Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-03
SENATE IS ASSURED
. ON MEXICAN POLICY
Bacon Declares 1t Will Meet
Approval of Congress and
the. American People.
C0NFERS WITH PRESIDENT
REGARDING THE SITUATION
Nothing at Present Justifies Inter.
vention, Sources Close to White
House Say.

House Say.
assurances that the policy of the ad-
ministration In the Mexican situation
would meet the approval OF the Ameri-
can congress ana The American peo-
pie were given on the moor of the
senate today by senator Bacon Of
georgia, Chairman OIL the foreign af-
lars committee. WHO mas coniel rcd with
the PRESIDENT Regarding the aeAican
SITUATION. senator bacon replied 10 n
Aettci read into the Ateyoru u, senator
bfistow Oh hanssLs. WHO SAID Ae had
received AZ from d 'frieuu of thirty
years STANDING in AI.Ai.o
lie e.ter urecu ki.al ths limited
oas..ss Keep hailas Oh III Mexico, ana AL
~" tAe AasA4...n Is.e t.vns 40 fiaAI out
ener u.iisienSes. ~ conoe Elil.S iu,
tiesent neu.ra4its policy, anlea Aeeps
tnouasAIus OF American so,uiers ON the
the lnited States ln.er..Auo %, INIT
taty ioTcv ii Would mean only .ona.le
anu Inc acquisition Oh MeAte.ia tIrTllo.y,
" .Ac .oss y. hGnofeus "a iIsss ana mum
areas oil ihi4iiona oI money
tAink c..li assure LAC SENATE" sald
SENATOR bacon, attei tno ieut.r 4l..a been
icau, that noli,.no - fGgtnet llo.u tho
tIo1shis ol q people 90 the o.ilo.ais of
'ho Ihi.cu States l.iAl .iie conquest or
acquisition OF MeAlc.ii lerrilo.y. Inc
ume mas not Yet come when this mat
Ter may De properly discussed, Dut the
Line as not lar distant when We mus, dis
cusS IT, 1 can Slse tine assurance ihat
the matter 10 having the most careful
ana CONSCIENTIOUS consideration, ana that
Whatever may be done viii meet t,l,. an
L mar a sE.
american people.
No Cause for Intervention.
There is absolutely nothing in the pr..-
ent situation or the prospective policy Of
the administration that will justify inter-
Vention in Mexico. unless the Mexicans
themselves pursue a course requiring TINS.
according to Information from sources
close to the White House.
intervention talk is dista steful to high
OFFICIALS, who are struggling to orins aoout
satisfactory settlement oil the present
trouu,es without resort 10 conflict. such a.
would follow the crossing OF the ooraer
" troops OF the United States.
hurope is not making representations
that the United states must get busy
one way or another. Any such Ines-
that would stir things.
me Cnited states will handle Mexico
IN itS own way-if that way must he
orastic-but will appreciate hearty CO.
opeiation IN peaceaole, persuasive
metnoos to bring about a change in the
unhappy country to the south.
Fofeign powers are not mingling and
mixins In the situation one-fifth an
mucn as Is represented. and most of the
conferences so far have oeen at the So
licitation OF represents tives OF the
IA hn<l t~,
foreigners with John Lind at Vera
Cruz That Mr.. Lind will soon return
to the United States was denied today.
In way the foregoing facts sum UP
tion today. there being unquestioned au-
thortty tor the statement that nothing
like Intervention is in sight at this time,
and that the future policy of the admin
istration does not contemplate such in
tervention unless the Mexicans wish to
precfpitate this action.
Expect Satisfactory Solution.
Whatever outside opinion may be on
the question of Intervention. official
circles. especially in the neighborhood
OF the White House, are calm and con-
fident of satisfactory solution with
out the step that means war. whether
long or short The President continues
to keep his own councils and is evil
IDENTIFY far better satisfied with an
eventual peaceful outlook than the
man on the street.
There is talk OF letting arms through
to the constitutionalists. who are clam
oring for the steel and powder to finish
Huerta. But President Wilson cautiously
intimated to callers today that such action
might require consideration by Congress.
he had not studied the joint
of Congress putting an en-
barge on arms crossing into Mexico to
see whether any discretion had been left
to the executive branch of the govern
ment. II Congress should see fit to re-
peal the joint resolution II would let arms
and ammunition into Mexico for anybody
" wanting such equipment
The arrival OF Roberto Pesqueira, an
from Gen. Carranza, the consti-
chief, raised the question today
OF whether the Washington government
would receive representations from the
President Wilson made
il clear to those who discussed the SiIua-
ton with him that. officially, he could not
receive any formal representations, nut
that I'm some way or other the informa~
ton which the constitutionalists desire to
lay before the American government
would be received.
Ia this connection il became known
today that the constitutionalists. at a
recent conference Of chiefs. decided not
to ask for recognition of belligerency
by the United States. but TO request
that there be no interference on the
part of the United states in their own
efforts t. solve the situation by force
OF arms. The constitutionalists want
tho embargo On arms removed, 50 that
all factions may be on an equal footing.
Has Not Heard From DR.. Tupper.
Secretary Bryan had not received to-
lay from II. A. Tupper of the lnterna-
.ional Peace Forum representations In be-
half of the constitutionaIsts which he has
agreed to consider unoriiciaily. At the
State Department today IL was said that
Dr. Tupper had no official status and that
Secretary Bryan. IN receiving any COM
does so in an unofficial ca
pacity.
The battleship Nebraska. en- route to
Mexican waters, with three other ves-
sells of the third division Of the Atlantic
fieet was ordered today to Tampico to
jofn the New Hampshire. As none OF
the other ships have been ordered
home that will leave two battleships
At Tampicc and five at Vera Cruz.
dispatch dated November 1 re-
,eived AZ the State Department today
from Saltillo states that Gen. Mas ar
lived at Monterey October 81 to assume
the governorship. There was no rail-
yay communication with San Luis
potosi on the lst
According to advices received at the
lspartment under date of November 2
Sueyod Laredo Is now under military
ule.
The consul at Durango reports that the
are in complete control
n his district. He states that after the
;apture of Torreon the main body OF rev.
,lutionists. numbering 5000. commanded