Evening journal., 1916-01-08
SENATE ASKS FACTS
| ON mexican MIDDLE

UIl MLA!UHN IlUDDLL
WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-senator'
Falls resolution calling upon President
Wilson for information upon which he
had based recognition of the Carranza
Government in Mexico has been agreed
to unanimously by the Senate. Chairman
Stone of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, saw no objection TO its adoption
and moved tnat lC be passed.
Senator Fall led the promised Re
publican attack on the administrations
Mexican p Icy with a speech urging the
adoption of his resolution. Former
Presidents. Senator Fall said, had taken
Congress into their confidence when con
sidering recognition OF foreign govern
ments. The last official communication
from President Wilson, he continued,
was a message on April 20. 1914, in which
the President said there was no govern
ment in Mexico. Now, the Senate was
asked to confirm the nomination Of
Henry Prather Fletcher as Ambassador
TO Mexico. Senator FAN declared;
Congress Ignored, He Says.
"I have never known of a time be-
fore when any President has dared to
ignore the Congress or the United
States as it has been ignored by the
present occupant of the White House"
Senator Lodge also urged adoption
Of the resolution. "Is our ambassa-
dor" he asked, ito go to Mexico City.
where Caranza has not done, or will
he follow the fitting camp Of the first
chief wherever it goes? Recently, not
only in Mexico. but else here, our
I government has adopted a plan OF
dealing through furtive agents of a
/ personal nature. I think it probably
desirable. however. that we have a
! recognized ambassador in Mexico to
look after the Americans who remain
unmurdered there and fragments OF
/ property that are left, but I think We
should be informed officially by the
J President regarding the government
to which he is to be assigned"
Senator John Sharp Williams, in
the course Of his debate. asserted the
right Of self-government was insepa.
arabic from the right of self-misgov-
ernment."
Opposes Interference in Mexico.
Mexican affairs cannot be settled
by spasmodic interference" he said
"and if you try to do it by annexation
you'll fail. Yon cannot make a Mexi
can self-governing by any amount o
interference"
Reverting to yesterdays discussion
Of the shipment of munitions of war
Senator Williams declared the doc
trine of permitting the sale OF firearm
was established when the doctrine o
uon-interference with other, nations
was born. and denounced as treason
able those who charge that the sal
of ammunition is countenanced onl
by those who seek a profit from it. II
] declared for an immediate policy O
preparedness to save the Unite
States from European bullying.
not actual attack at the close of tn
, European war"
"The theory that Europe will be to,
= exhausted to attack after the war il
: false" said he. "One European pOwe
. already believes that we have made ou
= selves the allies of the other belliger
| ents Unless we have an army ant
navy that will make them doubt tha
they can control u.s. after the war vii
! come the bullying. If we are wis
and patient enough to stand the bully
% ing, it Will be all right, but the Ameri
+ can people are not Of that type. Al
a ready we have been bullied by bot
sides. The belligerents have vioiate
. every rule of international law wit
0 regard to our commerce"
Plenty To Quarrel About.
= Senator Borah wanted to knO'
p whether the Mississippi Senate
9 that that after the war some Euro
= pean government would attack tn
u United States out of pure spirit c
n conquest.
k "I am hct anticipating an attack /
Il the first place." Senator Williams re
T. piled. Il am anticipating bullyin
, first. and l am anticipating the fac
= that the American people will not cor
sent to be bullied.
He declared there would be pleni
to quarrel about referring to repea
ed torpedoing of unarmed merchal
ships by one nation and similar ac
by the ally of that nation after que
II tions involved apparently had bee
e settled by diplomacy
o. "They are in the field Of diplomat
= now and the President OF the Unite
~ States has very wisely attempted
keep them within the field of dipl
" macy" he added 81 am sorry, f'
one. that Congress had to meet rigl
now.sI think the management OF OF
diplomatic affairs would have bee
" more wisely handled by man Ion
IS visioned and deep-visioned and te
lg der-visioned. He has all three
Is them. They are apt to be mismanag'
p when they are made game Of ba
iI tledore and shuttlecock on the flo
d of these two houses, even when l a
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