The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-21
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.

III COCAi Juicy NOAld NC
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 zone 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 IA believing that the
Carranza authorities should be able
to control tho situation.
IL was generally agreed that. be-
You'd 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 C%arranxa.
General Carranza's telegram from
bis headquarters Mt Queretaro fol
lows:
Tho m%urdorous attack ON tho pas.
aenger train q Chihuahua waa
made by the only remaining band of
outlaws In that region, This band IL
being pursued by my troops with "A
Wow To insure lta capture. %whereup0n
condign punishment which their crime
deserves will be- applied To every
guilty participant Troops of the con
atitutionnlist government have been
ordered To- establish patrol from end
To end of tho railroad line In order "a
guard against similar o%utrnges."
Senator Works. Republican. Callfor
nia. introduced u resolution authoriz
Ing and directing the president to In
tarvene In Mexico To establish ant
maintain "A government there until II
In safe tn withdraw.
up To this time" said Senator
Works. addressing the senate. con
gress has permitted all responsible,
for conditions in Mexico to rest upor
the president. IL IL too grave n re
sponsibility. We have all ~sympathizeC
with the president I'm the hope tina
conditions would right themselves
without Intervention. | very mucl
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
ton means. Congress should our
%ageously shoulder the responsibility
There Is no reason for dividing tn
responsibility with other nations o
10 impose IL upon the president. | asl
that the resolution be referred to tn
foreign relations committee. with tn,
hope that 1t will take prompt action.
The resolution was SO referred.
Senator Lodge submitted tho sam
resolution he offered April 81. 1914. n
u substitute for the resolution tn
senate then adopted. authorizing tn
president TO use armed force I'm Me,
leo to enforce its demands upon Ger
eral Huerta and asked that II be r,
printed I'm the record.
THAT resolution said Senate
Lodge. expressed the Republican n
titude regarding the war against HI
erta. That war has reached n SUI
cessful termination. as MIR. Huerta ha
just died in Jail"
Stone DepIores War Talk.
Senator Stone again addressed tn
senate.
ION this OCCASION. more than an
time In the last five years" said h
I'VE ought not to embroil our COVER
ment with Mexico We ought now
aid Carranza TO establish n COVER
ment firmly. TO maintain order. Ca
IL be we are going to cooperate wit
:. Villa and Zapata TO help overturn tn
, government before ii is established
:, IL do not believe a senator ON Il
Republican side would vote for wa
IL this Is to be partisan politics v
are going into as n result of the
? resolutions. | am here TO say the pres
dent OF the United States is too b
. to involve so much life and hope
war for politics
IF we were capable OF II. the be
: thing that could happen to him al
!. the Democratic party politically wou
" BIO to have war with Mexico and al
with Europe. With such a val ragi
next November the chances OF {
. presidents being reelected would
enhanced a hundredfold.
:. But the president happily Is Z
built that way. lie will not drag