Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-28
FLETCHER WILL
TAKE WARNING
TO MEXICANS
Failure to Protect Lives Will
Leave Stern Alternative
For United States
NEW POLICY BUDDING
Program Is Mapped Out and
Moving Along Well
Defined Lines

Washington, July 2S.-Ambassa-
dor Fletcher upon his return TO
Mexico, will bear an important COM
munication to President CarranZa. 1t
is understood it will be of a nature
so direct and to the point that tie
Mexican chief cannot fail to realize
that his policy of evasion and equiv
ocation must terminate and propCi
protection given foreign citizens, as
well as full amends for past out
RACES.
In event the CarranZa government
does not meet it's international obh-
cations it is expected the Mexican
Executive will be given to under
stand clear4y the consequences and
the duty entailed upon the United
States under those circumstances.
New Policy May BE Budding
Demands from members of Con-
gress that the United States with
draw its recognition of the Carranza
government and go into Mexico TO
straighten out a tangled situation
and to afford protection to the citi-
Zens and interests of foreign nations
seem to be having little effect upon
the White House W the state De
partment, though the Presidents
proclamation banning shipments OF
arms into MeXic. was indicative of
,wing belief that sooner or later
intervention will be necessary and
that the traffic in arms should be
stopped in the interest CT those who
must later cope with that crisis.
Such action is more indirect than
is asked by many who are now plac-
ing their claims against Mexico be-
fore Congress, but the President has
mapped out his Mexican program
and is moving along well-determined
lines. Since his return from Paris
he has conferred on several occa-
sions with State Department Off
cials upon the subject and the Mex
lean situation was also thoroughly
gone into at Versailles before 1t
was agreed that Mexico should not
be invited to join the League of
Nations.
Those close to. the administration
do not anticipate any action In
Mexico until the fate of the Leag,e
of Nations is settled and the Peace
Treaty with Germany ratified. If
for the adjustment of disputes, and
this is assured in some form, almost
the first matter to be laid before
it will be the Mexican question
which is of vital importance not
only to the United tSates. but to
England, France and other Euro
pean countries whose citizens have
invested vast capital in the Mexican
Republic and who have been un-
able to extend aid and defense be-
cause of the European struggle.
Startling Developments
There were many startling devel-
opments in the Mexican situation
here.
In the House an attack on the
CarranZa government was made by
representative Hudspeth, of Texas,
who advocated the adoption of the
Emerson resolution authorizing the
sending of American troops into
Mexico to protect American lives
and property until a responsible
government could be established.
His fiery utterances were cheered
by members of both the Republican
and Democratic sides.
The State Department, on the
other hand, retained calm de-
meanor and deprecated reports that
there had been a change in policy
by the executive branch of the gov
ernment toward Mexico. 1t did,
however, make announcement that
another kidnapping had been report
ed and that the Mexican authori-
ties had ben asked to investigate.
Ambassador Fletcher, who has
been on special duty here at the
State Department several months,
made public communications he had
sent to the Mexican Senate and
Lower House in reply to messages
sent by members thanking him for
the fair attitude he assumed when
testifying before the rules commit
tee of the House week ago.
The Fletcher letter expressed the
hope that conditions would prevail
that would assure friendly relations
between the United States and Mex
leo. He urged patriotic cooperation
toward securing more efficient and
adequate protection for the lives of
in Mexico"
BY some this was taken as in
dicating that the government would
insist that better conditions must
be brought about in Mexico if reIa.
tions were to continue as at pres
ent and this governments was to em-
ploy no more vigorous measures to
protect it's citizens and their inter-
ests in Mexico.