Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-15
MEXICO IS THEME
OF BITTER DEBATE
Republicans Accuse Majority
Party of Making Politics
of the Issue.
DEMAND BY SENATORS
FOR Definite POLICY
Penrose and Lodge Especially Insist
ent on Protection of Americans in
Revolutionary Territory.

| number of resolutions bearing on The
question were introduced, and when sew.
| eral republican senators, led by Penrost
and Lodge, charged that the democrats
were trying to treat the question as Z
party affair. Senator Lodge made thi:
claim with vigor which the presiding
officer could not restrain, following {
declaration by Senator Bacon, chairman
of the foreign relations committee, thai
| force meant war in the Mexican ne
| gotiations.
| The subject also came up in the House
when Representative Towner of Iowa
introduced a resolution authorizing the
President to cooperate with the official:
| of Argentina and Brazil with a view t.
| making offers of mediation to Mexico
| and endeavoring to secure a peaceful
| settlement of the disturbed affairs o1
| the Mexican republic.
In the Senate Senator Bacon, discourag-
| ing the efforts of other senators to
| bring UP the question, declared tina,
| everything is being done that can be
| done short of using actual force, and
force means war. and war is not a thing
] to be rushed into hurriedly and rashly.
nor to be encouraged by incorporate
| speech at this time
Senator Penrose declared that he had
no desire to further complicate deli
cate situation or to indulge in jingoism.
He referred. however, to dispatches from
Mexico telling of the serious plight OF
Shirley c. Hulse, son-in-law of Lieut..
Gov. Reynolds of Pennsylvania, who with
his wife and little daughter are believed
TO be in danger from revolutionists near
the city of Chihuahua.
The senator declared that unless the
mission of John Lind developed marked
change l. conditions in Mexico he would
address the Senate next week, laying be-
fore 1t certain information he did not
disclose today.
Things are getting pretty close to
home" declared Senator Penrose, "and
are becoming serious when American
!citizens are molested and their lives and
property endangered. Personally l am
willing to wait a few days to see If
the mysterious mission of Mr.. Lind pro-
duces any tangible result.
I'm the event that it does not early
next week 1 expect to address the
Senate on conditions in Mexico. and will
offer q resolution which. I hope. will
go some way toward asserting the dig
nifty of the United States and its firm
intention to protect the lives and prop
erty Of Americans in Mexico"
Inquiries Regarding Hale's Status.
Mr.. Penrose asked Chairman Bacon Of
the foreign relations committee IL he
would reveal the status of Hale.
II decline to answer" replied Senator
Bacon.
Declining to answer will not continue
to be satisfactory to the Senate or to
the people Of the country" rejoined Sem
ator Penrose.
Hale, Mr.. Penrose declared. had been
rn&f T. -
preston that he is the representative of
President Wilson, and had been in con-
ference with Mr.. Lind since the envoy S
arrival.
Senator Penrose added he had known
Hale several years and that he left Ard
more, Pa. about thirteen years ago un-
der circumstances which he need not
more than mention"
THE sooner DR.. Hale's connections are
severed the better for the unfortunate
Americans now In Mexico he concluded.
The resolution calling for information
went over to tomorrow.
Senator Lodge Is Bitter.
Senator Lodge charged that the demo-
| Gratis were trying to treat the Mexican
question as a party affair. His state
ment. made in bitter terms, followed a
declaration by Senator Bacon. that force
meant war;
Everything Is being done that can be
done," Senator Bacon declared. short OF
using force. and force means war, and
war Is not thing to be rushed into hur-
riedly and rashly, not to be encouraged
by Incorporate speech at this time"
Attempts by democratic leaders to stop
the Mexican discussion and turn the Sen
| ate back to the tariff bill brought out an
Outburst from Senator Lodge.
\ II want SuDpOrf the President IN
every possible way on this Mexican mat
| ter" he cried, addressing the demo
Gratis.
He is not your President alone; he
is the President of the American people.
| as much mine as yours. But / want no
partisanship in the handling of this seri-
Gus 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 ex-
| ercise the power of your majority on this
| Mexican question. This question cannot
\ be disposed of that way: 1t cannot be
dismissed with smile and a sneer."
Another resolution by Mr.. Penrose
calling for consular reports as to hap
penings at Durango since January 1;
one by Senator Poindexter calling for
| Information as to measures to protect
Americans in Mexico, and one by Sena-
vestigation by the House and Senate
naval committees to determine what
increase in the navy was being made
and what naval program was under con
| sideration were introduced.
i In demand that the Senate should
not pass or consider the resolutions unit
the foreign relotions committee had ar
| opportunity to take them up, Senator
| Bacon urged that all possible support
| be given to the President.
| While the senator Is celebrating IN
his committee" interrupted Senator Pen
rose, Americans are daily being mur
dered i'm Mexico. Here Is a prominent
American citizen in danger of being shot
have information that more than Ion
Americans have been killed. and tha
their names are on file in the Department
of State
THE President of the United States
Is known by this Senate" returned Sen
ator Bacon. ito be in good faith, and
to the best of his ability, Is trying t
deal with the situation through meth
DDS that will save this country from
the great disaster of war. I believ,
the American people recognize that ant
are upholding him in his efforts"
Senator Penrose retOrted that he be
lieved the administration was "engaget
in good faith and in a patriotic effort I.
solve the problems" but that he be
lieved it was time to take some polio,
measures" to prevent further '.murde
OF men and outrages upon women"
4 Senator Poindexter declared the sub
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