Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-21
CABINET IS WITH
WILSON ON MEXICO
President to Give Carranza Time
to Restore Order.
SENATOR WORKS URGES WAR
"First chief' of Republic Tells Wash
lngton That Troops Are Pursuing
Remaining Members of Band
of Outlaws.


of Outlaws.
Washington, Jan. 15.-At the cab
met meeting it was decided that the
present policy would be maintained
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.
The view was reiterated that Car
rama should be given an opportunity
| to demonstrate his ability to restore
order. This was encouraged by 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 gone 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 as believing that the
Carranza authorities should be able to
control the situation.
1t was generally agreed that, be
yond 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 Carranza.
/ General Carranzas telegram from
his headquarters at Queretaro fol-
lows:
! THE murderous attack on the pas
senger train near Chihuahua was
made by the only remaining band of
outlaws in that region. This band is
being pursued by my troops with a
view to insure its capture, whereupon
consign punishment which their crime
deserves viii be applied to every
guilty participant. Troops of the con-
stitutionalist government have been
ordered to establish patrol from end
to end of the railroad line in order to
guard against similar outrages.'
Senator Works, Republican, Califor-
mia, introduced resolution authoriz-
ing and directing the president to in
tervene in Mexico to establish and
maintain a government there until it
is safe to withdraw.
up to this time" said Senator
Works, addressing the senate, con
gress has permitted all responsibility
for conditions in Mexico to rest upon
the president. 1t is too grave a re-
sponsibility. We have all sympathized
with the president in the hope that
conditions would right themselves
without Intervention. very much
doubt now whether such a peaceful
outcome is possible.
Says Intervention Means War.
Congress alone has the right to de.
ton means. Congress should cour-
ageously shoulder the responsibility
There is no reason for dividing the
responsibility with other nations OF
to impose it upon the president | ask
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 81, 1914, as
, substitute for the resolution the
, senate then adopted, authorizing the
| president to use armed forces in Mex
, leo to enforce its demands upon Gen
eral Huerta and asked that it be re
printed in the record.
THAT resolution" said Senator
Lodge, expressed the Republican at
titude regarding the war against Hu
erta. That war has reached a sue
cessful termination, as Mr.. 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 he
1--WE ought not to embroil our govern
. aid CarranZa to establish a govern
:, ment firmly, to maintain order. Cal
1t be we are going to cooperate witt
:. villa and Zapata to help overturn thi
). government before it is established
;. 81 do not believe a senator on tn
Republican side would vote for wal
!. If this is to be partisan politics W
n are going into as result of thes
resolutions | am here to say the pres
|. dent of the United States is too bi
O to involve so much life and hope i
war for politics.
''If We were capable of It, the bes
thing that could happen to him an
nv the Democratic party politically woul
q be to have war with Mexico and ais
,. with Europe. With such war ragin
o next November the chances of th
!. presidents being reelected would b
enhanced a hundredfold
But the president happily is NJ
built that way. He will not drag
\. great international question OF tn
"a kind into the mire of partisan polite
N The American people are behind Pre-
% ident Wilson to preserve peace ar
g. peacefully to aid in establishing
government In unhappy Mexico"