President Venustiano Carranza corrects statements made by Senator Knox .. in the Senate . tions I undertook, dating from the 19th ofFebruary, to fight the usurpation. With this I shall consider as closed the discussion whichSenator Knox has endeavored to maintain regarding thismatter, pretending to justify himself and the government whichhe served, for the undignified procedure of Ambassador LaneWilson, and I consider as opportune in frankly acknowledgingthat the intrigue with which said Ambassador tried to obtainthe recognition of the administration of Victoriano Huertafrom the government of
President Venustiano Carranza corrects statements made by Senator Knox .. in the Senate . tions I undertook, dating from the 19th ofFebruary, to fight the usurpation. With this I shall consider as closed the discussion whichSenator Knox has endeavored to maintain regarding thismatter, pretending to justify himself and the government whichhe served, for the undignified procedure of Ambassador LaneWilson, and I consider as opportune in frankly acknowledgingthat the intrigue with which said Ambassador tried to obtainthe recognition of the administration of Victoriano Huertafrom the government of President Wilson failed before the uprightness and good judgment of the government of PresidentWoodrow Wilson, who took charge of his high post on the4th of March, 1913; also, it should be acknowledged thatPresident Taft, with utmost serenity, in the last days of hisconstitutional term, refrained from granting the same recog-nition, leaving to his successor the responsibility of passingupon the events that took place at the Capital of the Republicin the month of February of that Mexico, 15th June, 1917. 542 . 0 V^ ^^\ V
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