The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-12-11

raise suggested by DR.. Garfield and
making certain other concessions. This
scale was submitted to the fuel adj
mlnistration 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 we're said
to be drifting back to work on the
Garfield basis; and It was hoped that
even II their union did not accept the
new scale offered, 1t would help to
break down the holdout OF the more
stubborn.
At this writing Consular Agent Jen-
kins Is still In Jail at Puehla the state
department at Washington IS await
ing a reply to its 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 Lanslng'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
It 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 are not sat
isded with the administrations Mex
lean policy. and in response to this
feeling Senator Fall of New Mexico
drafted q resolution requesting Pres
ident Wilson to sever diplomatic re-
latlOns with Mexico, and TO withdraw
his recognition Of the Carranza gov
eminent. The resolution was taken
under consideration by the foreign re-
latlons committee, and that body had
before II copies OF official documents
said to disclose the activities Of Car
ranza, his embassy In Washington and
his c0nsulates I'm various American
cities, to stir the radical elements to
revolutionary outbreaks. There was
report that these documents were
supplied by Secretary Lansing, who
wished congress 10 relieve him of the
responsibility for aggressive action
against Mexico. II was said that Pres
ident Wilson had not been consulted
concerning the Mexican crisis and that
the state department wanted congress
sionHl action before breaking off dip
IOmatic relations. If this were the
state OF affairs, II 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 inslstent,
Notwithstanding the fact that the mo-
tlyes of some OF the lOudest shOuters
for such action are open to grave sus-
pIci0n.
When he introduced his resolution
Senator Fall said the evidence by
which It is supported "will astound the
people of the United States when it
Is produced" Senator Ashurst scored
the war department for ignoring re-
peated requests for sufficient troops
to protect the border. Senator Shields
OF Tennessee, Democrat said :
"There Is no question that our rela-
lions with Mexico constitute the most
hnmilatlng chapter Of our foreign re-
latlons and that there ought TO be
some action to protect the citizens Of
the United States. We have had oc-
! caslon for war with Mexico for five
years, and now this resolution ought
to declare war against Mexico"
Germany persisted I'm It's 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 reparatlOn for the
sinking Of the surrendered war ships
In Scapa Flow; 10 the evacuation OF
! Lithuanian 10 the necessity of dIrnlng
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 airy trivial pretcxt." The
supreme council showed no DISPOSE
ton 20 recede from its position, and
as the American delegation delayed
its departure and supported Ito col.
leagues entirely. II seemed certain
the Germans would yield soon Their
assertion that If the terms are too
drastic their government win fall and
the country lapse into bolshevism Is
discounted for recent investigators
have learned that that Kind of talk
50 prevalent since the signing OF the