Evening journal., 1914-04-28
Senator Falls Speech Denouncing Proposed
American Alliance With Either Cananza Viii

can oltudllon WHeN lnt Htidtc htu uh7
der consideration the House joint reso-
luton justifying the employment by
President Wilson of the armed forces
of the United States in dealing with
the Mexican situation. That speech
now has been printed in complete form
in the Congressional Record. 1t was
as follows:
''Slr. President. since l have been in
this body a member of the Senate, /
have never made a partisan speech.
believe | have never referred to politics
in the Senate of United States. l GER
tainlv shall not make a political nor
a partisan speech upon this occasion.
'On the 22d day of July, two years
ago. | made a speech in the Senate OF
the United States upon the same sub
iect which has been discussed here all
day-the Mexican question-which at
that time. to those who knew it, was
of as much importance as it is tonight.
/ pointed ont TO the Senate of the
United States at that time that affairs
in Mexico. if allowed to drift as they
were drifting, would result IN drag
qing this country into a war; and at
that time / referred to the acts OF the
Republican administration, then IN
power. as weak, imbecile, and pusillam-
NOUS I realize the fact that the pres
ent administration came into power
with the Mexican situation complicated
beyond the point which it had reached
when | first spoke of it in this body.
! have recognized the difficulties un-
der which this administration has lab
ored in dealing with the Mexican ques-
tion. but ! was not deferred then from
expressing my convictions plainly and
openly because OF hope of patronage
dividends. and / shall not be deferred
now because of criticism from some
man who has allowed American citi-
zens TO be murdered in Mexico without
lifting his voice and only now feels his
latent patriotism aroused when the
American flag is, as he says, insulted
at Tampico.
"Who speaks of war in connection
with the resolution which has been Of
fered2 Who refers to the possibility of
war? The President of United States,
when. in his message, he says that in
the event war should follow this peace
full action which he has now taken, and
justification for which he now asks, the
people of Mexico then would under
stand or should understand that it was
only war against Victoriano Huerta and
those who might support him.
"The President has suggested war
and. with 4 American marines lying
dead and 81 wounded and the Associa-
ted Press reports that the Prairie is
shelling the heights beyond Vera Cruz
and 200 Mexicans have died, you know
il is war now. What is it to lose 200
men in the uniform Of their country,
soldiers obeying the orders of him
whom they recognize as the constituted
authority in MeXico2 What IS it ia
them, what is it to their families that
the Senators report here what they
declare to be peace measure? Peace
10 the families of the American ma
rines, peace to the dead Me1icans
peace to those yet to diet
my God. Mr. President, if war is
horrible, what IS the appearance of this
kind of peace2 Mr. President, if q mar
dies for his country, as these MeNican'
have died, or dies for his country a:
these marines have died, what is thu
difference to him that some orator II
this assembly chooses to cry peace anC
that some committee in this assembly
reports a resolution iustifying his deatl
in the name of peace!
"The Senator from Missouri tMr
Reed) said that we sought by thl
amendment offered by the Senator from
Massachusetts, to combine the opposi
tion in Mexico, while every effort ol
the part of the committee was to pre-
vent this very combination. There i
not a Senator upon the other side WHIT
does not know that read into your res
olution is this same amendment whicl
Is offered. as has been said by the Sen
ator from New York (Mr. Root. Their
Is not one of you who could iustif,
your acts upon any other ground thai
That the people of the United States
the people of the world and that pos
terity, Judging your acts, will despit
vour vote read the debates upon thi
resolution and read into the resolution
what you mean-that your only Justl
fcation is the outrages upon Amer
can citizens. the destruction to Ameri
can property, and the outrages yet be
inc committed in the name of peace b.
those whom this resolution seeks to IN
vite as allies of the Prince of Peace
himself.
ssNlr. President. what message are yo
sending to my people on the border a
this couutrvY What message are yo
sending to the families of those wome
outraged by the people whom you IN
wife to become allies of the Unite
States in its attack upon Victorian
Huerta? What message are you send
ing to the fathers or brothers or moth
ers or sisters of those Americans VIII
have died in Mexico, where they wer
invited to 90 by the silver tongue
vour Secretary of State when he preacf
cd to the people of the United State
of the beauties of Mexico, and its aC
vantapes to investors, to American cii
izens. when he was so much impresse
with its prosperity under free silve
Manifestations in the gallery.
"Nfr. President. what message are yo
sending to the 10000 American cit
zens who have been driven out of Me-
leo without protest from this govern
ment7 Only Yesterday / received a con
m,nication from an old. American,
veteran of the Civil War, now livin
upon charity in Passaic, \. j., who hs
been writing in vain TO the Sceretar
Of State that some little somethir
might be done for him, because he ha
come out of Mexico at the call of Il
President and left his all there. Fro
Mexico itself and from every State.
the Union practically. sir, ] have ha
pleas for help. In the past the Col
gress of the United States has listen'
10 those pleas You have allow'
American citizens to be driven out
Mexico. and you have voted money
pay their way to their friends wh'
they were driven across the border I
the muzzles of the guns in the han'
rf fbcoo whom, Won aro uo.tl fu.-ftinrf