Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-16
Mi Locke, Recently Re-
I ned, Witness Before
: Senate Committee.
ADVISES AGAINST
u. s. INTERVENTION
Says People Of Country Have Been
Waiting for Years for "Benefioent
Paoification'' - Describes BrutaIities
Which Have Come Under Her OBJ
servation--Nebraska Girl Now Held
Captive by Bandits.

Washington. Sept 16--wi,h n num-
ber OF persons subpoenaed and wait
ing to be heard. further angles before
tho M9Sican situation were expected
to develop today. Miss Agnes Locke.
who recently returned from Mexico, In
advising against intervention eaid be-
fore the committee last night n solu-
ton of the problem which she charac-
terizes as "beneiicent pacifcation" OF
Mexico.
In corroboratlon of her plan, she
said thru years OF crucihx!on 90 per
cent of the people have been looking
for help" Miss Locke described sew
eral of the brutalities OF which she
knew. A Nebraska girl Is somewhere
in the mountains. the captive OF ban
dts. When the band appeared they
roped her father and mother and
when she threw herself before tho
Mexicans they declared they would XIII
her parents. She tainted and when sho
found herself she was In the hills with
her assailants.
Another story she told was of
woman who had the skln stripped
from her face by bandits.
Sees Plot Against Mexico.
Statements issued by the League of
Free Nations Association to countcract
what the organization has charged to
be n plot to force Intervention in
Mexico were largely based on infor-
nation received from George r.
Weeks, publisher OF the Mexican Re-
view, a Carranza organ, L. J. Debeker
told the senate foreign relations sub
committee Investigating tho Mexican
situation.
Debeker is a member OF the leagues
committee on Mexico and previous
witnesses had testified he was the au-
thor of most OF the literature sent out
by the league for publication.
Clipping Bureau For Dope.
Admission that he received his In
formation as to conditions in Mexico
from Weeks was made by Debeker
during cross examination by, Chair
man Fall and Senator Brandegee OF
the subcommittee. They also brought
out that Debcker based his charges
OF an organized movement to force
Intervention "on newspaper reports"
but further questioning resulted in
the statement Inat none were at mana
but he would Subscribe to a clipping
bureau" and get the evidence" de-
sired.
Dehekcr defended tho Carranza
government and said that he beltev-
ed Carran2a was giving Mexico n bet
ter government that the United States
could. He also assorted that worse
things had happened in the United
States than had occurred on Mexico.
Spent Six Weeks There.
later cross examination brought
from him that outside OF information
gained indirectly. his only knowi-
edge of Mexican conditions was OBJ
tanned last spring during six
weeks visit, four weeks OF which
were spent in Mexico city and the
other two in travelling about the
| country as the guest OF President Car
| rama and accompanied by Minister or
| Finance Barbrera.
Members OF the subcommittee and
tho witness clashed repeatedly. Finally
Debcker. raising his voice. declared;
II Believe there Is n plot against
| Mexico. hclleve that the president
of the United States knows who Is
| behind that plot. No amount or
questioning can shake my position on
that point