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THE MEXICAN PROBLEM

think it judicious at the present time to further enter that phase of the subject.

The United States can have no well-defined policy toward Mexico the public announcement of which would be helpful at the present time. It should be sufficient for one to reflect that the United States has girded on its armor in an Anglo-French alliance, the end of which cannot be in sight while either two of these three great nations remain alive.