The Washington times., 1911-04-20
WANTS TAFT GIVEN
AUTHORITY TO ACT
Stone Urges Senate Empower President to Take What
ever Means Necessary to Take Care of Life and
Property in Mexico :... ,. >..1

be authorized to use the military
Japanese Relations.
As to Japanese relations. Senator
Stone said:
LAS member of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, was invited by the
President. as were other members of
that committee, and also members OF
the House Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs, to examine the diplomatic CORE
spondence had between the State De-
partment and American officials in
Mexico. and between the State Depart
ment and the official authorities Of
Mexico. and all other papers and docu-
ments relationg to the present disturb
ance in that country: scrutinized
these documents with the utmost care.
and In addition to that talked with the
President at considerable length re-
specting the Mexican situation, and I
wish to state in the most positive terms
that there. was not word In this
voluminous correspondence which indi-
Gated even remotely that Japan had
or that Japan was seeking any conces-
sion from or alliance with Mexico.
Moreover, l violate no confidence in
saying that the President assured me
In the most positive terms that he had
no information whatever connecting
Japan with Mexican affairs, and that he
regarded the newspaper stories to the
contrary as the purest OF fabrications.
cannot escape the belief that there Is
some powerful interest behind this ac-
tivity. bent upon promoting ends most
monstrous and criminal. This Govern
ment maintains a small army Of detec-
tives and inspectors OF many kinds, and
venture to suggest that some of these
high-salaried officials. many OF whom
have little to do, and much of that
little mischievous. might be better en-
ployed than they now7a are II they should
be detailed 70 discover and unmask this
conspiracy against the peace of ma
tons" p.
Justifes Taft's Action.
Senator Stone described the condition
of anarchy in Mexico. and then jusu-
fled the President. He said:
THE disorder incident to II is 50
great that In several States there Is no
responsible government in fact capable
of maintaining the peace and protect
ing the lives and properly, of people who
are taking no part in the sanguinary
disturbances sweeping over the country.
In some sections the conditions border
upon absolute anaHchy. and lives and
property are at the merry of rowing
bands of lawfess men. In. many of the
cities and states of Mextca there is a
strong anti-American feeling. and fire.
quent expressions Of grave apprehension
on the part of Americans. have come
to our State Department that the Mexi-
can government would be unable TO pro-
tect American citizeDs against hostile
and vicious elements in case of an up
rising against them. Demonstrations
of hostility against Americans have
been made on several occasions and at
different points.
Thre are thousands OF America ns scat
tered over the Msxieanf Republic, en-
gagged in numerous employmehts and
without means of self-defense. On sew
eral occasions bands of armed men
have taken possession of construction
camps and forcibly appropriated arms,
commissaries. life stock. wagons, and so
forth, belonging to the contractors, and
have taken forcible possession of and
used the Cars and railroad tracks emf
ployed by contractors IN the necessary
Of their work They have
the lives of Americans and
OF Mexicans employed as workmen. and
by these means have greatly disorgan-
lied the working force and seriously
delayed the work of construction.
This summary Is sufficient to afford
a reasonably clear understanding of con-
ditions in Mexico, and discloses the sit
uation which confronted the President
during the month of March. Such facts
as l have detailed. and others of like
import, were brought home daily to the
attention of the President and his ad-
visers. II was in view OF this situation
the President ordered section of the
army, comprising about 10000 men, to
the Mexican border,