Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-23
Borah Forecasts an
Actual War in 48 Hours
By Associated Press

Washington, d. c., April 23.--That
the United States and Mexico are actu-
ally at war to-day was the declaration
of Senate Borah to-day when the ad-
ministration Senate leaders sought to
pass the bill granting President Wilson
100000 to move Americans out of
Mexico. Senator Borah declared that
get out of Mexico, out of Honduras
and Nicaragua. Senators Smoot and
Borah criticised the way in which the
administration has handled the Mex
lean situation.
Before another forty-eight hours is
passed, in my judgment. we shall be
at war with united Mexico" said SEN
ator Borah. mo one doubts what the
forces of Huerta will do and no one
can doubt what the forces of Carranza
will do.
"In what l, am saying l want 1t un-
derstood that l am not challenging
anything that the President has said.
/ believe he meant what he said at
Mobile in regard to the United States
not wanting more territory, but that is
what we have said ever since Thomas
Jefferson annexed Louisiana. 1 believe
that if the American flag ever goes up
in Mexico. it will never come down."
Senator Borah further declared that
'the policy we are pursuing will in
evitably lead to our taking every foot
of territory to the Panama Canal,
though l would regard that as crime
and a national calamity
Senator Lodge, who followed Sem
ator Borah, criticised the majority for
refusing to accept an amendment to
the justification resolution broadening
it's scope so as to refer to all indigni-
ties suffered in Mexico in addition to
the incidents at Tampico and Vera
Cruz.
Refuses to Consider
Senator Hitchcock said that to have
accepted the amendment would have
shown discourtesy and disrespect to
the President.
81 refuse to consider that reason"
said Senator Lodge. pounding with his
fist on a desk Are we sent here to
be told that we are discourteous be-
cause we criticise the policy of reso-
luton because 1t was offered by some-
one or comes from the White House
We will not be held down like that
We cannot be charged with lack of
manners. Presidents and policies have
always been criticised here and always
will be-"
Senator Lodge charged that admin
iStration leaders sought to restrict the
scope of the resolution for the reason
that they hoped to keep Carranza and
Villa from any alliance with Huerta.
He predicted that unless the embargo
on arms was applied to the Consti-
tutionalists the United States, when
forced to cross the border. would find
Mexicans using guns and ammunition
which this government permitted them
to procure.
FavOrs Embargo
action by Congress putting on that
embargo is not necessary" said SEN
ator Smith, of Michigan. "The Presi-
dent has ample authority. An embargo
was placed on arms before by another
President"
Senator Weeks asserted that the
joint army and navy board yesterday
had agreed that the embargo against
arms going across the border should
be restored.
MY advices from the border said
Senator Fall, "is that Villa was at
JuareZ night before last with 5000
men and arms were constantly being
taken across, and that the United
States army stopped one shipment
without authority from the State De-
partment."
Senator Lewis defended the Presi-
dents course in Mexico.