The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-21
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Senator Lodge resented any fmputa- tions that the Republic ans were lack ing in proper re gard for the honor of the flag
 But we nuFit also think of that which the flag towers -tl1e citizens Of the United State ss' he said aone hun3 dred and fifty fsitizens have perished on Mexican soil. cannot, in demand ing atonement of the insult at Tam pico, overlook these outrages. cannot pass these murders silently by with out saying that hers is q greater wrong to be atoned and wrong which must not be and shall not be repeated.
 cannot be put in a position where appear to pick and choose between the factions that today tear Mexico asunder. | cannot join in my resoiu- ton which puts the United States Tn and ctitt hroat above another murderer and cutthroat
 APPROVES WILSON'S ATTITUDE.
 have no desil e to criticise Pres i'd ent Wilson for bis failure to recog- I,ize 11uerts He no doubt proceeded on grounds appearing to him as suf- f1cIent. condo mn as strongly as I can the methods Of treatchery and bIoodshed by which Huerta reac1ed his present posis ion.
 But the fact that I condemn his methods does not lead me to put my self in "a position which by distortion of the acts which we take here or of the words which we utter here would put me behind villa-Vi11a who began fife as hired assassin and whose pathway has been marked with blood she'd rapine. binder and by uIlnaIla- able crimes which are disgrace to the country in which we live.
 ssIt is for hat reason that the naIn- ority of the eonnittee on foreign reIa- tiohs has presented the substitute for the preamble of the resolution Not one sen1ence can be denied
 SEN AFEs sUBST4TUTE
 At the capitol early today. congtes- sional leaders were busting about in spite of their long and trying day s work yesterday Members of the House prepared to dispose Of sonne ordinary business while wal ting for action in the upper branch. The Sem tion of the committee substitute for the House resolution upon reconven- ing
 by adm illustration senators after Act ing Ehairman shive1y Of the foreign with vice President Marshall. secre- tar Garrison. Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Tumulty, who went to the capitol at midnight when word came that ob 5ections to the ssin- dividualizing Of Huerta was about to hold up action in the comnittee indehniteIy. President Wilson himself had re- tired about 10 o'clock after hearing of Ithe Dverw helnling1y favorable vote in the House in response to his address.
 PROPOSED AMENDMENT The substitute is as follows
 tsIn view of the facts presented by l the president of the United States in his address delivered to Congress in 1914 in regard to certain affronts and I tndignities comm itted agafnst the 1 United states; be ft
 ResoIv ed that the president is jus ltided in the employment of an armed force of the United States to enforce 1 Tor affronts and indignities committed l 1nst the Undte1 Sta tes; be it fur l ther
 Resolved, that the United States I discIai111s any hostility to the Mexican I-people or an . purpose to make wal Eupon them. 2 I Senator I.odge, ranking Repg1bficar member of the foreign relations com rnittee has submitted another substi- F tute It would declare that ..in view Of state of anarchy existing in Mex leo, making ft impossible for Mexico l to q1ScnATg6 us 4IHIeTnaIIonais Opl1Sa' ffons and he unprovoked insults ant ndignities inflicted upon the flag anc I the uniform Of the United States by armed forces there; be 1t
 Resolved, that the seIf-respect anf l dignity Of the United States and tho duty to protect it's citizens and it's in I ternational rights require thai such l courre be followed in Mexico by oul I government as to compel respect and observ ance Of it's rights. '
 REV EVUE CUTTERS READY Arrangeme11t for the participation I Of the avenue cutters in a Mexicar bIocks de were being perfected today | by officials of the treasury md wal departments. It was recalled that tn. I ships Of the customs navy aided il maintaining ant effective b1ockade O
 the Cuban coast during the spanish
 Am erican war.
 I There are now twenty-three cutter
 available for Immediate operation I along the Mexican coasts seven ol
 the Pacific side and IS on the Allan
 tic side Still other ships of the ser
 vice 1t was said could be broush into action if necessity The entir T force of the revenue cutter service i
 approximately 1.so0 officers and men,
 There has been no intimation so ia
 as to what part the army M to talk f in carrying out the presidents pi , gram For months past to all in
 auiries as to action by the army il
 Mexico. Secretary Garrisor's $ ir1varta
 ble reply has been .semper paiatlle