Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
FALL TO REOPEN
FIGHT ON WILSON
POLICY IN MEXICO
Senator Promises to Sup
n ply missing Links" in
Lansing Report
CALLS IT INADEQUATE
Total Number of Americans
Who Perished During
Revolt Is 129

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Fail,
OF New Mexico, served warning today
that he would renew Immediately his
warfare upon the Administrations MeXi-
can policy. President Wilson's eXplana-
tion of "watchful waiting" offered yes
terdBy In response to Senator Falls reso-
luton, is wholly Inadequate, the Senator
declared. He added that he would at
tempt Ito supply some of the missing
links from the Administration account OF
its course"
"I object to the Administrations cut
tlehsh diplomacy, this throwing out
lot of ink to conceal it's real movements
said Senator Fail. 'In the near future,
l will supply some of the missing links
In the report submitted yesterday.
AssA1Ls RECOGNITION.
"The report fully justihes my resou-
tlon calling for the reason of the recog-
milton of Carranza and amply demon
strates there was no earthly reason for
such recognition. The Withholding of po-
lltical correspondence, publication of
which, the President says, would be in
compatible with the public interest, shows
that there is some mystery in this recog
ntion which fell like a bombshell on
both the United States and Mexico"
The report submitted by Secretary
Lansing in response TO the Fall resolution
conveyed the information that 76 Ameri.
cans lost their lives in Mexico in the
years 1918. 1914 and 1915. This number
does not include the II Americans who
were killed at the recent massacre at
Santa Ysabel.
In addition to this Secretary Lansing
disclosed that 20 civilian Americans in
those three years and l6 American sol
diers were killed on American soil as the
result of border troubles. Thus the total
of Americans who were officially acknowl.
edged to have perished is 1923.
In addition to the list of names Sec.
retary Lansing sent to the Senate long
statement in reply to other information
called for by the Fall resolution. While
Secretary Lansing met the demands of
the Senate in some particulars, his report
as whole was regarded as more notable
for what 1t failed to disclose than for the
information that 1t contained
PARTICULARS KEPT OUT.
Many expected a full and frank state
ment of the entire Mexican situation from
the Administration, but Mr.. Lansing, act
ing on the Presidents orders, dealt with
conditions only in a general way and
piled that much of the detailed matter
called for could not be furnished because
il would not be compatible with the pub.
lie interest to give it,
Among the significant omissions in the
report were the naval orders which Sem
ator Fall insists were issued to the United
States marines who landed at Vera Cruz.
Senator Fall has described these orders as
death warrants" He contended that the
orders prevented the marines from firing
upon the MeXicans until after they had
been fired upon, and in the latter case
they were, he intmated, not permitted to
make their fire general, but to locate the
Mexican who fired the shot
Another notable omission was the cor
respondence which passed between the
Brazilian Ambassador in Mexico City
while he was representing the United
States and the State Department. SEN
ator Fall contended that II this corre-
spondence were produced it would open
the eyes of the American people to what
had been going on in Mexica in such
was as to force action by the Govern.
ment