Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-12-12

raise suggested by DIR. Garfield and
making certain other concessions. This
scale was submitted to the fuel ad-
ministration before being made public.
Though in most of the mine fields the
men were reported to be firmly stand
ing for the 81 per cent increase which
Secretary Wilson proposed, in some
parts of the country they were said
to be drifting back to work on the
Garfield basis; and it was hoped that
even If their union did not accept the
new scale offered, it would help to
break down the holdout of the more
stubborn.
At this writing Consular Agent Jen-
kins is still in Jail at Puebla, the state
department at Washington is await
ing a reply to it's second request that
he be released Immediately, and Pres
ident CarranZa Is in conference with
Generals Marguia and Dieguez, two
of his strongest military commanders.
Secretary Lansing's second note went
to considerable length to refute the
contentious put forward by Mexico
in the Jenkins case and closed with
a repetition of the urgent request for
the freeing of the consular agent, but
1t was no more of an ultimatum than
the first note. The Mexican congress
formally put the whole matter in the
hands of Carranza.
Many members of congress as well
as many other Americans r not sat
isfied with the administrations Mex
lean policy, and in response to this
feeling Senator Fall of New Mexico
drafted a resolution requesting Pres
ident Wilson to sever diplomatic re-
lations with Mexico, and to withdraw
his recognition of the CarranZa gov
eminent. The resolution was taken
under consideration by the foreign re-
lations committee, and that body had
before 1t copies Of official documents
said to disclose the activities of Car
rama, his embassy in Washington and
his consulates in various American
cities, to stir the radical elements to
revolutionary outbreaks. There was
a report that these documents were
supplied by Secretary Lansing. who
wished congress to relieve him of the
responsibility for aggressive action
against Mexico. 1t was said that Pres
ident Wilson had not been consulted
concerning the Mexican crisis and that
the state department wanted congress
sional action before breaking off dip
lomatic relations. If this were the
state Of affairs, 1t seemed likely that
Mexico could not avert the rupture
now by releasing Mr.. jenkins. The
demand that the whole unsavory mess
be cleaned up is growing insistent,
Notwithstanding the fact that the mo-
tives of some Of the loudest shouters
for such action are open to grave sus-
picion.
When he introduced his resolution
Senator Fall said the evidence by
which it is supported twill astound the
people of the United States when it
is produced" Senator Ashurst scored
the var department for ignoring re-
peated requests for sufficient troops
to protect the border. Senator Shields
of Tennessee, a Democrat, said {:
"There is no question that our rela-
lions with Mexico constitute the most
humiliating chapter Of our foreign re-
lations and that there ought to be
some action to protect the citizens of
the United States. We have had oc-
casion for war with Mexico for five
years, and now this resolution ought
to declare war against Mexico"
Germany persisted in its refusal to
sign the protocol and thus delayed the
interchange Of notifications and the
proclamation Of peace. The Germans
objected especially to the requirement
that they make PREPARATION for the
sinking of the surrendered war ships
in Scapa Flow; to the evacuation of
Lithuania; to the necessity of turning
over to the allies for trial the German
officers accused of crimes, and to the
paragraph which, as Baron Won Lers.
ner says, would permit the invasion
of our country by armed force in times
of peace On any trivial pretext." The
supreme council showed no DISPOSE
ton to recede from its position, and
as the American delegation delayed
it's departure and supported its col
leagues entirely, 1t seemed certain
the Germans would yield soon. Theil
assertion that If the terms are toe
drastic their government will fall and
the country lapse into bolshevism is
discounted, for recent investigators
have learned that that kind of talk
so prevalent since the signing Of the