The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-17
CABINET IS WITH
WILSON ON MEXICO;
ASSASS|NS SLAIN
President to Give Carranza Time
TO Restore Order.
SENATOR WORKS URGES WAR
First Chief Of Republic Tells Wash
ington That Troops Are Pursuing
Remaining Members of Band
of Outlaws.

Washington, Jan. 15.-At the cab
met meeting it was decided that the
present policy would be maintained
and General Carranza would be de-
pended on to punish the Villa bandits
who killed American citizens.
No formal announcement was made
but officials close to the president de-
clared the administration had no in
tention OF armed Intervention in Mex
leo at present
Carranza Given More Time.
The view was reiterated that Car
rama should be given an opportunity
to demonstrate his ability to restore
order. This was encouraged by a tele-
gram from CarranZa to his ambassa-
dor 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,
and Secretary Lansing presented re-
ports from the border.
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.
1t was generally agreed that, be-
! yond making the representations al
ready 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 that view was not dis
closed.
Telegram From Carranza.
General CarranZas telegram from
! his headQuart rs at Queretaro fol-
lows:
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 a
view to insure its capture. whereupon
condign punishment which their crime
deserves will be applied to every
guilty participant. Troops of the con-
stitutionalist government have been
to end of the railroad line in order to
guard against similar outrages."
Senator Works, Republican, Califor.
MIA, introduced resolution authoriz
ing and directing the president to in
tervene in Mexico to establish and
is safe to withdraw.
up to this time" said Senator
Works, addressing the senate. con
gress has permitted all responsibility
for conditions in Mexico to rest upon
the president. 1t is too grave a re
sponsibility. We have all sympathized
with the president in the hope that
conditions would right themselves
without Intervention. | very much
doubt now whether such a peaceful
outcome is possible.
SAYS Intervention Means War.
Congress alone has the right to de
clare war, and that is what interven
tion means. Congress should cour
ageously shoulder the responsibility
There is no reason for dividing the
responsibility with other nations OIL
to impose it upon the president. | ash
that the resolution be referred to the
foreign relations committee, with the
hope that it will take prompt action.
The resolution was so referred.
Senator Lodge submitted the same
resolution he offered April q, 1914 al
substitute for the resolution th'
senate then adopted. authorizing tn,
president to use armed force in Mex
leo to enforce it's demands upon Gen
ere. Huerta and asked that it be re
printed in the record.
That resolution, said Senate
Lodge. expressed the Republican al
titude regarding the war against Hu
erta That war has reached sue
cessful termination. as MIR. Huerta ha
just died in Jail.
Stone Deplores War Talk.
Senator Stone again addressed tn
senate.
"On this occasion. more than an
time in the last five years" said he
I'VE ought not TO embroil our govern
ment with Mexico We ought now t
aid CarranZa TO establish a govern
ment firmly to maintain order. Ca
il be We are going 10 cooperate wit
.. Villa and Zapata TO help overturn thi
government before ii is established
!, Il do not believe a senator on tn
Republican side would vote for wa
If this is to be partisan politics W
are going into as result OF thes
resolutions. am here to say the pres
dent of the United States is too 81
to involve so much life and hope /
war for politics
IF we were capable of it. the be:
thing that could happen 10 him ar
the Democratic party politically wou
: he TO have war with Mexico and ais
with Europe. With such war ragir
next November the chances OF Il
presidents being reelected would
enhanced a hundredfold.
But the president happily is n
built that way. He will not drag