Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-09
FALL BEGINS S.,
PROBE CARRANZA e
RULE IN MEXICO;
DR. INNAN HEARD
Witness Regards President Of
Southern Republic As Truth
tuI and Pro-AmerjCan in
Sentiment,
SOME CORRECTIONS OF
CONSTITUTION NEEDED
Says Newspaper Stories Of
Attacks on Trains Are EX-
aggerated; Says News Is
Being Distorted Often,
rsv "oRSse IovsHA, SPECIAL LEASED w,ss,

! Washington, Sept. S.--EXistence VI
an organized propaganda movement
IT, the United States, calculated 10
counteract any step toward armed In
terVention in Mexico was established
at the first hearing today of tho sen
ate foreign relations sub committee
charged with investigating the MeXi-
can situation.
| DR. Samuel Guy Inman, an officer
in the League of Free Nations asso-
! cation and a former neighbor in
/ MeNic0 of President CarranZa adj
1 mitted under sharp cross eXamina-
/ tiCn that his association ha1 sen;
cut literature aimed TO quiet any de-
mand for Intervention by the United
States in the southern republic. Dr.
| lnman told the committee that hmer-
lean oil companies were eXpending
large sums of money in an attempt 70
tltain intervention but under cross
examination said he recently had been
/ told that the oil interests were OPP
posed to intervention.
Coldn't Give Details.
! During the cross examination which
I followed his testimony, Iuman was
| subjected to sharp questioning by
SenatoR Fall, Of New Mexico chair
man Of the subcommittee, and Sena-
tor Rrandgee, Connecticut He many
times admitted that he was unable tc
give the committee details of charges
of whlch'he had made, aud at his re-
quest will be permitted to appeal
again.
1nman was questioned concerning
several, articles nut out by his asso-
citation, many of which he said wero
written by l.. J, Debekker. One Of
the articles called to his attention was
entitled "The Truth About Mexico, .
and referred to the investigating sub
committee as headed by that nOto-
rious enemy of CarranZa, Senator
| Fall" The witness was unable TO
give the name of the author OF the
article.
Issues Riot Call
A letter which Chairman FAN sat'l
was written and circulated by lnmau,
contained "A "riot sall to friends OF
Mexico to do what they could To pre-
vent armed Intervention in Mexico,
saying that such acton was inml-
nent and charging that a deliberate
effort was being made to cause con-
greys to authorize such action.
Another paragraph Of the letter
! quoted said that when the country
| had walked up n little bit more, it
would be easy TO pun off few raids
| as already had been done"
"What do you mean by that" de-
| manded Senator Fall.
| For an hour the witness fenced
with Senator Fall and Senator Bran
| degee before they secured from him
anything but an evasion, Senator
| Fall insisted upon knowing If he re-
| fCrfed to the oil interests as the con-
text appeared to indicate that. DR..
Inman replied that he did not and
spoke of what had been printed in
newspapers.
Charges Oil Lobby.
Both Senators Brandegee and Fall
were particularly insistent that he he
| more specific regarding charges that
the amount of money being spent by
the oil companies for propaganda is
appalling" He was unable to give
any exact data, but quoted Mr.. De-
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