Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-04
ALL COMMIT
To MAKE REPORT
ON MEXICO. SOON
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

| Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, May 1.-Senator
FALL of New Mexico, head of the sub
committee of the senate which for
ing the Mexican situation, is back
in Washington with his report virtu-
ally complete. He has just spent
many weeks on the border and brings
back with him an interesting picture
of conditions across the Rio Grande
as obtained from Mexicans and
Americans, some of whom testified
publicly and others privately.
II am not surprised" said Senator
Fall, "at the outbreak in Mexico. 1
did not, however, expect the revolt
to come so soon. OF course, never
this year even in the Mexican sense.
The various leaders in the different
| states which have at no time recog-
nized the Carranza government are
quick to take advantage of the out
break in Sonora, and the result is
that throughout the republic, with
few exceptions, the country is in rev.
olution.
II think that had the senate passed
my resolution and had our govern
ment withdrawn recognition from the
CarranZa government as l proposed
several months ago, we now would
be in a better position to deal fairly
| with all factions. The CarranZa gov
eminent wouldn't stay in power
twentyfour hours if we withdrew
| recognition
Has No Preferences
The senator. was asked ii he had
any preferences among the Mexican
leaders.
81 have none" was his reply. IF
| General Obregon or even Carranza
himself were to enter into an agree
ment with our government guaran-
teeing the obligations which we have
long seen unfulfilled,l personally l
would not object to our government
helping Mexico through either one.
But we must not extend recognition
again without being sure that Amerl-
can interests will be fully protected.
st really believe the people of Mex
lea are so sick and tired of revolution
that they would welcome American
aid. And as between loans and imam
cial aid by American private con-
Germs and a government loan, would
rather see our government extend the
aid itself so that there would be no
misunderstanding or m1sconstrulng
our motives. The people themselves
are worn out by revolution and many
of the Mexican witnesses tell US IHaC
the Mexican people would welcome
American he1p-they would prefer
| American assistance to the Carranza
TO Offer Concrete Proposals. ,
The New Mexico senator polnted
out, however, that his committee mad
not yet formulated its recommends
tions but would surely have some
concrete ctu proposals to lay before the
senate. The report probably will be
presented before the first of June
1t will include a list of the Amer
leans killed or injured during the en-
tire period of revolutionary disturb
ance, list of American claims, an
estimate of damages done American
property, and a comprehensive out
I line of what seem to have been the
causes of the periodic revolutions
and what would appear to be the
remedy Suggestions for the Amer
lean governments policy in the fu-
ture will be the main feature of the
report, though much of the data will
have been assembled for the first
time for the use of the government
and the public.
Senator Fall is inclined to think