The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-06
California Statesman Rings
all the Changes in lingo
Lexicon in Demand on Ad-
ministration.
PREDICTS WE WILL
BE FORCED TO ACT
Declares Whole Handling Of
Mexican Situation from
Beginning a Disgraceful
Page of Our History.


lIiy LEASED Wire to Evening Herald.
Washington. March Predioting
that the Mexican situation l. a mat
ter with which the United states
shall be forced TO deal In SOME de-
oisiye way. and that very soon" SEN
Rtor Works. Republican. OF Caiifor-
MIA, sharply criticized the Mexican
policy Of the administration today in
speech IN the senate.
I'VE may be forced yet" he said,
TO Intervene la some form ia Mexico
n We DO. II should not be for tho as
abandonment OF our country. the ac-
quisition OF territory or any other adj
vantage 20 Gs hut in the interest of
the Mexican people and other resi-
dents there. the restoration Of peace
and order ana The establishment OF
stable government for our sister re-
public
To speak OF the relations OF the
United States with Mexico. Senator
Works asserted was an unpleasant
task. 1T is a dark page In our his
tory" he continued. Unless the
American people shall have lost an
Nirility. courage and patriotism, lt Will
be read IN the years To come with
sorrow and shame. For three long
years American citizens have been
murdered. their wives and dnughters
outraged. their homes piilaged and
their property destroyed and this ad
ministrati0n has done nothing more
Than enter occasional mild protests
and Submissive appeals, and 10.
whom3
TO Hueria, whose government we
had refused 20 recognize and who. ac-
cording TO our view. had no power
nor authority 20 act To villa. not
recognized as a belilgerent. not oven
q soldier. but brigand and murderer
OF innocent people. To Carranza, a
weakiIng dominated by villa and
equally without authority"
Senator Works outlined the events
In the history OF Mexico leading up to-
the present difficulties and the refusal
of the government TO recognize
Huerta after the assassination Of Ma
dero doubtless by Huerta. who sue
eeeded him, or with his knowledge
and connivance'
The demand Of the president In HIS
message 90 Huerta that there should
he an armistice could not have been
complied with. the senator continued.
and the demand that security be given
for free election In Mexico was inn
possible Of fslhllment because OF the
ienorance OF the Mexican masses.
such an eiction he declared probably
would have brought about the ''elec-
ilon Of bull hEhter for president"
AT last a prominent British sub
iect was brutally murdered hy Viila
OF by his orders Public ~ iignatiou
ran high. The people We're aroused
but the state department maintained
tls usual degree OF composure. I do
not know why the murder ~ citizen
of Great Britain should have created
more feeling than the assassination Of
hundreds Of our people. except that
Il involves the question OF our good
faith toward other nations when we
allow their people 20 be slaughtered In
Mexico.
This case was ono 20 put our good
faith and our cOnrage 10 the test. The
poor widow asked for the body Of her
dead husband. hurled on Mexican soil
What did our government do TO secure
this right? II humbly petitioned
villa. his murderer TO allow his re-
mains 10 be removed. The state de-
pariment spent days In trying 10 nnd
out whether the man WAS shot 3y
villa or put 10 death By order of a
drum head court martial, called not
by soldier not by "a helilgerent, but
b. brlgnnd and professional mur-
derer. What possible difference ala
il make whether he lost his life one
way or the otherf For this the sor-
rowing xsrl0nus mas laf. .,.alflnsr for ha.
dead. What should the government
have done In the case? just what Il
should have done for one of its own
ciiizens-aent our soldiers into Mex