the crime.
"While the outlaws who endangered
hi>? life and took away a large part of
his fortune enjoy their freedom the
Mesican authorities now deprive Jenkins
of his liberty." That Jenkins is
t supposed to be guilty of rendering
false judicial testimony, the note says
is merely an opinion of the Mexican I
government "entirely unsupported by
evidence."
"The Mexican government," says |
the American note, "cannot expect
the United States to accept in the
grave1 circumstances of this case such
a bare unsupported statement as a
valid excuse.'' Jenkins, weak and exhausted
in a hospital, the note says,
has been harassed by the Mexican authorities
while evidence against him
was obtained through intimidation of
witn eases,".
Demand Founded on Justice.
"The Mexican government cannot
he misled as it intimates by the citation
by the United States of no principle'or
precedent of international
law, ond not even a reason for Jenkins'
release, for obviously no such
citation is necessary for the enlightonmpni
nf a government of the pres
ent day. The Mexican government
believes, and rightly so, that the
American request for Jenkins' release
Is not based on solely the strength of
I the country which makes it; for it
knows the request is founded on the
justice of the right of an American
citizen and United States consular
officer to fair treatment while residing
and discharging his duties within
Mexican jurisdiction with the knowledge
and "approval of the Mexican
government The Mexican government
may contend that the imprisonment
of the victim is necessary for
the investigation by a judge under
the constant vigilance of public opinion
of the truth regarding his abduction
and that a right of release ^on
bail is palliative for such wrongful!
imprisonment, but the United States!
is constrained to the opinion that such;
arguments are mere excuses. The
government of the United States invites
and desires the fullest possible
examination anj investigation or uns:,1
case, but it cannot admit that it is j j
necessary in order to ascertain the
facia that Mr. Jenkins should be re- j
tained in prison even with the privilege
?T applying for bail. My govern-j.
went will not and is satisfied that Mr.
Jeakii f will not place any obstacle,
in l.lie way of himself or witnesses.!
or arty ' ? the events leading up to;
and connected with his abduction.
"T^te Mexican government prefers;
to attribute the American note to an'
imperfect knowledge of the Mexican,
penal 1-aws and proceeds t0 explain
with refinement the intricacies of,
Mexican penal proceedings. But the
govewroent of the United States fails
to discern in their application to this
case at the hands of Mexican* authorities
any approximation to impartial
treatment of Jenkins and thej
Mexiraji government knows the ab-i
sencc of such treatment is the reason!
Mexico .Must Show Cause.
"Mm pnvemment main-|
tains that it cannot grant the request
TTnited States for Jeakins' re-1
lease for the reason that under internaiMhn&l
law no diplomatic intervention
as appropriate unless a denial of
justice lias occurred and because the
Mexican government is not in a position
to demand Jenkins' release in
view of the separation of the executive
and judicial powers under the
Mexica,, form of government and the
independence of the state courts, by
one of which Jenkins is held^The succinct
answer to this contention is as
everyone knows, t.hat a denial of justice
has already taken place and also
because the Mexica,, constitution
S7>ecjrically gives the federal tribunals
jurisdiction of 'all cases, concerning
diplomatic agents and the
consular officers.'
I NOTICE OF FIXAL DISCHARGE. 1
| Notice is hereby given that Mrs.
Sallie Taylor as administratrix of the I
'estate of C. E. Taylor, deceased, has c
| made application unt0 me for final r
discharge as such administratrix, and d
J that Tuesday, January 6, 1920, at t
II a. m in the forenoon has been ap- a
pointed for the hearing of the said f
'petition. p
All persons holding claims against
the said estate are requested to file t
them with Mrs. Sallie Taylor, admin-(t
istratrix on or before 11 o'clock in the o
forenoon on Tuesday, January 6, or n
this notice will be plead in bar of n
their .recovery. r
JOE CABELL DAVIS,
Judge of Probate,
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Notice is hereby given that J. D.
lay, as administrator of the estate
if Luther R. Hayes, deceased, has
nade application unto me for final
lischarge as such administrator, and
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