The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-15
FORCES DEBATE IN SENATE
Promises to Make Address Dis
closing important Facts
AMERICAN CITIZENS IN DANGER

Washington, Aug l5.-Senator PEN
rose forced another debate on the Mex
lean situation today by introducing a
resolution calling upoi the president to
inform the Senate whether William
Bayard Hale is in Mexico city as
agent oi any executive department Of
the government and If SO by what
authority he was appointed and what
Is the compensation
The White House explanation is
that Hale is there as q personal friend
formation.
PenrOse declared he had no desire
to complicate the situation or indulge
in jingoism. He referred. however
to DISPATCHES from Mexico telling Of
the serious plight of Shirley Hucs.
son law of Lieutenant Governor
REYNOLDS of Pennsylvania, who with
his wife and little daughter. are be-
lieved to he i'm danger of revolutionists
near chihuahua. The senator declared
developed a marked change in condi-
tons in Mexico he would address the
Senate next week, laying before il
certain information he did not dis
close today.
II am willing 10 wait a few days"
continued the senator, ito see if the
mysterious mission of Lind produces
n tangible result In the event IL does
not early next week ! expect to ad-
dress 'hc Senate on conditions in Mex
lea and offer resolution. which
hope. Will go some ways toward as
serting the dignity of the United
States and its firm intention to protect
lives ana property of Americans in
Mexico"
Pcnrose said he had known Hale for
several years. that he had left Ard
NOR, Pa. thirteen years ago under
circumstances he need rot more than
mention"
The sooner Halcs connection is
severed the better for the unfortunate
Americans in Mexico" the senator
concluded.
Lodge charged the Democrats with
trying tc treat the Mexican question
in bitter terms. followed the declara-
ton Of Senator Bacon that every
thing is being done that can be done,
short of using actual force. and force
means war. and war is not thing to
he rushed into hurriedly."
Many American Victims.
In demand that the Senate should
not pass or consider resolutions until
the foreign relations committee had an
opportunity to take them up. Bacon
urged all possible support he given the
president.
While the senator is delibcrating
with this committee" interrupted Pen
rose, Americans daily are being muir
dered in Mexico. | have information
that more than "a hundred Americans
have been killed and their names are
on file in the department of state"
Penrose's resolution calling FOR in
formation went over until tomorrow.
Mediation in Mexico by the United
States. Argentina oud Brazil. was
proposed in q resolution presented by
Rep Towner of Iowa
Apology Surprises England.
London. Aug. t5.-Surprise was
caused in England by the news from
the United States that Ambassador
Page had been instructed To apologize
to the British government for com
ments made on the British Mexican
policy by Henry Lane Wilson. Amer
lean ambassador Ia Mexico. The af
fair had not cxcitcd the slightest at
tentlon. British newspapers had hith-
erto ignored Ambassador Wilson's
statement. but they print 1t today as
IN explanation of the grounds for the
apology.
The Westminster Gazette. the gov
ernmcnt organ said:
''The difficulty between President
Wilson and Ambassador Wilson is
purely domestic and will not cause n
ripple i'm the relations of the British
and American governments.
Would Purity Elections.
Washington, Aug. l5.-Thc Senate
elections committee has voted to re-
port favorably on the Clapp bill To
prevent senators and representatives
from soliciting political campaign
funds.
In 1912 United States makers pro-
duced 1852, 700 kegs of wire nails of