New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Campaign Against
L. $. Intervention
I'm Mexico Traced
Member of League Of Free
Nations Tell S tors
They Plan Inquiry to Fix
Just Policy on Border

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 RESPONSE
bNlty FOR the spreading OF reports that
determined efforts are being made to
force the United States to intervene
IN Mexico was placed more definitely
to-day on the League of Free Nations
Association By testimony before the
Senate Foreign Relations sub-commit
tee
Efforts of the committee, which
is investigating the Mexican situation,
to secure from Dr.. c. B. Winton and
James G. Mcdonald, members OF the
league, the authority for charges on
Whicn the reports were based failed,
although Ny. McDonald suggested that
L.. }. De Becker the author Of most of
them, might supply the information.
Edward L. Doheney head OF the
-aeXlcan Petroleum Company, was
called before the committee late in
the day and related the history of oil
development in Mcxico.' lie will CON
tlnue his testimony tomorrow.
Explains Leagues Purpose
From Mcdonald the committee got
the first definite Information about the
League OF Free Nations Association
and its subsidiary organization, the
Mexican committee The association.
AcDonald said, is AN organization
based ION principles that emphasize the
necessity for some sort Of a world or
Sahlzatlon 10 remove the causes Of war
and to build up closer and more friend
y relations between nati0ns" It's
membership, Mr.. Mcdonald said. now is
about 200. not including IS many more
VINO receive the articles it sends out
an indication Of the money used to
carry on the organization's publicity
was given in his explanation that
the regular members paid 50 apiece
and that others contributed VARYING
amounts.
Mn. Mcdonald told the committee his
orgaAlzatlon had selected three men as
members Of Il committee to be sent TO
Mexico in October to INVESTIGATE con-
dltions there with "a view to giving
publicity 70 the truth about economic
condlNons and social Developments
there s-nce the Diaz regime" The
threc named, he said, are Bishop Nc
tonncI, OF the Methodist episcopal
Church, Denver, Col; Royal S. Davis.
OF The New York Evening Post" and
John $. Taylor
Hope 10 Form Policy
McDonaId explai2ed that the asso-
clatlon's MeXlcan Committee was dis
trbutine without charge to news
papers fact statements of actual CON
ditloAs in MeXico' and that it will
study the situation with tho idea Of
formulating Mexican policy at once
economically sound and socially justi-
fable
4 Cross-eXamination of Mr.. Mcdonald
developed that he knew very little re-
gardlng the statements made in the
articles sent out by the associations $
committee. He admitted that he was
responsible for them. but in most
cases, and especially in regard to an
open letter directed to President Will
son urging the President ito enforce
by deed his many expressions Of dis
interested friendship for the Mexican
people, he admitted he had no per
sonal knowledge of the facts.
The charge was made in the letter
that "a group of oil interests" were
the "only people who have been active
ly engaged IN a shameless effort, by
publication of alleged atrocities and
by the slandcr of the whole Mexican
situation, to force an intervention"