The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-23


they triumphed, he pointed out, ample
reparation would be made for all offenses.
In the meantime he wished the United
States to take no steps which would ex
cite the Mexican populace.
+, The note, it was admitted by many
officials, was capable of friendly con-
struction, but there was some doubt ex-
pressed that the subordinate officers I'M
der Gen. Carranza might not be so con-
servative. Apprehension over this situa-
tion was manifest in many quarters.
Bryan's Letter to Rebels
The letter from Carranza was inspired
by the following to him from Secretary
Bryan
''The President does not desire any res
olution that could be construed as author
izing him to engage in war; all he asks
and all that viii be given is a resolution
declaring that he is justified in using the
| armed forces to compel redress of a spe-
cific indignity. He has been careful to
| distinguish between Gen. Huerta and his
supporters on the one side and the rest
| of the Mexican people on the other side.
He has reiterated his friendship for
| the Mexican people and his desire to aid
| them in establishing for themselves a con-
stitutional government. The taking OF
the customs house at Vera Cruz was made
| necessary by Huertas refusal to make
proper reparation for the arrest of the
American sailors. The constitutionalists
are reported in the newspapers as stand
ing aoof from the controversy, This Is
very proper attitude and we hope that
they will not misunderstood the Presi-
dents position or misconstrue his acts.
Discordant Note from Mr.. Penrose.
Action of the American government
in the Mexican situation has been
such as to invite the contempt of the
| civilized world for the state depart
ment and the executive officers, ac
cording to a statement of Senate
Penrose of Pennsylvania on the foo
of the Senate yesterday. Democratic
senators clamored to defend the Pres
ident and the administration s course
Senator Reed characterizing Senate
Penrose statement as cheap dema
gogy and Senator Shafroth s as some
thing of which he should be ashamed
Senator Penrose's statement aros
out of Senator Reed criticism of hi
''sneering' at the offer of Spanis
war veterans in Colorado to enlist fo
service in Mexico. 81 expected chea
political capital to be made out o
this wicked and unnecessary warfar
on defenseless people" said Senate
Penrose. f'For months American eli
izens were murdered in Mexico an
their property despoiled without tn
least attention being paid to it by thi
government. I doubt whether ther
| has been such a contemptuous indiffel
ence manifested toward the interest
of its own citizens in the history {
the world. And now with the guns c
Is battleships trained on defensele,
, city, shooting at a naked and helple.
, people, we have the senator from Nil
souri, appearing before the Senate wit
this show of mock heroism.
! "The patriotism of the volunteer
!, from Colorado would stand a bette
, test than that of the senator of PEN
= sylvania, retorted Senator Rec
! Senator Shafroth declared Senator Pc
rose should be accused of the ineol
sistence of voting for the resolutic
:, justifying the President s course al
then within 10 hours criticizing tt
- Presidents action.