The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-10
FALL DEMANDS
INTERVENTION
Says United States Must Act
in the Mexican Sit
uation
100 OUTRAGES IN
THREE YEARS
Senator Shively Defends the
Course of the Ad-
ministration

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The lid of secrecy regarding Mex
leo was lifted in the Senate yes.
terday by Senator Fall, Republican, of
New Mexico, who urged armed interven-
ton for the protection of Americans in
the stricken republic. The galleries We're
crowded.
Senator Shively of Indiana spoke for
the administration, expressing regret
that the subject had been discussed in
an open session and averring that no
adequate suggestions had been offered
to settle the difficulty.
Senator Fall in lengthy narration
of outrages against Americans in Mex
leo assailed the policy of the administra-
ton. He declared President Wilson
knew nothing about real conditions and
has been mistaken in every act toward
Mexico.
/ Emphasizing the danger of war with
a great foreign power unless something
should speedily be done, Senator Fall re-
| ferred to the comments in the German
press over the Benton killing declaring
I"When the German press says that
should a German citizen be murdered
in Mexico, Germany would not acquiesce
like England, then | say there is inns
minent danger of conflict between this
country and country with which we
should always be at peace"
Senator Shively said no one doubts
what intervention means The govern
ment is working out solution that viii
not involve war.
Specific charges that more than 100
Americans and other foreigners have
been killed, murdered or outraged dur
| ing the last three years of revolution in
Mexico, were laid before the Senate by
Senator Fall in the course of his speech,
in which he urged armed intervention,
not for war, but for protection of non
combatants--and assailed the admins
tration's policy. Senator Falls list gave
names, dates and circumstances, and
was gathered from his own sources. The
Benton, Vergara and Baueh killings and
the death of the 10 Americans in the
Cumber tunnel disaster. are included in
those since March A. 1913. Acting Chair
man Shively of the foreign relations
committee, armed with material from
the White House and the state depart
ment, was ready to give the administra-
tons view, but the prospect was that
all yesterdays session would be taken
up with Mr.. Falls speech. Secretary
Bryan, when he heard of Senator Falls
charges, said he would make no state
ment until he had read all of the sena-
tors speech and would, for the present,
leave the Administrations defense to
senator's.
eWith the solemn declaration that we
do not war upon the Mexican nation or
people," said Senator Fall, "that it is
,,a@o % fn@
set their laws or overturn their consti-
tuition, and an invitation to the masses
of the Mexican people to cooperate with
us; we should Immediately direct the
use of the land and naval forces of this
government for the protection of our
citizens and other foreigners in Mexico |
and lend their assistance to the restora- |
ton of order and maintenance of peace
in that unhappy country. ] might cite |
authority after authority and pile prece-
dent upon precedent as justification un-
der international law for such action. /
but will only read from the message
of the martyred Mckinley with only the |
suggestion that we insert the name |
Mexico in lieu of that of Cuba or |
Spain"
Mr. Fall read portion Of President |
McKinley's famous war message and /
then referred TO President Wilson's re-
fusal last autumn to transmit Informal /
ton relative to Mexico to the Senate, /
on the ground that it was incompatible |
with the public interest.
abraham Lincoln thought IL not in |
compatible with the public interests to |
fully inform the Senate concerning com /
munications between this government |
and that of France" said he. "Grover
Cleveland thought it not incompatible
with the public interests to forward to
this body all papers and correspondence
concerning the arrest, death, etc, of va
rious Americans in Cuba as will be seen
by reference to his special messages"
Senator Fall, picturing conditions in
Mexico, included a vivid statement he
had received yesterday from Emeterio
de la Cara, who came to Washington
last year in the interest of the Huerta
government. From de la Garza's letter
Senator Fall read:
"Those who now rule in Mexico. both
at the Aztecan capital and that of the
revolution are by their bloody deeds a
legion of intoxicated demons who are
counting fiat failure"
A large portion of the letter which
followed was a detailed s~tack on Presi-
dent Wilson's Mexican policy.
"The government and the revolution,
both of them, are unhealthy and have
gone mad, as their aim is none other
than to thwart civilization and re-estab-
lish barbarism," the senator read from
the letter.
Mr.. Fall called up a resolution intro
duced last summer but Enacted upon,
reaffirming a plank in the Democratic
platform of 1912 as follows:
"The constitutional rights of Ameri-
can citizens should protect them on our
borders and go with them throughout
the world, and every American citizen
residing or having property in any for
eign country is entitled to and must he
given the full protection OF the United
States government, both for himself and
his property"
He quoted opinions of international
law to justify intervention, not for war,
but for protection. and also cited nu-
merous instances of such intervention on
the part of this government in other
countries.
"Mr. President" he demanded. ''is not
our Monroe doctrine, our American doe
trine and our safety as a nation in
now ?.
Senator Fall declared the United
States had POLITICALLY interviewed" in