The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-24
Accepts House Measure for
Relief of American
Refugees
PRESIDENT IS SCORED
BY SENATOR BORAH
In Opposition to Grant of
Money Without Declara-
ton Of Policy

Washington, D.. c.. April 24-The
Senate late yesterday, after considerable
debate, passed the emergency resolution
giving President Wilson 100000 to be
used in his discretion for the removal of
American citizens from Mexico. The
resolution, which passed the House on
Wednesday, will 60 to the president for
his signature.
That the United States and Mexico
are actually at war was the declaration
of Senator Borah yesterday, when the
administration Senate leaders sought to
pass the bill granting President Wilson
100000 to move Americans out of Mex
leo. Senator Borah declared that the
United States should Immediately get
out of Mexico, out of Honduras and
Nicaragua. Senators Smoot and Borah
criticised the way in which the admin
istration has handled the Mexican sit
uation.
Before another forty-eight hours have
passed, in my Judgment, we shall be at
war with united Mexico" said Senator
Borah mo one doubts what the forces
of Huerta will do and no one can doubt
what the forces of Carranza will do
u think when this act is passed it
ought to be declared that the United
States will withdraw from Mexico, will
withdraw from Nicaragua, will with
draw from Honduras.
'Do the people understand that the
present government of Nicaragua would
melt as the mists ii the American ma
rines were to-day withdrawn from in
front of the White House in Managua :"
asked Senator Borah.
"We are enforcing upon the people of
Nicaragua government they do not
want. 1t is Just this gradual encroaeh-
ment into the affairs of our neighbors
that has led the whole world to suspect
us of ultimate intention to expand our
sovereignty over these countries. In
what | am saying, | want it understood
that | am not challenging anything that
The president has said. | believe he
meant what he said at Mobile in regard
to the United States not wanting more
territory, but that is what we have said
ever since Thomas Jefferson annexed
Louisiana. | believe that If the Amer
lean flag ever goes up in Mexico it win
never come down"
Senator Borahs impassioned speech
was followed by one of similar tenor by
Senator Lodge, who declared that the
real reason for rejecting his resolution
and that of Senator Gallinger, calling
for the protection of Americans in Mex
leo, was not that it enlarged the scope
of the resolution into a declaration of
war, but that if thus amended the reso-
luton would complicate the presidents
relations with Pancho Villa and Car
rama. THAT resolution would have re-
quired protection to citizens in, the |
northern Provinces said Senator Lodge. |
I'VE might have interfered with some
of the bands now operating under Car |
rama and Villa. We have read the state |
ment of our quondam allies in the morn
ing papers. They already have drifted |
away. Is it possible that we are so
entangled with Villa and Carranza that |
we can't stop shipment of arms?" cried
Senator Lodge sternly. Eve could not
do more for our allies than that We
are in danger of fight on that border
at any moment. Why aren't we taking
the ordinary precautions there? Why
don't we stop the shipmentsg i am
reminded of the lines of Lowell:
You wonder why we're hot John
Your mark was on the guns
The neutral mark that shot, John,
Our brothers and our sons. i,
IF those guns we are shipping to
Mexico were found" said Senator Lodge,
the mark of the United States would
be found on them. The thing that trou-
bled me more than anything else in pre-
pairing my resolution was the putting
US in the position of an ally of Pancho
Villa