New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
INDUSTRIOUS FOR U. s. TO
 GOTO WAR IN MEXICO NOW
 DECLARES SENATOR STONE Works Proposes Armed Intervention and Says Congress Should Share With President Re-
 sponsibility for What is Done CARRANZA SENDS WORD HIS TROOPS ARE PURSUING BANDITS NEAR CHIHUAHUA

'.First Chief Gives Assurances That When Band Is Captured Condign
 Punishment, Which Their Crime
 Deserves, Will Be Applied to Every
 Present Policy Will Be Maintained.
 Washington, Jan. 14.-General Car ranza today telegraphed his ambas- sador here as follows from his head quarters at Queretaro:
 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 Icing pursued by my troops with a view to insure it's capture whereupon condign punishment, which their crime deserves, will be applied to every guilty participant.
 Troops of the constitutional gov crnment have been ordered to estab- fish patrol from end to end of the railroad line in order to forfend against similar outrages.''
 First Direct Assurance.
 General Carranza's despatch was the first direct assurances that he will comply with the urgent represen- tations of the United States govern ment.
 Upon the success of the steps he takes, the next move in the Mexican situation seems to depend.
 Give Carranza Time.
 After Chairman Stone of the senate foreign relations committee had dis cussed the situation with the presi- 1 dent he returned to the senate cham Der and again expressed the view that l the United States should not move ! toward armed intervention until the l Carranza government had demon l strated whether it was capable of con- 1 trolling the country. Senator Stone said after his confer l ence that he did not expect American , troops would be sent into Mexico un- ! less there were further developments l tc force it. He considered that the l Villa element, enraged by the recog- 1 milton of Carranza, were determined l to attack Americans, to force inter- l vention. Will Look to Carranza.
 He plainly indicated that the ad- l Ininistration will look to Carranza to ] control the situation and punish the l bandits.
 Senator Stone said there was no present intention of calling a meeting of the foreign relations committee to consider the pending resolutions pro- posing interference in Mexico. White House officials indicated that the reso- fUtion of Senator Lewis of Illinois, the democratic whip, authorizing the president to use the armed forces, was introduced without their knowledge.
 Nonstrous to Go to War.
 "It would be monstrous for the United States to go to in Mexico at such a time as this" declared Sen ator Stone, after his return to the cap ltol 1T was the original war man in the senate when there was no or ganized government recognized by this country. But now we have reeog- nized a government and it would be absurd to rush it without giving that government a chance to suppress and punish the bandit bands that have murdered American citizens"
 PPODOSpS intervention.
 Senator Works, republican, intro- duced a resolution proposing armed Intervention, and declared that con- gross should share with the president the responsibility for whatever is done
 up to this time,' said Senator Works, addressing the senate, "con- gress has permitted all responsibility in fn ract the president. It is too grave a re- sponsibility. We have all sym pathized with the president, with the hope that conditions would right themselves without intervention. I very much doubt now that such a peaceful outcome is possible.
 Congress alone has the right to declare war, and that Is what inter- vention means. There is no reason Gor dividing the responsibility with other nations or to impose it upon the president. I 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.
 Lodge Submits Resolution.
 Senator Lodge submitted the same resolution he offered April 21, 1914, As a substitute for the resolution the senate then adopted authorizing the president to use armed forces in Mexico to enforce it's damands upon General Huerta and asked that it be reprinted in the record.
 That resolution" said Senator Lodge, expressed the republican at
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