The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-19
Sen. Lodge From Massachusetts Gives Illuminating Address

ment or at the head Of the only gov
eminent you have got because ne is
a person of obnoxious character, We
intervene in the affairs of that ma
ton.
However, the refusal to recognize
General Huerta was based upon that
ground, and while It undoubtedly EN-
barrassed the Euer,l government 1t
did not overthrow It. 10 proved
himself contrmac!ouS. The Ire ST.
dent, who dlsapproved of nj methods,
as we all disapproyedsof them, now
had added to his feelings a person
al resentment because Gen. Huerta
had not obeyed the Presidents de-
mand for his abdication. The Pres.
ident Is a man accustomed to obedi
ence, and can quite understand that
he should feel natural resentment
at Gen. Huertas seeming indiffer'
ence to his request.
But, Mr.. President, an luminosity
is not a policy. The policy Of the
United States, in regard to Mexico,
speaking from the international
point Of view, was to secure as soon
as possible the pacifcation OF the
country, the reestablishment OF Or
der, the removal of all our many
causes Of complaints, the security Of
the lives and property of our own
citizens and also of the citizens or
subjects OF other nations, because
other nations, in view of our attitude
and of the Monroe Doctrine, declined
to intervene and made no suggestion
Of intervening themselves, and that
threw . moral, II not . legal. respon-
sibility upon us. This would have
been . worthy national policy, but
the business Of driving Huerta fro IN
power and putting somebody else IN
his place was not . policy at all.
Nevertheless. that was the object to
which our government addressed IL
self.
Still Huerta continued to hold on.
Rumors reached us In the spring OF
| 1914 that he had effected loan thru
the Mexican banks OF sixty millions
and that a large cargo of arms was
on its way to him from Germany.
At that time, while the indications
| tba, u,,ar,o uoyarnnant p,i~,t Lao &C
tablished and he'd in power a year
longer were before us, there came
| what was known as the Tampico :hci-
dent. | need not recall 1t ia detail
to the Senate. All Senators are IA
miliar with what happened. \ boats
crew from one of our warships, fly
ing the American flag, landed perfect
ly proper for peaceful purposes and
were arrested. They were taken u
the town hall and released. An ap
ology was offered by the commands
and Admiral Mayo demanded sa
Lutte to the flag. Our government
took the question from the locality
where it had occurred and carried II
to the City of Mexico, thus extending
its scope and giving it national
character.
The Huerta government declined &c
give the salute unless they were as
sured that it would be returned. In
those cases that have happened In
our own history, where a salute has
been given 1t sometimes has been re
turned and sometimes not. 1t was
on that precise point we came t.
blows with the Huerta government
The President came to Congress and
delivered his message, and there was
submitted from the White House 8
resolution for Congress to pass which
declared that We should give the
President power to take proper steps
against Victoriano Huerta, naming
him, which shows, as have said, that
the whole purpose was the removal OF
Huerta.
That resolution was passed by .
genial and compliant House, but the
Senate was unwilling to put the Uni.
ted States in the attitude OF taking a
step which might very well mean war
by declaring against an individual by
name. The United States In war with
Victoriano Huerta did not commend
itself to the Senate as title for our
action. The name OF Gen, Huerta
disappeared from the resolution
This side OF the Chamber thought II
we were to take this very serious
step It was proper to put 1t on thu