Evening journal., 1914-04-21
War With mexico
MAY Come TODAY
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Il would have been unwise for him T
to have proceeded further without the I
sanction Of Congress
Lodge asserted that il took Con- .
gress longer TO pass the Spanish war 4
declaration than was planned In the /
present case. Senator LaFollette re- /
freshed Senatorial memories by stat /
ing that the Spanish war resolution .
was before Congress many days, with /
extensive debate.
1T was seven days between the /
receipt of the message from Presi /
dent Mckinley and the adoption Of
the resolution" Lodge stated.
During Lodges speech. Ambassador
Jusserand of France. and half
dozen other diplomats took seats i'm
the diplomatic gallery Fully 100
House members stood I'm a fringe
about the Senate chamber.
LaFollette said the Spanish war
was declared In the face of opposi-
ton Of practically the entire Demo
cratic. membership of the House and
Senate.
Senator Lewis insisted that House
Democrats did not oppose the Span
ish war resolution.
Leaving the Spanish war incident,
Senator Lodge continued:
whether we Justify or authorize
the President to use the forces of the
United States in Mexico the result is
the same" he said. "In this case I
take it there will be no declaration
of war. We recognize no govern
ment against which we can declare
war.
These resolutions could not for
mally declare war, but they do carry
an armed Intervention. The conse-
quences are in many respects precise
ly the same. But they present a task
| less capable of speedy completion,
and may bring long period Of exer-
else Of police power. involving vast
expense, great loss of life. perhaps,
and only after months and possibly
/ years, the satisfaction that we had
! brought peace and order
This il the elimination of events al
Tampico," he continuedi relating TO the
/ incident "rhere is no doubt in my
mind, however. that the action consti-
tuted an insult to the American flag
and the American uniform.
"No nation which desires TO maintain
| its self respect can suffer an insult like
! that TO pass unnoticed. 10 is its duty
/ 20 seek atonement. But the atonement
/ Is well recognized i'm the form of a sa-
/ lutte TO the dag. But that salute is
/ governmental action.
"ln seeking atonement all party lines
vanish and we all stand behind the
President / see some intimations that
we are not duly sentitive to the insult
to the flag
Lodge said the Republicans think
that atonement must be demanded.
"But we also think that something
J should be done and said about what
IL covers-the citizens of the United
\ States" he continued "More than $50
\ have been murdered upon Mexican
soil. When demanded atonement,
for the insult 10 the flag az Tampico,
! cannot put aside those who have
perished IN Mexican and whose
deaths have gone unnoticed.
"T cannot consent I'm this great
crisis to pass by I'm silence the
wrongs done to these people and that
IL is a greater wrong which must not
be repeated"
Lodge said he would not pick be-
tween the warring factions in Mex
leo.
81 will not join in any resolution
that will put the United States in the
, attitude of selecting one murderer
and cut-throat against another" he
declared
If We intervene we must do so 10
bring back peace and order. II must
not be to take down one man and, set
up another.
There is no purpose of the mi
nority to so broaden the resolution
that it will be a declaration of war
But either resolution will lead to
Intervention, The first step will be
the seizure of Vera Cruz Is it con-
ceivable that it will be seized withou,
the firing Of a shot?
Before we take a step which will
lead surely to armed conflict we want
4 to be sure that our action will be
( such as TO justify our actions I'm the
eyes of the world History will Judge
our actions and ! want to lift up our
motives from personal hatred to broad
general principles.
Senator Williams. beginning hil
4 speech, caused an Outbufst OF ap
4 plause and Vice President Marshal
oiutItu tue stIS ISedul-dl-dIlus 10 tleal
the gallery which gave the mos
! bOisterous demonstration The seat
were vacated with little confusion.
81 will vote for the committee res
4 olution or the committee evil a.
against the Lodge resolution, o
Lodge evil" Williams continued, "be
cause If this murderer. this assassin
this traitor, Huerta, should decide Z,
salute the American flag, we won
have to go into Mexico at ALL"
81 am not only in favor OF sendinl
the flag to Mexico for reparation o
an insult" said Senator Bradley, o
Kentucky, a Republican, but / ais,
4 favor the flag to protect American
from rapine' robbery aud other out
RACES"