The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-07
Senator Fall of New Mexico to Urge Change In U. s.
 Attitude
SECRET TREATY GAVE INTERVENTION RIGHT
Old Document Published for Benefit of Statesmen In
 Present Crisis

nartn,ent officials have decided that the note recently presented by the Huerta government suggesting that on account of the Benton incident the United States should revoke the right it had extended to the constitutional- ists to purchase arms in this country required no answer. The note was presehted to the American govern ment several days after copies of it had been transmitted to the diplo- matic repr esentatives of all other for eign governments.
 The United States government is bfding it's time while the commission appointed by the constitutionaIists to Investigate the recent execution of Benton and the disappearance of Gus tav Bauch makes a report. There is every prospect that the general sub ject of protection for American citi- zens and Foreigners in Mexico will be the occasion of spirited debate in the Senate next Monday.
 Senator Shive1y, ranking member of the foreign relations committee, has been in close touch with all the state department gatherings. He will up hold the adninistration's policy in the expected debate, Senator Fall, of New Mexico having announced his inten- ton of advocating a change
 Additional interest in the Mexican situation. both present and past. was lent today by the publication of the
  ed more than half century ago, be- tween the United States and the re- public of Mexico, which, if ratified, would have authorized the United States ssto intervene in support of it's own treaty rights and the security of l it's own citfzens whenever Mexico may fsbe unable to guarantee the same without fncurring the obligation or necessity of a general intervention In | the domestic affairs of that coun- try.''
 l The treaty had been lying in the secret archives of the Senate commit tee on foreign relations since January. 1860. he injunction of secrecy was removed yesterday by the Senate and document ordered printed for the use of members of that body.
 E, The treaty was signed in Vera. Cruz, Dec. 14, 1859,s by Robert M McLane, | American minister to Mexico, and M. Ocampo, secretary of state and for eign affairs at MBexfco. and shortly 1 afterwards transmitted to the Senate l by President Buchanan but it was never ratified by the United States be-
 cause of confusion incident to the out break Of the Civil War. Article of the treaty reads as follows:
 ..The republic of Mexico agrees that should it btcone necessary at any time to employ military forces for the security and protection of persons and property passing over any of the routes aforesaid it will employ the re- quisite force for that purpose; but up- on failure to do this from any. cause whatever the government of the Unit ed States may with the consent or at the request of the government of Mexico, or of the minister thereof at Washington or of the competent le- l gally appointed local authorities, civil 1 or military, employ such force for this and for no other purpose and
 when. in the opinion of the govern ment of Mexico, the necessity ceases
 such force shall be immediately with drawn.
 l ssIn the exceptional case, however l Of unforeseen or imminent danger to 1 the lives or Pouperty of citizens of the l United States, the forces of said re- 1 public are authorized ito act for their 1 protection without such consent harv- ing been previously obtained and such f forces shall be withdrawn when the 1 necessity for this employment ceases. n
 In a. communication trkanssnlitting ng | the convention to the secretary of | state, Cass Minister McIAane warned
 that if the Seante failed to ratfy the
 treaty further anarchy would exist in
 Mexico neoessitating intervention He
 says: l TT am persuaded if the government l of the United States declines the re- l sponsibiltty imposed upon 1t by the 1 adoption and ratification of this con- | VenLfOn 1uTiCflST 611taTc1ly WIFI 4ESNS1A III 1 Mexico until it will be terninated by direct intervention from some quarter in the federal politics of Mexico Or by an Intervention of our own caused by
 some sudden and unforesoon provoca- | tior that will expose US to the respon- 1 sIbilities of general war and con-
 quest that few would desire to under 1 take conSumn1ate-
 l The fact that this convention was
 drawn up so long ago and never ratt- | fled removes all possibility of its ever
 becoming effective now, but it's publi- 1 cation will prove interesting in the I light Of the present Mexican situa- 1 tion-
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