El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-07
SAYS DISORDER
WRECKS MEXICO
Senator Lodge, Attacking
Mexican Policy, Draws
Administrators Fire.

Washington, D. c., Jan. THE whole
! social order in Mexico has collapsed,
and conditions are much worse than
anarchy, according to senator Lodge,
ranking Republican member of the SEN
ate foreign relations committee, VINO
in the senate Wednesday delivered
sharp attack on the administrators
policy. He said the United States had
allowed affairs in Mexico to reach such
pass that it was doubtful if any poll
icy but military occupation would be
beneficial now.
This drew q vigorous reply from
senator Stone, chairman Of the COM
mittee. VINO branded the Massachusetts
senator's attack as a purely partisan
outburst. Senator Borah Joined in the
discussion and it was indicated that
there would be a general airing of
views on the Mexican situation in the
near future.
Senator Lodge reviewed the whole
history of the disturbance in Mexico
from the inception of the Madero revo-
luton to the present strife between the
Villa and Carranza factions. and de-
clared anarchy existed now. He insisted
that the animOsity of president Wilson
against Gen. Huerta had deferred the
course of the administration in the
southern republic, and the failure Of
the president to mention Mexico in his
it to be presumed that he had no policy
to be advanced now that Huerta was
Ousted and that revolt and tumult
reigned across the border.
Stone Attacks Lodge.
Senator Stone took exception to SEN
ator Lodges statement that 1t was i'm
possible to expect the organization Of
an orderly government in Mexico and
anything looking TO that end was an
impossible dream. He sharply arraigned
the Massachusetts, senator for precipi-
tating the discussion Of the foreign re-
lations Of the United States at this time
when every possible effort was being
made to keep the nation at peace while
war ragged in many parts of the world.
Cites ROOsevelt's Article.
Senator Lodge had incorporated in
his remarks a recent article by former
president Roosevelt attacking the adj
ministration's Mexican policy and max
ing mention of the religious persecu-
ton alleged to be in progress in Mex
icO.~Senator Stone heatedly referred to /
the article "as a remarkable screed."
in which the former president sought ]
TO inject religious passions into the in
ternadonal relations"
1T is detestable," he declared, that [
a former president of the United States
and his coadjutor upon the floor, the |
senator from Massachusetts should at I
tempt to incite religious passions in /
consideration Of our foreign affairs. /
mere Is TOO Iuucn OF ludL EOlu2 on ]
now, both by Protestants and Catholics. /
I protest against it I can think Of /
nothing more dangerous to out political /
and civil life. 1t is time for patriotic /
senators to arouse and do something to I
check the onward movement of this I
great religious conflict This is not the (
age and this is not the country where !
of that kind should be en- 1
couraged.'
Denies Wilson Hated Huerta.
OF the charge that president Wilson's J
animosity against Huerta had brought /
about the present condition in Mexico, !
senator Stone asked why president Will 4
son should feel such hostility. The I
ing that the presumption that the presi-
dent entertained such a feeling was /
n bald fabrication"
Senator Borah read extracts by SEN
ator Stone during the last Republican !
administration, adding that the Mis-
souri, senator had changed his views
with the change in party power as he
charged senator Lodge had done. The /
Mexican situation has come to a point,
he insisted, where it must be debated
fully in the light of the duty Of the
United States to protect the lives and
of its citizens wherever they
might be found.
Would Like to See Americans Protected. |
81 should like to see the policy estab- |
ished. whether Democratic or Repub- l
ican," senator Borah added, that when |
4 man called out to a passerby in for Z
eign city that he was an American citi-
zen, it would be known that his life and /
lis rights would be fully protected by
this government; they would not be
then"