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WON'T INTERVENE
IN MEXICO
Mr.. Wilson UnmoVed by E.
forts in Congress.
TO GIVE CkRRANzA CHANCE

Resolution In Senate Directs tho
President to Set Up New Govern.
ment.
Washington, Jan. 15.-President Will
sons cabinet decided that the present
policy of the government toward Mex
leo would be maintained and that Gen
eral Carranza would be depended on
to punish the Villa bandits who killed
sixteen American citizens and three
other persons in western Chihuahua
Monday.
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 The view was reiter-
ated that Carranza should have an
opportunity to demonstrate his ability
to restore order. This was encour:
aged by a telegram from Carranza,
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 of
State Lansing presented reports from
the border. 1t was generally agreed
that beyond making the representa-.
tions already sent to Carranza, with
which he has promised to comply, nc
further steps should be taken at pres
ent Whether the cabinet was united
in this view was not disclosed.
The Mexican situation was discussed
again in congress- Senator Works.
Republican, of California, introduced
a resolution authorizing and directing
the president to intervene in Mexico tc
establish and maintain a government
there, until it is safe to withdraw.
up to this time," said Senator
Works, congress has permitted all
responsibility for conditiins in Mexico
to rest upon the president. 1t is too
grave a responsibility. We have all
sympathized with the president, with
the hope that conditions would right
themselves without Intervention. il
very much doubt now that such a
peaceful outcome is possible.
Congress alone has the right to de.
clare war, and that is what interven-
tion means. Congress should courage
ously shoulder the responsibility
sponsibility with other nations, or to
impose 1t upon the president. ask
E 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 21, 1914, as
a substitute for the resolution the Sen
ate then adopted, authorizing the prest-
dent to use armed forces in Mexico
to enforce its demands upon General
Huerta, and asked that it be reprinted
in the Record
THAT resolution said Senator
Lodge, expressed the Republican at.
titude regarding the war against
Huerta. That war has reached sue
cessful termination, inasmuch as Mr..
Huerta has just died in jail"
Senator Stone, chairman Of the
foreign relations committee, defended
the course of the administration.
ION this occasion, more than any
time in the last five years." said he
1--WE should not try to embroil ouI
government with Mexico. We ought
to aid CarraAza to establish a govern.
ment firmly, to maintain order. Can
it be we are going to cooperate with
Villa and Zapata to help overturn this
government before it is established?
Il do not believe Senator on the
Republican side would vote for war
If this is to be partisan politics we
are going into as result of these reso
lutions. l am here to say that the
president of the United States is too
big to involve so much life and prop
erty in war for politics.
eff we were capable of it, the best
thing that could happen to him and
the Democratic party politically would
be to have war with Mexico and also
with Europe. With such war raging
next November, the chances of the
president being reelected would be
enhanced a hundred fold.
But the president is not built that
way. He will not drag great inter
national question of this kind into the
mire of partisan politics. The Amer
ican people are behind President Will
son to preserve peace and peacefully
to aid in establishing a government
In unhappy Mexico"