Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-01
SENATORS INSIST
MEXICO MUST Be !
DECENT OR Fight
Fall Committee Urges
Armed Intervention if
Disorders Continue.
NEW REGIME MUST KEEP
ORDER, Is AMERICAS WORD
If New Government Gives
Proper Assurances Recogni-
ton and Support Is Urged.
MUST PROTECT FOREIGNERS
Demand Protection of Interests Of
All Nations in That
Country.
NEW REGIME MUST KEEP
ORDER, Is AMERICAS WORD
MUST PROTECT FOREIGNERS
tRy Associated Prees. ]

tBy Associated PrcEs tS
WASHINGTON, May 31.-Armed in.
tervention in Mexico. should the new
forces in control there show an in
ability or unwillingness to set up a
stable government moro friendly to- 4
ward Americans. was recommended
TO the Senate today by the Foreign
Relations subcommittee, which has
been Investigating Mexican affairs.
Should n stable government be es-
tablished. the committee recommend
ed that full recognition be accorded
it. and that financial assistance be Of.
fered by the United States. The COM
mittee said, however. that full recog-&
milton should not be given until a
treaty had been entered into predf-&
Gated upon assurances satisfactory to
the United States. .
1t was recommended that Governor
de Ia Huerta. now President ad
interim of Mexico. should not be
recognized until 1t was assured that
his selection will be approved by the
Mexican people and until It was
shown his administration was Of. a
stable character and was disposed to
comply with the rules OF internatlonalS
eohhieS ahu lilc OF s..
After receiving the report the For-
eign Relations Committee directed
Senator Fall to present it to the Sem
ate. q.
"Dehnite Reckoning" Threatened. X
Should the Mexican government re-.
fuse to accede to such a condition of:
recognition, 1t was suggested that The
American government renew tho no9,
tice that 1t would hold ITO > defnitsi
reckoning" those in Mexico respot-.
sihle for the suffering and losses sus-N
! tanned by American citizens. S
Failure oc the Mexican governments.
to restore order and peace in Mexico
and effectively to protect American
citizens would be followed in the plan
suggested by thes subcommittee by
the dispatch of an armed force into
that country ito open and mainlXln
open every line OF communication be-
tween the City of Mexico and every
seaport and every border port OF
Mexico"
I'm giving notice that we are not
warning upon the Mexican peoples"
the committees report added, I'VE
should request their assistance: or at
least that they refrain from Joining
any armed bands In any attacks upon
our troops or forces whose purpose
would simply be the restoration OF
| peace and order: protection Of our
citizens; protection of Mexican cit.
liens; restoration of American Cit
| izens to their properties: the afford
ing of opportunity for the opening of
mines. fields and factories; and last.
the affording OF opportunity for the
Mexican people themselves, in what
soever manner they desire; to con-.
stitute Mexican government OF
serious. etmpetent. honest and hon4
orable men who will meet the oiviI-
lied world upon a friendly ground
and bind themselves to deal with
other people as they themselves would
re dealt with"
Report Covers 5000 Pages.
The report covers some 5000 pages,
and includes evidence taken by tho
committee at hearings in washins-
ton. New York and along the Mex
lean border, as we'll as documentary
evidence to support charges made by
witnesses
The committee points out that a
new regime has come into power in
Mexico. and says: .We should hrst
follow one policy, viz: (a) Wait be-
fore recognizing De Ia Huerta IS
President of Mexico until 1t shall be
assured that his election is approved
by the Mexican people and that his
administration is possessed Of sta
bility to endure and OF the disposi-
ton to comply with the rules of in
ternational comfy and the obliga-
! tions OF treaties. ~.
"(b) We should let every one who
assumes to exercise authority in any
part of Mexico know in the most un-
equivocal way that we shall vigil.
antly watch the fortunes of those
Americans who cannot get away, and
shall hold those responsible for their
sufferings and losses to a defnite5
reckoning. That can be, and will be,
made plain beyond the possibility OF
a misunderstanding. [President WILL
sons address to Congress on Mexican
conditions. August 81. 1871
"tc) Repeat to the Mexicans now
what Evarts said in 1878: The nrst;
duty OF a government is TO protect
life and property. This is a para.
mount obligation. For this govern
ments are instituted. and govern
ments neglecting or failing to per-
form 1t becomes worse than useless.
This duty the government OF tho
United States has determined to per-
form to the extent of its power to-
ward its citizens on the border. It
is not solicitous--it never has BEEN
about the methods or ways In which
that protection shall be acconf-
plished. whether by formal treaty
stipulation or by informal convert
tion; whether by the action OF Ju.
dicial tribunals or that of military
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