The Washington herald., 1913-06-28
SENATOR FALL WOULD
give MExICANS ARMS
Lawmaker from New Mexico Would
Let Down Bars to Shipments
Of Munitions.
FAvoRs PARTITION OF COUNTRY

The Senate listened for more tnan an
: hour yesterday to a description OF the
conditions obtaining IN Mexico, wnen
Senator Fall OF New Mexico addressed
the senate in support OF his resolution
repeating the joint resolution or March
Il, 1871 prohibiting the Importation OF
arms and ammunition into the republic
OF Mexico.
Senator FAN told the Senate that un-
der the Interpretation put upon the reso-
luton. the present ana the previous al
ministration had prohibited shipments OF
arms 10 the insurrectionists. at the same
time permitting the de facto government
to receive such shipments. He thought
that this was bad enough when, as in
the case of the Mader.st government,
there was actually a recognition of the
government by the United states; but
he called to the attention OF the Senate
the fact that the Huerta government had
not been recognized by the Wilson ad-
m1nistration. ana yet the same discrImi-
nation existed here as before. and the
Carranzista government OF the seeding
State OF coahuila was not permitted TO
receive munitions and persons attempt
ing TO ship them were punished.
1t was urged py Senator ran that the
resolution should be at once repealed.
After that is DONE" he said, "Amerf-
cans can, without disobeying the laws
OF the United States, ship TO either party
Of revolutionists. Their shipments Will
be contraband OF war IN both instances,
but nevertheless they VIII receive equal
treatment and II the unrriendly party
happens to grab the consignment the
American shipper can only suffer ship
pers' risks"
Senator Fail called the attention OF
the Senate to the fact that since these
disturbances started on the other side
OF the Rio Iiranoe more than eighty
American citizens had been Killed and
property losses also mad run wen UP
into the millions.
Senator. Bacon opposed the resolution
and defended the course of both the
Taft and Wilson administrations in their
conduct of the neutrality provisions In
the Mexican relations He asserted that
If the white men of Mexico would take
adequate and proper interest in the af-
fairs of the country and defend their
homes and their business interests by
force and arms the troubles would
cease
Senator Smith of Arizona here stepped
into the arena and declared that Sena-
tor Bacon was all wrong. What the
Mexicans needed was American inter-
ference He, did not believe that it was
necessary to court trouble. but he would
like to have some definition from the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations as to. how long the admins
tration intended TO wait before inter-
vening.
He asked If the chairman thought it
fair to attempt to collect indemnities
from Mexico when it had to be recog-
nized that any indemnity must come out
of the pockets of other American citi-
zens. who paid more than 40 per cent
of the taxes of the Mexican republic.
Senator Bacon pinned him down to
what he thought should be the alterna-
tive Of collecting damages for lives and
property destroyed in Mexico instead of
by taxation.
Let us come to an agreement with
Mexico for her to transfer to the Gus
tody of the United States that portion
Of her territory which lies north of
line drawn due west from the southern
most point of Arizona and including all
OF Lower California" said Senator
Smith.
DO you mean take it?" demanded
Senator Bacon.
t did not say take it." retorted SEN
ator Smith.
Then Senator Bacon moved that the
Senate go into executive session and
that Mr.. Falls resolution be referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.