Evening star., 1926-09-01
K. c. DENY ASKING
I. i. S. INTERVENTION
President Hears Orders Ex-
pIanation of Attitude on
Mexican Policies.
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.
staff Correspondent of The Star.

WHITE PINE CAMP. Y. Y, Sep
tember 1.-President Coolidge today
was assured by a group of officers
representing the Supreme Council of
the knights of Columbus that their
organization is not advocating inter-
vention in Mexico because of the
present controversy between the Mex
iCan government and the Catholic
Church.
James A. Flaherty. supreme knight,
told the President that the resolutions
adopted by the Supreme Council in
iladelphia several weeks ago call
ing for some action on the part of
the United States Government to pro-
tect Catholic churchmen in their dis
pute with the Gales government
was misinterpreted and that the dele
CATION sought to correct this wrong
impression.
Although the Knights of Columbus
are not seeking intervention, the Pres.
ident was given to understand that
the Supreme Council of this order
wants the Government to do what it
can with propriety, to protect Ameri-
cans in Mexico.
Blame Former Policies.
1t was made very plain by these
callers that the Supreme Council does
not want the Government to give to
the Gales government any support,
encouragement. sympathy or aid at
this time. They said that much of
the present difficulty in Mexico is the
direct result of the policies Of the
Wilson and Harding administrations.
A different policy should be followed
by the American Government If it
hopes to ameliorate conditions in
Mexico. they said.
There was no statement on the in
teryiew forthcoming from official
sources, although President Coolidge
posed for a group picture. 1t is un-
derstood. however, that as a result of
the conference a thorough understand
ing between the United States Gov
ernment and the Knights of Columbus
now exists.
In the delegation besides Mr..
F'laherty were Martin II. Carmody Of
Grand Rapids. Mich, deputy supreme
knight: William j. McGinty of New.
Haven, Conn, supreme secretary;
Luke E. Hart of St. Louis, Mo-, su-
preme advocate: William c. Prout of
Boston, supreme director, and John
s. Conway, assistant supreme secre-
tary.
The group was in a closed confer
ence with the President for about an
hour. Mr.. Flaherty dictated this state
ment:
I'VE called to discuss the resolutions
adopted by the Supreme Council meet
ing I'm Philadelphia with President
Coolidge. We explained the attitude
of the Knights of Columbus with ref
erence TO conditions in Mexico. and
among other things made it plain that
the knights of Columbus are not ask
ing for intervention by the United
States Government in Mexican affairs.
Cites Military Aid.
However. we did present to the
President the views of our order as
outlined in the resolution concerning
non-intervention and non-interference
by this Government. and we endeav-
ored to make it plain that the present
situation in Mexico is the result of the
attitude assumed by the Government
as represented by previous administra-
tions (NNilson and Harding) and that
Mr.. Gales, as successor of the Car
rama and Obregon regimes. owes his
position in Mexican affairs to the sup
port of the United States, and that
during the administration of Obregon
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