Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04

Washington. Dec. 3-President Wilson
was requested in a resolution adopted
to-day in the Senate to sever diploma
tic relations with Mexico.
The resolution was offered by SEN
ator Fall, republican of New Mexico
who as chairman of a sub committee
investigating the Mexican situation, de-
clared evidence had been found which
would astound the world" 1t also
asked that the President withdraw
recognition of the Carranza govern
ment.
Senator Fall Boldly charged that the
Mexican embassy. the consulate gem
erals in New York and San Francisco,
and the consulate along the border
with the knowledge and consent of
President Carranza. had been actively
engaged in the spreading of Bolshevist
propaganda in the United States. Evil
dence, it was said, would be forth
coming to bear out the charge.
By this resolution, which was sent
to the foreign relations committee. of
he Senate for consideration to-mor-
row. the whole Mexican problem. ad-
mittedly grace in view of the refusal
of the Carranza administration to re-
lease Consular Agent Jenkins from the
penitentiary at Puebla will be put be-
fore Congress
The latest note from the state depart
ment calling for the immediate release
of Jenkins was laid before the Mexican
| government on Monday. Word to this
effect reached the department to-day but
there was no intimaton as to when an
answer might be expected
An early report from the committee on
the Fall resolution, is expected, and this
VIII put the question squarely before the
Senate. aroused to a high pitch by re-
cent murders Of Americans in Mexico and
The treatment of the American consular
| agent.
SENATOR FALLS EVIDENCE
While Senator Fall did not indicate the
exact nature of his evidence it was said
that he had obtained Photographic copies
| of correspondence which would clearly
| show secret operations of the Mexican
president and his official representatives
in this country. There also was introduced
in the Senate resolution by Senator
Ashurst. democrat, of Arizona, au-
thorizing the secretary Of war to use the
nations forces for protecting its people
on their own side of the border FIpr
eight years, Senator Ashurst said, ne had
been waiting for the army to protect
American rights along the border, and he
felt that the time had come for action.
In the House also there was a flare-up
Of the Mexican situation, Representative
Caldwell. democrat, of New York, de-
| claring 1t so bad that before many DAYS
the country might be at war. Since the
| opening of the session there had been in
dications that Congress would take the
Mexican bit in its teeth, demand the re-
lease of Jenkins and protection of lives
Of Americans in that country. but the
resolution requesting the President to
| break off relations, the next thing to an
! actual declaration of war, showed that
action of some sort would not be long
! delayed.
| Everywhere the impression prevailed
| that Senator Falls committee and Of
| ficials of the State department were in
| close and thorough accord. Before the
resolution was introduced Senator Fall
| conferred at length with Henry p. Flet-
| cher American ambassador to Mexico,
| who for some months has been handling
Mexican affairs at the State department
| The departments archives have been
/ opened to the foreign relations commit
tee without reservation, and members of
the committee said there existed a COM
plete understanding with the department
How the Senate might act on the
proposal for an open break with Mex
ico was not altogether clear tonight
but II was said that republicans would