The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-10
Senator from New Mexico
Made Attack Upon Ad-
ministratiOn's Policy
DANGER OF WAR
WITH FOREIGN POWER

was HaTt OF Ills ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
E! ed President Knew Nothing of Actu-
al Conditions and Had Been Mis-
taken in Every Act.
WASHINGTON. March l0-The lid
of secrecy regarding Mexico was lifted
in the United States Senate yesterday
by Senator FAN, Republican, Of New
Mexico, who urged armed Intervention
for the protection of Americans and
other foreigners in the stricken repub-
lie The galleries We're crowded to
overlooking and remained so for hours
until Senator ShiVley of Indiana had
spoken for the administration, ex-
pressing regret that the subject had
been discussed in open session and aver
ring that no adequate suggestion had
been offered to settle the difficulty
senator Fall in lengthy narration
of outrages TO Americans in Mexico
held the interest OF the Senate and
galleries for more than three hours As
sailing the policy Of the administra-
tion as inadequate in the situation
and declaring that President Wilson
/ knew nothing about real conditions and
4 had been mistaken in every act of his
1 administration toward Mexico, the
| New Mexico senator pleaded for in
4 tervention for protection in order to
avoid inevitable war.
Emphasizing the danger of war with
a great foreign power unless some
i thing should speedily be done, Senator
4 Fan referred TO comments in the Ger
man press over the killing of the Brit
i>h subject Benton, by the order Of
gen. Villa court martial and de
press saws that should German citi-
zen be murdered in Mexico, Germany
should not acquiesce like Great Brit
ain, then, | say TO YOU senators, there
is imminent danger Of a conflict be-
try with which we should always be at
peace.
II believe the American people can
be left to handle any critical eondi-
ton, provided they are informed on
the subject. / am not one who be
ieves when the press is full of reports
Of Outrages and details of Mexican hor-
rors that il can be Incompatible with
the public interest to send TO this Sen
ate details OF outrages upon American
citizens. | am not. one who behVeS
that the constitution should be pushed
aside and let one man assume the eK
ecutive and legislative powers Of tho
government
Shively Deplores Discussion.
! Senator Shively, replying as acting
chairman Of the foreign relations com
mittee. declared that Senator Fall = pol
icy would mean actual armed interven
! ton and that Intervention meant war
He deplored that the situation hat
: been thus discussed in the open Sen
1 ate, declaring that it would have
harmful influence upon the attitud,
and temper OF the people OF Mexico.
= No one doubts what Intervention
II means. said senator Shiyelv. an,
Il the senator from New Mexico has. no
suggested any power in Mexico Will
L which could be surrounded efforts t,
| restore peace. If composition of tn
L difficulty IS available bv watching am
Il waiting, he people of the Unite,
States would have: a just grievanc
II against their government If it Shoul
l. start now the muster, the march, tn
Il camp and the battlefield. The govern
ment is exerting its energies to wor
| out solution without precipitatin
| war and all that war means. After n
| we have listened to. | put il to YOU i
a practical solution has been suggested
| Because the senator has seen fit t
leave the situation in this way, doe
not furnish reason why we should re
sort to the remedy suggested. The yer
description he has given of Mexico re
L pels the idea that it is an easy wa
: out of the difficulty. OF course, til
situation in Mexico is regrettablt
4 Whatever problems came to this ad
ministration in that difficulty are il
/ herited -
Senator Fall made specific charge
that more than 100 Americans ha
been killed, murdered or outraged dul
ing the last three wears of revolutio
in Mexico and submitted list of. tn
alleged victims.