The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-09
BORAH SAYS WILSON
HUMILIATES NATION
Senator Declares Mexican
Policy Makes L. s. a Tar
get Of Disrcspcct.
ALSO ATTACKS CARRANZA

ATTACKS CARRANZA
WASHINGTON, May s.--Senator Borah.
member OF the Foreign Relations Com
mittee and an aggressive Republican OF
ministration OF President Wilson to-day
for its Mexican policy, which the SEN
ator characterized as humiliating."
History. the Senator said. would not
furnish a parallel for the story OF ma
tional humiliation imposed on the United
tect American lives in Mexico and par
ticularly because of the repeated loss Of
life due to raids.
senator Borah has been privately ex-
pressing his disgust over the Mexican
situation. but has hceitatcd about speak
ing publicly while the Administration
showed a disposition 20 try to correct
the evils complained of. but the raid AZ
Glen Springs. Tex, and the killing OF
Americans reused the idaho Senator !!
When he was asked for a statement |
he replied
II do no; suppose there Is any story
In history so humiliating as our rela-
,ionship with Mexico. There have been !
times. of course. when weak and de-
fenceless nations have had to suffer in
dignity and all kinds Of outrages. had
to submit to the robbery and murder
OF their citizens simply because Of their
weakness and their inability to protect
their own.
There have been times when nations,
well on the downward road to ruin and
In the midst of the throes of Internal
dissolution. have overlooked the treat
ment which their subjects have had
at the hands of other Powers. hut l
venture to say you will not find in the
pages of history an instance in which a
strong. powerful nation. "A nation pro-
Tossing service toward all mankind and
assuming ~ be the guardian uf the
rights of humanity. has ever submitted.
as We have week after week, month
after month and year after year. 10
the studied and os,entatious insults, to
the ravishment Of its women and Ia the
murder of its men AZ We have at the
hands Of the MeXicars.
Our DE ms d Not Respected.
These things have happened to our
people and We have submitted to them
not only while our citizens were on
foreign soil. though protected by a
solemn treaty. hut even when they were
upon their own territory and under
their own Has Leave out for a time the
four years Of brutal treatment Of our
people in Mexico. where all principles OF
humanity and our solemn treaties and
national honor required us TO protect
them. and consider alone the murders
on this side IF the border. the repeated,
continued. persistent outrages upon our
citizens for the last five years. Is II any
wonder that nowhere are our demands
respected and nowhere are our citizens
protected?
1T may lie well In the face of the
news this morning to reflect for a mo-
ment on the record. After having driven
out Huerta and leaving chaos in his
place We left chaos to reign supreme
over the interests OF Mexico and our own
citizens therein for nearly Two years
Then We recognized one OF the bitterest
foes OF America in Mexico. CarranZa.
who had manifested his hatred toward
us In many ways.
Every one who understood anything
about Mexico understood how cruelty he
treated or consented TO the treatment
OF Americans in Mexico. The first
break between C%arrauza and Villa was
really over the proposition that Car
rama was charged with being too
friendly tO the Americans.
I'm addition to this carranza was
without ability. stubborn. stupid and a
bigot. a prosecutor Of religion and "A
hater OF the American people. But We
recognized him. Then we gave him the
exceptional privilege of crossing over
our territory with his troops to fight
villa, our former friend.
san Ysab-I Massacre.
Then came the massacre at san Ysa-
bel. The Americans travelling in Mexico
and massacred IN San Ysabel carried
with them the assurance by our own
Consul. and upon what he believed was
sufficient assurance from tarranza. that
these Americans were safe and would he
protected. After this massacre the
Americans were told that Carranza was
in hot pursuit and would avenge the
murder.
THE inspired news sen, out from ;h'
border was to the effect that villa wa.
near capture. when, as a matter OF fact
he was perfectly safe as against Car
rama. Furthermore, it can he well es
tablished that a part OF the band %
assassins at San Ysabel had been, a Yer!
shor; time before. Carranzistas, and II
all probability were a part OF his sym
pathizers. Then followed tine massacr'
at Columbus and we started In pursui
OF the bandits.
Every one must have known, VIII
l knew anything about the Mexican SIT
uation at all. nat We would be impede
, and embarrassed by carranza and hi
1 forces. and before We had been four day
in the territory this fact appeared. Sin
1 tina time we have been Handicapped
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