The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-29
HALTED IN SENATE
MOTION REFERRING TO HUERTA
has BEEN BLOCKED

HAS BEEN BLUGkED
House Votes 337 TO 81
Members of Upper House Object to
Individualizing Action Against
Huerta-Resolution is Altered and
Carried Over-House Passes it by
Enormous Majority.
In twenty-four hours, possibly less,
the United States government will
have taken possession of the Mexico
customs houses at Tampico and Vera
Cruz. Detailed plans for landing of
marines at these two important
coast towns we're completed Monday
at a conference at the White House
between President Wilson, Secreta-
ries Bryan, Garrison and Daniels,
Major Gen. Wood and Rear Admirals
Fiske and Blue and John Lind.
Persons in touch with the presi-
dent said the steps "short Of war"
which would be taken by the United
States were Of nature which would
not require formal notification to the
powers in the same sense that dec
Ilaration of blockade or other prelim-
|inaries to war. Foreign governments
will be kept informed of develop
ments, however.
The debate in the House brought
out the fact that while the American
navy probably would block Mexico
off from commerce with the United
States, it would not interfere with
the passage to and fro of foreign YES
sells, though cargoes discharged on
the shore might be held at the Gus
toms houses.
The following resolution passed
the House by a vote of 337 to 81
after spirited debate: "a joint
resolution justifying the employment
Of the armed forces of the United
States in enforcing certain demands
against Victoriano Huerta:
Resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives, in congress
assembled, That the president Of the
United States is justified in the en-
ployment of the armed forces of the
United States to enforce the demands
upon Victoriano Huerta for uneQuiv-
ocal amends to the government of
the United States for affronts and in
dignities committed against this gov
ernment by Gen. Huerta and his rep
resentatives."
| During the evening there were in
formal conferences of Democrats and
Republicans, and opposition to the
phraseology Of the resolution was ap-
parent. Many senators, among them
a few Democrats, objected to sing
ling out Gen. Huerta as an individual,
and wanted to amend the resolution
to direct it against the de facto gov
ernment in Mexico City. Others
wanted to make this resolution broad
enough to cover Mexico generally.
A high official who was in confer
ence with the president pointed sig
nifcantly to the fact that the Ccnsti-
tutionalists need not be nervous
over the situation, for the presidents
action was aimed entirely against
Huerta. It was said that one Of the
reasons the White House was insist
ent on individualizing Huerta in the
resolution was to prevent the Consti-
ltutionalists from isnterpretng pres
ent movements as threatening hos
tilities against them or the Mexican
Ipeople generally.
The Senate adjourned before the
consideration of the resolution came
up. The committee on foreign rela-
tions had agreed upon a substitute
resolution, reading:
I'm view of the facts presented by
the president of the United States in
his address delivered to the congress
in Joint session the goth day OF
April, 1914, in regard to certain af-
fronts and indignities committed
|against the United States in Mexico,
be 1t
"Resolved, That the president is
justified in the employment Of the
armed forces Of the United States to
enforce his demands for unequiVocal
amends for affronts and indignities
committed against the United States;
be it further
Resolved, That the United States
disclainns any hostility to the Mexican
people or any purpose to make war
upon them"
The purpose of the new resolution,
lit was said, was to avoid the appear
ance of a personal issue between the
United States and Gen. Huerta, and
also to avoid any Misrepresentation
of the attitude of this government
toward the Mexican people as a
whole.
VILLA UNCONCERNED.