Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-13
PROPOSAL TO SEND
TROOPS To MEXICO
Resolution Offered in Senate
Gives President Power
to Act.
INTERVENTION is URGED
BY TEXAN IN THE HOUSE
Representative Slayden Says Time
Has Come for Pan. America to
Take a Hand.

| Representative Slayden of Texas
| delivered an inpassioned address
on the floor OF the House OF Rep
resentatives today. in which he
suggested the possibility OF Amer
ican citizens on the Mexican bor-
der taking the law into their own
hands because OF the Staying by
| Mexican bandits of citizens of the
United States.
! In the Senate the sending oil
! armed forces of the United States
into Mexico to protect American
citizens and their property was
urged under a resolution intro
duced by Senator Lewis of Illi-
nois.
Representative Slayden in the
House declared that the time has
come for pan-American action to
bring peace in Mexico, and in
sisted that only the execution of
the murderers OF the seventeen
Americans who were slain there
Monday, near Chihuahua City,
would satisfy the people Of the
border states.
Lewis Resolution on Table.
! The Lewis resolution, which was al
| lowed to lie on the table for the time
being, Senator Lewis giving notice that
| he intends to perfect it, is as follows:
H.. THAT the President of the United
States be authorized and empowered
to order the army of the United States,
or any necessary part thereof, to the
country of Mexico, and to there CO.
| operate with any force there existing,
which, to the President. shall seem ap-
propriate for the object of protecting
the citizens and property of the Unit
! ed States, and to punish those violat-
I ing the security of the United States
citizens, and to authorize the President
! to use the military and naval forces of
the United States in Mexico to the
same extent now by law permitted
the navy in Nicaragua and Haiti for
| the protection of American rights"
Had Heard an "Ugly Story"
In his speech in the House Represent
ative Slayden said he has heard an
! ugly story" in connection with the
crime of Monday. to the effect that the
Americans. who relied on the Carranza
government for protection, had asked
for and had been refused a military es-
cort by the Carranza officials. He said
in part:
| The President did the proper and
only possible thing in adopting the
suggestion to recognize Carranza
Since the enforced retirement of Huerta
Mexico has been the bloody theater of
! co 1tending factions doing all sorts of
crimes from assaults on women and
/ murder to looting of banks, all in the
name OF li>erty. 1t was an intoIera Bile
condition. and some one had to be
| recognized. The choice Law between
Carran=a and villa. the unspeakabIe.
| Il have been silent even when
thought serious mistakes were being
made. leaving the whole matter in the
hands of the President and the Secre
! tary OF State. 1 am not criticisinp
/ them.
| Horrors in Mexico are cumulative
! Who has forgotten the outrages at Du-
| range when the city was DESTROYED
| the murders in the Cumber tunnel when
! innocent men. women and children were
| shot. burned and suffocated by han
! dit who was known to be confed-
crate in crime o. Doroteo arrange
! OtherWise ana worse known as Pancho
| villa?
! Singly and in SQUADS,
Americans have been murdered sin
gly and in squads. They have been
shot even on their own territory They
have mysteriously disappeared. Mexi-
. cans have even invaded our territory
| under military command. killing
| Americans and stealing their property
/ The people of the border have been
| patient under an unparalleled series of
! outrages. They do not want war with
| Mexico, but they do want security for
their lives and property. Their pa
| tience is near exhaustion. Their anger
| Is great, and growing. l deplore any
ra sh action on their part, but he must
be blind who cannot see the danger.
| When the internal affairs of any re-
public in either of the Americas he.
comes a scandal and nuisance when
| offensive odors of them cross interna-
! ttonal lines and cues Of the vicrims tail
on the ears of nei., ,htors threatening
| the peace of other countries, pam
| American union could and should end
| them.
! Horror piled on horror. cr:ne tread
ing the heels of crime, hay, e.
hausted the patience Of the people of
the border states and they W IL be salts
| Ned with nothing short of the cap
ture and execution of the mu-derers OF
those who were the lates. victims of
tanarchy whicn has gone On for FIVE
years.
| There is an ugly story in connection
/ with this crime-that these Americans,
| who relied on the de facto government
for protection, asked for and were re-
fused military escort. I hope II is
| not true II it is it will show that the
government of Mexico is Indifferent to
its obligations. unfaithful to the trust
| We gave them with recognition.
] The rising anger of Americans on
Continued on Second Page.)