Evening star., 1916-01-14
committee Gathering Information


gathering information of the admins
| tration's attitude with which to meet
| attacks in the Senate.
| Senator Stone said after his confer
| ence that he did not expect American
| troops would be sent into Mexico un-
| less there were further developments
| to force it.
| We considered that the Villa element,
| enraged by the recognition Of Carranza,
were determined to attack Americans
to force intervention He plainly indi-
Gated that the administration will look
| to CarranZa to control the situation and
punish bandits.
| Senator Stone said there was no pres
ent intention of calling a meeting of
, the foreign relations committee to con-
slider the pending resolutions proposing
interference in Mexico. White House
officials indicated that the resolution
! of Senator Lewis of Illinois, the demo-
cratic whip. authorizing the President
to use the armed forces, was introduced
without their knowledge.
Would Give Carranza Chance.
States to go to war in Mexico at such
time as this declared Senator Stone
after his return to the Capitol. Il was
the original war man in the Senate
when there was no organized govern
now We have recognized government
and it would be absurd to rush in with
out giving that government chance
to suppress and punish the bandit bands
that have murdered American citizens.
I'VE know these bandits are seeking
bloou of Americans for revenge.
think that Americans who venture into
such places and Americans who ven
ture forth on beliigerent ships into war
zones are committing crime against
4 he r11a w
seek OF course, we must try to pro
tect them. They have a technical legal
right to go into such dangerous places.
but they should not do it, II possible
to avoid it, and thus embarrass the
United States.
Il am not convinced that it will not
be necessary to go into Mexico, but
this Is an absurd time to talk of war.
Defense of President Wilson.
Senator Stone then took the floor to
champion the course of President Will
son and discount the demand for in
tervention in Mexico. He said he hoped
there was not much sentiment in Con-
gress for the promotion of an armed
| conflict between the United States and
i Mexico.
"If mistake not" he said. the one
| thing above All others done by this
| administration
general approval of the American peo-
ple is the great and continued effort OF
| the President to keep this country out
| of war, If it can possibly be done WIN
| honor to the United States and without
| undue sacrifice of the American people.
"The world has gone crazy about
| war il seems. From every quarter o.
| the country has come lament over the
worlds condition. 1t may be there arc
| a few people in the United states whose
CO
| brains are so diseased with the fever oil
war that they demand that this coun
try become embroiled. 1t Is entlreiy
probable that if some men We kno"
had had the powers of the President
and II is not difficult to think OF such
a mantle United States would have
been embroiled in war, possibly ~
more than one war. today. we prop
European war. and we probably would
have had an army in Mexico.
Confidence in the People.
| But, sir, it cannot be that the great
body of the American people are ac-
| tuated by motive sinister or other
| wise, SO that they desire to have this
country involved in war.
| what has. occurred in the last three
| months or SO to change the attitude OF
men in or out of Congress? what mas
| occurred that has excited the ndf OF
| men and brought about sudden de-
| sire to arm the American people for
conflict and possibly urge the people
into il?
| II think that the President of the
limited States is entitled to the grateful
hanks Of the American people that he
| has steered the ship with a strong hand
Through troubled waters, without SO
far encountering dangerful wreck
| What reason now exists for wishing 10
! Al,t tylfn r.
| with Mexico? There was time when
II believed and urged upon the Senate
THAT the President be directed to use
armed force in Mexico to protect Amer
| here at that time in favor of such a
step. Yet there was no government in
| Mexico at that time.
Senator Fall Interrupts.
Senator Fall of New Mexico inter
lrupted Senator Stone to call attention
to the fact that at the time he intro
duced his resolution there was gov
ernment in Mexico recognized by the
United States and that not until Pres
ident Wilson had come into Office had
| this country been without diplomatic
representatives in Mexico.
within forty-eight hours of this
tragedy" said Senator Stone. sen
ators famed with war demand inter
vention. We ought to aid as far as we
| can the Carranza government to es-
|tablish itself firmly SO as to restore
order.
| Are we going to cooperate on the
| floor of the Senate with villa TO over
| throw the Carranza government? This
| Is of all times the time when we ought
| not to move. ] hope the Senate of the
| United States will look with disfavoI
| upon all such propositions.
| Walking across the aisle to the repub-
| lican side. and shaking his finger a the
| republican senators. in impassioneC
| tones Senator Stone said:
| You know we are not going to have
| war Republican senators would not
| vote for war.
| Senator Stone then bitterly denounced
the republicans for playing politics
! with IL great international question in
| volving many lives. He said that il
the President was to play politics il
| would be to his advantage, for 1t is
| certain that If war is raging next
| November the President viii! be re-
elected.
Senator Gallinger asked what is the
intention of the President and the ad-
| ministration.
| 81 am not the spokesman of the
| President" said Sena.o,r Stone, "bu,
J hope it is the fixed intention of the
President to use all his power and in
fluence to prevent war
Attack on Administration Policy.
At the conclusion of Senator Stones
Ispeech. Senator Fall OF New Mexico