The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-08
benkir,s Still Regarded
As Technically Under
Arrest.
FALL WILL. MAKE
FACTS PUBLIC
Nature Of Carranza Re-
| ply win Have Direct
Bearing On Trend of
1 Affairs Today

Washington. Dec THE entire
featcan situation Is expected to crys-
laliixs before tomorrow night. Official
kctien will be forthcoming from three
oMpetent sources These are:
@xhe president, who. Ii Is BE-
onved. will outline to the senate to-
morrow his views on how tho present
exfstz between the United States and
Mexico should be. handled.
3--The sena,s foreign relations
eomm fttee, which win meet tomorrow
morning to hear the presidents view
knd 10 decide whether or. not 70 take
kction on the resolution introduced
by Senator Fall, or New Mexico. This
tcroiutior calls for the withdrawal
BIZ recognition from Carranza and the
beEernnce Of diplomatic relations with
bis pretended government
s--The. state department. wfrfch Is
Expected TO he in receipt Of the reply
BIZ the Carrarza government 10 tho
Anerican request for thr r0laAaA Of
wyllian, o. jenkins, AmertcAn con
bular agent at puahla. Mexico. Dp-
.Uite Jenkins. rescase hy she praesn-
&xten or bcra cf .neA pesos. the
4xfNs department. hoiis tffat tcc11ssf.
baily he fs sfifl under srrsSt and ,
pfssoner, and that the CAr~anxn gov
mnnssnt has mot yet complied WIN
IN request
the prcridert n Axpectss, Is frs
kain the. state aepartn ent's opinion
BE- the Fail resolution Tht. opinion.
rpiced by Secretary, Of State Lansing
vhsr he wss before the senate
koretgn reiations committee was that
ME resolution should not be passed
ID thts TINA. But the president Is
dkswsee expected to vfndicate such
hction as has been taken un to thfs
ktnc by Secretary Lansing In the
mate depa rtnaent's attempt 70 enact
The release OF Jenkins.
FALL WILL PUBLISH STATEMENT
Senator Fan, who was chairman
80 the Subcommittee that called on
khe president Friday 10 present new
eyidence IN srfrn ~ Mexiro's duniicits.
had not heard from the white house
Today and for this reason he deemed
II fraffvtsahie TO make public the
MEMORANDUM, which he prepared ard
sent to tho president II will BE-
made public tomorrow At all events-
II rs understood here that tt the
president informs the senate he does
not think there should be immediate
hcticn on the FAN resolution that he
vii suggest another plan whereby
American lives and property win
have the best possible measure Of
protection in Mexico. Such plan
would. Of course, involve definite
euaraY,teax from, the Carrany gov
kOfore he has never given any guar
kntAes. and a iorr ftsi az American
Head and outra9ss ssalns. Aunert-
c1ns has bean the result
The state department today re-
refVed nc word from the American
emhassy In Mexico rs to the details
M Jenkins release from the neniten
thrv. II wants. especially 20 know
who was responsible for the hail
'krickary. The state department r.
Investigating In this country the an
IiAcedents If I. Saiter Hansen, who
waa the person who presented the
3efge OF the. American consular
|hkent.
n the Carranca reply tomorrow Is
III character to attempt to Justify
.khe release Of Jenkins through what
The state department believes to have
.bAam underhand methods. the entire
.o0ntrnversy pertaining to the Amert-
Ian agents arrest and imprisonment
'of . charge that he conspired with
6he bandits who kidnapped and held
h1n for $3.50. 900 ransom win assume
= gyAver aspect than Il has been At
|AGY time.
INT Il should he borne In mind
tf1at the Jenkins case is only an in
.rident Ia the relations Of this country
Ind the Carranza government. This
IA the view held by many leading sen
|ak0Ys and also by tho secretary OF
|the stAte. The latter looks upon the
uenkins' case as merely the culn,ina- Z
|tton Of train Of wrongs.
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