Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1916-01-14
Administration Leaders
Stand Pat Despite
Attacks in Congress.
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WASHINGTON IS ASSURED
BANDITS WILL BE CRUSHED
In First Direct Word, Chief
Promises Punishment.
Blames Villa.
RODRIGUEZ AND ALMElDA
ARE EXECUTED AT MADEIRA
Americans Reported Murdered
There Safe-Army Patrol Re-
moved from Ell Paso.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14-At todav's
cabinet meeting it was decided that
the present policy would be main
tanned and General Carranza wouId
be depended on to punish the villa
bandits who killed American citizens.
No formal announcement was made.
hut officials close to the president de-
clared the administration had no In
tention of armed Intervention IN
Mexico at present.
| The view was reiterated that Car
rama should be given an Opportunity
to demonstrate his ability to restore
order This was encouraged By a
telegram from Carranza to his am
| bassador here. promising every effort
to run down the bandits.
! The attacks on the administration
| in the Senate and House were gone
over at the meeting. Secretary Lam
sing presented reports from the
/ border.
No Further Steps Now
1t was generally agreed that be-
yond making the representations
already sent to Carranza with which
he has promised to comply, no
further steps should be taken at
present. Whether each member Of
the cabinet agreed with the view was
not disclosed,
Even should the attacks on the ad-
ADMINISTRATION continue in Cons csc, i; i;
| was said by officials that the Presl-
dent will stand by his policy of Civ
t-iIlss~-.t lae.s. .ala--'-faeto government In
Mexico an opportunity to show
whether it can control tho situation
CarranZa's promises will be accepted
by the administration in good faith
The President and members of his
cabinet were represented as being
deeply shocked over the murder OF
Americans but as believing that the
Carranza authorities should be able
to control the situation.
General Carranza's telegram from
Oueretaro reads as follows:
The murderous attack on the pas
senger train near Chihuahua was
made by the only remaining band of
outlaws in that region. This band is
being pursued by my troops. with
view to insure its capture. whereupon
condign punishment which their
crime deserves. will be applied to
every guilty participant.
Troops of the constitutional gov
ernment have been ordered to estab-
lish patrol from end to end of tho
railroad line. i'm order to guard
against similar outrages."
First Direct Assurances.
General Carranza's dispatch was
the first direct assurance that he will
comply with the urgent representa-
tions of the United States govern
ment.
Upon the success of the steps he
takes the next move in the Mexican
situation seems to be pending
After Chairman Stone, of the Senate
1 foreign relations committee, had dis
cussed the situation with the presi-
dent, he returned to the Senate
chamber and again expressed the
view that the United States should
not move toward armed Intervention
until the Carranza government had
] demonstrated whether it was capable
of controlling the country.
Armed Intervention Proposed.
Senator Works, Republican. intro
duced a resolution proposing armed
intervention. and declared that Con-
gress should share with the president
the responsibility for whatever Is
done.
State department dispatches added
alton in Mexico.
Senator Stone called to get the
presidents advice on action his COM
mittee should take on the different
resolutions referred to it. He would
give no indication of what the pres
ident desires done with Senator
Lewis resolution to give the president
the same authority to use the army
in Mexico that he has with the navy
in Nicaragua and Haiti.
No Troops Will BE Sent.
He indicated strongly. however. the
conclusion reached that no American
troops should be sent across the bor-
der now.
1t is plainly the attitude of the adj
ministration that Carranza should be
given an opportunity to gather up
the loose ends of disorder still exist
ing in Mexico before this government
shall hamper him.
"Carranza cannot be expected to do
this in a day" said Stone.
Senator Stone said there was no
present intention of calling a meet
ing of the foreign relations commit
tee to consider the pending resolu-
tions proposing interference in Mex
leo. White House officials indicated
that the resolution of Senator Lewis,
of Illinois, the Democratic whip, aif-
thorizing the president TO use the
armed forces was introduced without
their knowledge.
Secretary Garrison said today he
had no advices that martial law had
been proclaimed in FL Paso, md
pointed, out that the army probably
was aiding the civil authorities of the
city only in maintaining order by
using provost guard to control
ltroopers about the city.
Brigadier- General Pershing, he aaid,
. had no power to intervene unless the
situation was of an international
character, influenced by physical acts
from beyond the border. II any citi-
zen of El Paso sought vengeance upon
n Mexican there ror an act committed
in Mexico. he added, it did not con-
stitute an international situation, but
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