Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-28

luton provided for.
AS the night wore on, and senator
after senator demanded an oppor-
tunity to be heard, the atmosphere in
the chamber grew more and more
tense Senator Fall of New Mexico
made lengthy plea for campaign
that would cover the length and
breadth of Mexico
Senator Root opened the night ses-
sion with a speech supporting the
Lodge substitute
Il shall not prolong this debate"
| he said, for | believe that whatever
action we shall take ought to be ia
ken today There should be no fur
| Their delay"
Senator Root said that the foreign
| relations committee resolution, while
| emitting the name of Huerta, made it
| plain that it was directed against him
He expressed the highest regard for
the president and the highest conf
dence in his purposes"
No Question of Confidence.
But we are not asked to express
our confidence in him" he continued.
I'VE are asked as a part of our duty
| here to declare certain course of ac-
| ton in certain conditions to be JUS
| titled We are called upon to do our
duty to the 100,000,O00 people of this
| country and our duty to the civilized
world"
The resolution, Senator Root said,
called for 'forceful armed compulsion
of the de facto government of a
friendly nation to make amends for
an insult to the flag of this country
I'VE cannot justify this he con-
tinued, ION our confidence in the presi-
| dent We must justify ourselves be-
fore the conscience of the people of
our country and before the eyes of the
civilized world What is that justiti-
cation? Mark you, l do not say there
is no justification. | ask what it is
Senator Root reviewed the Tampi-
co incident as the avowed "justitica-
tion' by the president. He said the
incident was an insult to our flag"
War in Its Essence.
Deeply as the president desires to
limit the scope of his action to the
maintenance of peace, all history sug-
gests that once lighted the fires OF
war cannot be Quenched at will 1t Is
war in it's essence that we are to
vote to justify. What will be the re-
suits of those incidents no man can
tell.
i Responsibility on Senate.
In a situation of high seriousness
such as now confronts congress it is
well to remember the responsibility
on the senate" said Senator Lodge IN
opening the debate in the morning
''The power to declare war rests I'm
der the Constitution with congress.
when the president lays an inter
national controversy before congress
he takes the last step that precedes
war The president might have taker
further steps, but he has come TO the
body, which alone has power TO de
clare war. | think he has done we'll.
This resolution uses the wore
Justify instead of authorize. The
result will be the same. This resolu
ton does not contemplate the deciara
ton of war. The president in his mes
sage disclaimed any hostility towarC
the Mexican people. But this resolu
ton carries with it armed interven
ton.
1.-THE consequences of armed inter
vention are in many respects precise
ly the same as war But they presen
task less capable of speedy compile
ton; less fertile in speedy glory o
victories won and may bring loni
period of the exercise of what woulC
be the police power in foreign coun
try. involving vast expenditures. grea
loss of life, perhaps, and, afte
months and possibly years, possibl,
only the satisfaction of feeling tina
we had brought back peace and orde
and liberty to a distracted country"
Il earnestly hope that war is not II
question: said the president eve
do not desire to control Mexico. Gu
feelings for the people of that countr,
are of deep and genuine friendship
The people of Mexico are entitled Il
settle their own Domestic affairs IL
their own way. We sincerely desir,
to respect their rights. Mexico is tor,
by civil strife Only part of Inc coun
try is under General Huelta's con
troll
War Waeed Against Huerta.
"If armed conflict should unhappil,
come as a result Of his attitude of per
sonal resentment towards this govern
ment. we should be fighting only Gen
eral Huerta and those who adhere t.
him, and give him support, and ou
object would be only to restore to thu
people of the distressed republic th'
opportunity to set up their own laws.
The president said there was M
thought of aggression or aggrandize
ment on the part of the United States
He asked merely for approval Of hi!
intention to use his own prerogativ'
as comlaander-in-chief of the army ans
navy to order the two branches of th'
military service into action for th'
purpose of compelling President Huer
ia to salute the American flag.
U. S. Consul General Slain.
Washington. April 22.-There is {
rumor that Consul General Shanklir
has been killed and about forty Amer
leans injured in riots at Mexico City
No official confirmation of the repor
has been received here.
Women and Children Flee.
Vera Cruz, April 22.-Two section!
of the special train bearing refugee:
from Mexico City have arrived here
A third section is expected soon
: Most of the passengers on board th'
trains are Americans. the majority be
, ing women and children. There wa!
no evidence OF alarm among these PEG
! pie when they arrived here. In 1act
they looked more like picnic part!
: than refugees from danger zone.