The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

lfeNe tnAt something ehOuiu nc uOne anu
something said about that which the nag
covers, the citizens of the United States.
They look to II as the emblem OF the
great Government ana che great nation
to which they avow allegiance and from
which they expect protection. More than
$50 American citizens-innocent. help
less people---havc been murdered upon
Mexican soil.
Il for one when I demand atonement
for the insults to- the flag at Tampico
cannot put aside those people who have
persisted in Mexico and whose deaths
have gone unnot iced and unavcnged.
II cannot consent. speaking only for
myself as n single Senator OF this body.
at this great crisis to pass by In silence
the wrongs which have been done to in
nocent people unlawfully in another coun-
try without declaring that there Is an
other wrong besides the insult TO the nag
to be atoned. a wrong which must not be
and shall not be repeated"
Senator Lodge said that lie also OBJ
jected to being placed In position OF
choosing between the factions In Mexico.
II will not, without a protest at least
Join IN any resolution which can by any
construction put the United states In the
attitude OF selecting one murderer ana
cutthroat in preference to another muir
derer and cutthroat." he continued. III
we intervene In Mexico 1t must be Tor
the protection OF American citizens: Il
must be in the hope that by our inter-
vention We shall try at least 10 bring
back peace and order to that distracted
country, for which we have no feeling
but one Of friendship. n must not he
that we go there 10 take down one man
and set UP another"
Condemns Haerta's Methods.
Senator Lodge disavowed any DISPOSE
ton to defend Huerta. He said that he
condemned his methods OF trcachery and
bloodshed AZ strongly as any one could.
"But the fact that I condemn his
methods" said the Senator. does not
make me willing to put myself In
position Of supporting Pancho villa. VINO
began life as a hired assassin ana whose
pathway has been marked by bIoodshed.
by rapine. by plumber. by unnamable
crimes which are disgrace to the CEN
fury in which we live
Referring to his preamble making
strong declaration OF policy to intervene.
Senator Lodge said
There Is not one statement in that pre-
amble that can be denied: every sentence
contains a truth--melancholy. tragic
truths. many OF them. II Is not the
purpose OF the minority in offering that
preamble 10 make this resolution dec
laration OF war. TO broaden its scope for
any such purpose as that AZ II stands.
its means armed intervention. and armed
Intervention II will remain, whether my
amendment Is adopted or not.
Let US be under no Misrepresentation
as TO where this resolution leads. II
leads to armed Intervention. The first
step TO he taken under II will be the
seizure OF Vera Cruz. The day We take
Vera Cruz We have interviewed.
"Our Intervention should rest on
grounds so broad that the civilized world
cannot contest the righteousness OF the
act. The grounds of our action here to-
day will lie before the world and will
come to the tribunal of history.
seeks n broad Ground.
II want to strip the transaction of any
personal character. ! want TO lift IT up
from the level OF personal hostility and
place II on the broad ground of great
national action. taken in the interest and
for the protection Of American lives in
"A foreign country and for tho purpose
Of restoring peace and order to an un-
happy people across our border.
Il want TO place it on the ground
where we shall be content to have II
rest, where the nations of the earth in
whose presence We are acting to-day
shall admit the justice Of the high motives
of our action. / want to place IL upon
the ground from which we shall not fear
to appeal to the great judgment seat Of
history"
Senator Shively replied to Mr.. Lodge
urging the adoption OF the resolution
speedily in the form In which II had been
reported from his committee. He de-
clared that IL was never too late TO declare
war. but it may easily become too late
10 secure peace"
He criticised Senator Lodges preamble
as warlike He said that II the Senate
wanted to declare war II ought not to be
hypocritical about II. but come forward
with a plain declaration He said that II
the Lodge preamble were adopted by the
Senate the product would be thunder in
the preamble and whisper in the text"
IF we are to make "A declaration OF
war then let us make IL. Let us not
engage in the snivelling pharisaism OF
citing facts which Justify war. and instant
war and then adopting this resolution.
Senators who are eager for war may
well wait until this resolution Is tried as a
means for peace"