The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-04
Senate Committee Calls Lans.
ing on Fall Resolution.
Favorable Report on ReeOm-
mendatiOns Are Indicated.
WOULD FORCE INTERVENTION
Breaking Relations Would
Leave jenkins in Mex. Power.
Republicans and Democrats
Join to Get All Facts.

Washington, Dec. A@The senate
foreign relations committee today is to
take up Senator Falls resolution for
withdrawal of American recognition OF
the Carranza government and sever
ance of diplomatic relations.
Secretary Lansing will be called be-
fore the senate foreign relations COM
mittee before action is taken. The
committee hopes to have the secretary
before it late today.
Decision to call Mr. Lansing for a
discussion of the Mexican question was
reached by the committee after a two
hour session behind closed doors.
Administration senators are oppos-
ing It on the ground that fits passage
at this time would prove embarrassing
to the state department. which is try
ing by diplomatic means to adjust DIFF
ficulties with Mexico. Adoption of the
resolution, these senators declared.
would precipitate a crisis by inflamiDg
the Mexican government against the
United States
The danger, they pointed out, lies in
the fact that II the resolution passed
and President Wilson should follow its
recommendations by breaking off reia-
tions with Carranza and with with
drawing all the American diplomatic
agents from Mexico. Jenkins, the sub
ject of the controversy. would prob
ably not be released by the authorities
at Puebla and it would then become
incumbent upon this government to
try to go in and get him by force.
This. administration senators held,
would mean nothing less than war.
Definite Action Expected.
With President Wilson's repressive
influence temporarily removed. IL Is
not unlikely. some senators said. that
congress will take definite action on
the Mexican question by passing the
Fall resolution or something similar.
Fall today planned to lay before
the committee what he called "undis-
putable proof that Mexican Ambas-
sador Bonillas here and Mexican
consul generals in San Francisco and
in other cities have been distributing
I. w. w. and antf-American propa-
ganda in the United States.
Fall showed the committee a PAM
phlet tt Il THE Conspiracy
/ Against Mexico" written by one
Arthur Thomson. who Fan alleged is
an Australian anarchist. 1t charged
Secretary Lane and other members
Of the American n NJ Mexican joint COM
mission with trying to browbeat tho
Mexieans and compared Mexico with
| soviet Russia and soviet Hungary, de-
claring that Mexico has attained .
greater degree Of popular government
than any countries outside these two.
Fall Says He Has Proof.
Fall has letters he said today. which
prove that the Carranza governme ment
paid for getting up and distributing
| the document and that Bonillas and
the consuls were agents for its dis
semination.
Senator Wadsworth, chairman of the
military affairs committee. said Sem
ator Ashurst's resolution providing for
| maintenance on the border of an
American force adequate to prevent
Mexican forays will be considered at
| an early meeting.
Mexico Prepares.
The Hitchcock resolution provides
that the United States shall request the
/ Mexican government to join in creat-
/ ing a commission to consider and set-
/ tie all claims raised against the Med-
can government for damage to prop
erty of American citizens.
Should Mexico decline to partici-
pate, the resolution provides that ths
president shall appoint a commission
of eleven Americans. to include army
/ officials and civilians, which shal