Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-03-13
DEPL0RES TALK
IN OPEN SENATE
ShiVe|y Of Indiana Replies to
Fall Of New Mexico.
WARM DEBATE OVER MEXICO

Senator Fai! Narrates Many incidents
OF Outrsges to Americans and As.
eerts Present Policy Is inadequate.
Senator shiveIy Says Administra.
ton Is Aiming to Work Out Peace.
full Solution.
Washington, March ENLIGHTENMENT
over the outspoken demand for inter.
vention in Mexico, made in the SEN
ate by Senator Fall, Republican, OF
New Mexico, did not diminish until
after Senator shively of Indiana had
spoken for the administration. The
galleries were crowded to overflow
! ing for hours. Senator Shively ex.
pressed regret that the subject had
been discussed in open session. He
asserted that no adequate suggestion
had been offered to compose the diff
Guilty.
Senator Fall. in lengthy narration
! OF incidents Of outrages to Americans
| In Mexico. held the interest of the
senate and gallery for more than three
hours. Assailing the policy of the ad.
ministraton as inadequate in the sit.
| uation and declaring that President
Wilson knew nothing about real con.
ditions and had been mistaken in
every act of his administration toward
Mexico. the New Mexico senator
| pleaded for Intervention to avoid in.
evitable war. =
Emphasizing the danger Of war with
great foreign power unless some.
thing is done speedily Senator Fail
! referred to comments in the German
press over the killing of the British
subject. Benton. by order of General
Villas courtmartial, and declared:
Points to Danger Of War.
when the German official press
says that should German citizen be
murdered in Mexico, Germany would
not acquieece like Great Britain. then
] say to you senators there is immi-
nent danger of a conflict between the
United States and this country with
which we should always be at peace,
Il believe the American people can
be left TO handle any critical cOndi.
ton, provided they are informed on
the subject. am not one who be.
Iieves. VIII n the press is full Of re.
ports Of outrages and details of Mex.
lean horrors. that it can be 'incom.
patible with the public interest to
send to this senate details of outrages
upon American citizens. ] am not
one who believes that the Constitu.
ton should be pushed aside and let
one man assume the executive and
legislative powers of the government"
Senator Shively, replying as acting
chairman of the foreign relations com
mittee, declared that Senator FaN's
policy would mean actual armed inter
vention ard that Intervention mea ut
war. He Geplored that the situati N
had been thus discussed in the open
senate, declaring that it would have
a harmful influence upon the attitude
and temper of the people of Mexico.
Striving to Find Solution.
IF composition of the difficulty is
available by watching and waiting the
people of the United States could have
just grievance against their govern
ment if it should start now the m S.
ter, the march, the camp and the tlt
tlefeld," he said. The government
is eXerting it's energies to work Out a
solution without precipitating war and
all that war means.
After all we have listened to I put |
it to you if practical solution has
been suggested. Because the senator
has seen fit to leave the situation n
this way it does not furnish reason
why we should resort to the remedy |
suggested. The very description he |
has given of Mexico repels the ida |
that it is an easy way out of the diff |
ficulty.
Those who are responsible for our |
foreign policy are doing all that can |
be done. They are not swift to rush |
to arms; they are men who think and |
weigh the facts and measure conse.
quences OF acts before they commit |
US to them. ! repel the notion ex
pressed that the department of state |
and the president are neglecting any |
duty that involves the peace and vel. |
fare of the country"