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But self-interests or the law of self-preservation will cause a halt when the "pressure" faces danger in the powers of resistance.

The safety for foreign interests in the present situation is the entry of the United States into the war as an ally of Great Britain. All the allies are, therefore, now joined in the protection of the British naval oil base in Mexico.

General Joffre and that calmly poised, well-balanced brain of statesmanship in Balfour, with their military and economic associates, on the soil of the United States, mean very much for Mexico. Joffre, the heart of France touching the heart of America, and Balfour, the farsighted, economic statesman, link the civilizations of two continents in a way that means not only peace for Europe, but peace for Mexico.

Balfour declared two years ago, when I was in England: "The world needs industrial Germany; that must not be crushed, but Prussian militarism must be blotted out that the true Germany may live." This will soon be the sentiment of the entire globe, and Mexico will not be neglected in the enfolding arms of a future universal peace.