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erscheint als ein gentleman, verglichen mit Sir C. Lennox
W yke. Diese Canaille entwickelt nicht nur den unbändigsten zele
in der Ausführung der geheimen Instruktionen Pams, sondern
sucht sich durch Lümmelei auch dafür zu rächen, daß der mexikanische
 Minister des Auswärtigen (jetzt abgegangen), Seßor
Zamacona, ein ehmaliger Journalist, in dem diplomatischen Depeschenwechsel
 ihm beständig überlegen ist. Was den Stil des
Kerls angeht, so hier ein paar Proben aus seinen Depeschen an
Zamacona, „The arbitrary act of stopping all payments for the
space af two years in depriving the parties interested of their x
money for that spaceof time, which is a dead loss
>f so much value to them.“ „A starving man may justify,
in his own eyes, the fact of stealing a loaf on the ground that imperious
 necessity impelled him there to; but such an argument
2annot, in a moral point of view, justify his violation of the law, x
which remains as positive, apart from all sentimentality,
 as if the crime had not had an excuse. If he was aciually
 starving, he should have first asked the baker to
assuage his hunger, but doing so (starving?) of his own
free will, without permission, is acting exactly as the Mexi- %
can government has done towards its creditors on the
present occasion.“ With regard to the light in which
you view the question, as expressed in your above named note,
you will excuse me for stating that it cannot be treated
of partially, without also taking into consideration the 25
opinions of those who directly suffer from the practical
operation of such ideas as emanating from yourself.“
 „I had a full right to complain of having first of all
heard of this extraordinary measure by seeing it in printed
bills placarded through the public streets.“ „I have a duty zo
to perform both to my own God and to that to which I am aczredited,
 which impels me ete.“ „I suspend all official relations
with the Government of this Republic until that of Her Majesty
shall adopt such measures as they shall deem necessary.“ Zamacona
 schreibt ihm, daß die intrigues der Foreign diplomatists &
hauptsächlich seit 25 Jahren an den troubles in Mexiko Schuld.
Wyke antwortet ihm, daß „the population of Mexico is so degraded
 as to make them dangerous, not only to themselves, but
to everybody coming into contact with them!“
Zamacona schreibt ihm, daß die Vorschläge, die er macht, der w
Selbständigkeit der Republik ein Ende machen und gegen die
Würde jedes unabhängigen Staats seien. Wyke antwortet: „Excuse
 me for adding that such a proposition as I have made to
you does not necessarily become undignified and impracticable
simply because you, an interested person, (ie. als 4

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