The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-15
PENROSE TRIES TO STIR SENATE IN LINGO ROLE Wants President To Tell HaIe's Status
 In Mexico
Threatens To Do Things If h. formation Don't Come Early
 Next Week

Washington, Aug. 15-Senator Pen rose today, forced another debate on the Mexican situation by introducing a resolution calling upon President Wilson to inform the Senate whether William Bayard Hale is in Mexico City as the agent of any executive department of the government; if so, by what authority he was appointed and what compensation he has been given.
 The White House explanation of Hale's presence in Mexico has been that he was there a personal friend of President Wilson forwarding in- formation.
 Senator Penrose declared that he had no desire to further complicate a deli cate situation Or to indulge in jingo- ism. He referred, however, to de- spatches from Mexico telling of the serious plight of Shirley c. Hu1ze, son. in-Iaw of Lieut.-Gov. Reynolds, of Pennsylvania, who. with his wife and little daughter, are believed to be in danger from revoIutionists near the city of Chihuahua
 Things are getting pretty close to home" declared Senator Penrose, '.and are becoming serious when American citizens are molested and Personally, am willing to wait a few days to see if the mysterious mission of MT. Lind produces any tangible re- suit. In the event that it does not, early next week I expect to address the Senate on conditions in Mexico and will offer a resolution which, l hope, will go some ways towards as sertfng the dignity of the United States and it's firm intention to pro- tect the lives and property of Aneri- cans in Mexico
 MT. Penrose asked Chairman Bacon
 4s<1..e if he would reveal the status of Hale.
 q decline to answer replied Sen ator Bacon.
 ..Declining to answer will not con tinue to be satisfactory to the Senate or to the people of the country" re- Joined Senator Penrose.
 Y Hale, MT. Penrose declared, had been active in Mexico City conveying the impression that he is the represen- tative of President Wilson, and had been in conference with MT. Lind since the envoy's arrival.
 Senator Penrose added he had known MT. Hale several years and that he left Ardmore, Pa, about Ia years age under circumstances which he need not more than mention.'
 s%The sooner pr. Ha1e's connections are severed the better for the unfor- tunate Americans now in Mexico,'' he concluded.
 The resolution calling for inforna- ton went over to tomorrow Senator Lodge charged that the Democrats were trying to treat the Mexican ques- ion as party affair His statement, made in bitter terms followed a de- claration by Senator Bacon that force meant war;
 ttBverything is being done that can be done," said Senator Bacon, short of using actual force, and force means 4e %I,fr rushed into hurriedly and rash1y, not to be encouraged by intemperate speech at this time"
 Attempts by Democratic leaders to stop the Mexican discussion and turn the Senate back to the tariff bill brought an outburst from Senator Lodge.
 f.I want to support the President in every possible way on this Mexican matter" he cried, addressing the Dem ocrats. "He is not your President alone. He is the President, of the American people. as much mine as yours. But I want no partisanship in the handling of this serious situation. You can't have non-par tisanship on party lines and that is what you are trying to do.
 You can do nothing worse than to exercise the power of your majority on this Mexican question. This ques- ton cannot be disposed of that way; it cannot be dismissed with a smile and a sneer."
 Another resolution by MT. Penrose calling for consular reports as to hap penirIgs at Durango since January l; one by Senator Poindexter calling for information as to measures to protect Americans in Mexico, and one by Sem ator Brandegee calling for a joint in- vestigation by the House and Senate naval committees to determine what incr ease in the navy was being made and what naval program was under consideration, were introduced.
 In a demand that the Senate should not pass or consider the resolutions until the foreign relations committee had an oppor tunity to take them up. Senator Bacon urged that all possible support be given to the President
 srWhile the Senator is delfberating in his conmittee," interrupted Senator Penrose nericans are daily being murdered in Mexico. Here is a promi- nent American citizen in danger of be- ing shot I have information that more than 100 Americans have been killed and that their names are on file in the department of state
 .eThe President of the United States is known by this Senate" returned Senator Bacon, ito be acting in good faith and to the best of his ability, trying to deal with the situation through methods that will save this country from the disaster of a war. I believe the American people realize that and are upholding him in his ef forts.''
 Senator Penrose retorted that he be- Iieved that the administration was ''en- gagged in good faith in a, patriotic ef- fort to solve the problems" but that he believed it was time to take some police measure to prevent further murder of men and outrages upon women Objections carried all the resolutions over for another day with out reference to the committee.