The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-05
Summoned By Secretary
Lansing After His Ap-
pearance Before Senate
TWO SENATORS TO
SEE PRESIDENT
Senators Fall and Hitchcock Went to
White House Today to Get President s
Views - Fall to Give Public Evil
dence of Red Propaganda.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Mexican
and coal situations and other matters were
discussed today at meeting of President
Wilson's cabinet which continued two and
a half hours None of the departmental
heads would make a statement when the
meeting adjourned. Secretary Lansing,
who called the session and presided, said
there was nothing TO be given out but
conceded that the Mexican problem had
occupied the cabinets attention for part
of the time.
President Wilson will see Senator's
Fall, Republican, of New Mexico,
and Hitchcock, Democrat, of Nebras-
ka, at 2.3o p m. today to discuss
the Mexican situation. Senator Fall
announced that Immediately after the
conference he would make public the evi-
dence on which he based his charges in
the senate that the Mexican ambassador
and consuls in the United States were
circulating Red propaganda.
Senators Fall and Hitchcock were named
committee yesterday by the senate for
eign relations committee TO confer with
the President to get his views on the
resolution of Senator Fall requesting that
the President sever diplomatic relations
with the Mexican government. The Hitch
cock substitute proposing that congress as
sure the President of its support should he
decide to break with Mexico also will be
presented to the President.
Senator Hitchcock, it was learned at the
White House, communicated with Seere-
| tary Tumulty late last night regarding the
conference and said it was not necessary
| that the President see the senators imme-
diately, but the President decided to have
the conference today
/ The senators will go to the White House
after the Presidents cabinet has held a
special meeting at which the Mexican SIT
uation will be discussed. The meeting was
| called today by Secretary Lansing, who
! spent nearly two hours before the foreign
relations committee yesterday discussing
the Fall and Hitchcock resolutions and
the Mexican question generally. The re-
quest of Senator Hitchcock that the Pres
ident see the senators was referred to Mrs
/ Wilson and approval of the conference
was given by Rear Admiral Grayson, the
Presidents personal physician.
i The foreign relations committee will not
meet until Monday to receive the report
of the senator's as to the Presidents views
on the Mexican question.
Il The decision to have the senator's visit
the White House was reached by the com
mittee after Secretary Lansing had told il
that the President had not been consulted
in the present diplomatic exchanges Will
Mexico regarding the Jenkins case. I'm
mediately after arrangements We're made
for the conference Senator Fall began as
sembling the evidence on which his charg
es against Mexican government represent
atives were based and preparing an alb
stract for presentation to the President
The senator plans to take all the evidene
to the White House so that it will b.
available for the President should he asl
for it.
Although private advices received her
yesterday said Carranza was preparin
his reply to the latest American note re
r newing the request for Jenkins's release
: state department officials said today the
! had received no official information o
A the subject.