The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08

movement for recognition of the const-
tutionalists has been the realization that
the American government by such action
would forfeit its right to claims for dam
ages against the Huerra administration.
With open diplomatic hostility, however,
between the Huerta government and the
United States, 1t is recognized that there
might be little opportunity to enforce
claims and many members of the Senate
are confident that the constitutionalists
could be depended upon to reimburse the
American government eventually. as they
believe by lifting the embargo on arms,
the constitutionalists' cause soon would
triumph.
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan
let it be known tonight that nothing fur
ther would be done until Mr.. Lind reached
Mexico City and official confirmation of
the reported attitude of the Huerta gov
ernment reached here
Refers to Report
Senator Bacon asked the necessity
of the Senate acting until the Presi-
dents envoy mad been heard from He
referred to the report from Mexico that
Governor Lind would not be received
and said.
Here is message sent by one who
claims to be an official 1t was sent
evidently in a moment of temper | APP
peal to the senators to consider wheth-
er the personal representative of the
President to do what he himself would
have the right to do for the purpose
of endeavoring to bring about a re-
suit we all desire should not be per-
mitted TO deliver his message. | ask
you to consider whether there Is a
condition to require such haste that we
cannot permit this representative to
deliver his message and receive a re-
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be the time for us to determine what is
necessary to be done by the government,
and what is necessary will be done.
1T is not proper to absolutely defeat
the possibility of successful action by ac-
ton now taken when there Is no urgency
for such action"
The senator declared hasty action on
the Clark resolution would not help the
situation any insofar as life or property
was at stake. Such an investigation as
Clark proposed he said would take time,
and would be of no effect in an emer-
gency Senator Bacon declared the state
ments of Senator Clark that conditions in
Mexico or the actions of this government
were not known were untrue.
Details Not Known
Every detail was not known, he said,
but in a general way the conditions and
efforts of this government were known.
ton went further than disrespect to the
President, that it flouted him in the face.
'''rhe President of the United States is
face to face with the gravest emergency
that has confronted us since | have been
a member of the Senate Mr.. Bacon said.
ut Is much graver than that which faced
us in the Cuban situation. That was :.
tempest in teapot compared with what
we may be required to do to establish or
der in Mexico and maintain it for a gen.
Grafton or two.
"And when the President stands face to
face with this tremendous responsibility.
this unspeakable duty; when he, a man
whose integrity and good faith we all rec
ognze, seeks to settle it, for us to adopt
this resolution which can be based on no
other basis than the failure of the Pres
ident's plan, is to do nothing but to flout
him in the face.
Members of the foreign relations COM
mttee without regard to party, Chairman
Bacon said, agreed to let the President
go ahead with his attempt to peacefully
solve the Mexican situation and likewise
not to interfere until the present efforts
had had fair trial
Senator Smith of Michigan called atten-
ton to a statement printed in the Con-
gressional Record at the request of Sena-
tor Sheppard as to the strength of the
revolutionists and declared lobby existed
III lne capltai spreading characterization.
He asserted the lobbyist was man who
stood at the elbow of the late President
Madero and who had been given hear
ing by the foreign relations committee
including Colonel Hay
He urged the Senate should be warned
against such misinformation and declared
he believed the President and Secretary
of State were acting on misinformation
and statements unfounded.
Criticises Wilson
Senators Smith and Clark criticised the
course President Wilson had taken in
not more fully communicating Information
to the Senate.
I'm tired of following a lonesome blind
trail" Senator Clark said. declaring he
wanted information whatever the out
come of Mr.. Linds mission. He declared
President Mckinley and others had been
more frank in. other times when interna-
tonal problems were under consideration.
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