New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
Senator Hill Leads At-
 tack, Declaring This 1 Country Is Trying to l Bully Nicaragua and Dictate its Policies.
Rep. Eaton Defends Coo
 lidge's Stand and Again [ Seeks to Show Threat of BOlshevik Menace.

Washington, Jan. IA LA-Congres- sional discussion of the Mexican Nicaragua tangle swung back today to the concern of the American gov ernment over communistic aims in Latin America, and the possibility of a break with Mexico over her land and oil policy.
 Dill Leads Attack
 The protest voiced yesterday by Chairman Borah of the senate for eign relations committee against the course followed by President Cool idge in Nicaragua was seconded by several others from the senate floor, with Senator Dill, democrat, Wash ington, leading the attack on the administration policy.
 In the house Representative Eaton, republican, New Jersey, delivered a general defense of the Coolidge policy in Latin America and asked his colleagues directly whether they proposed to stand flor the president of the United States, or the president of Mexico"
 BoIShevik Peril
 The great danger in the present situation, said Eaton, was that the western continent could permit itself to be over-run by bolshevistic 'un- rest, hate and strife engendered in Russia. In reply Representative Huddleston, democrat, Alabama, read an editorial describing Secre- tary Kellogg's bolshevik statement as Ian indecent intellectual exposure" !"
 Senator Dill charged that the United States was seeking to bully Nicaragua. His attack was supported by Senator Heflin, democrat, Ala bama, and others, while Senators LaFollette, republican, Wisconsin and Wheeler, democrat, Montana. were preparing to speak within the next few days in protest against the administration policies. and Senator Edge, republican, indicated he would president.
 Dill's Assertions
 ''I do not propose to sit silent without protest against a policy which might involve us in a con- flagration over land laws in Mexico. which the government of that coun- try has offered to arbitrate," said Senator Dill.
 Referring to Nicaragua, he declar- ed that precedent is no defense for B wrong action.
 The people of the United States have no sympathy in my judgment with a policy which presumes to tell the people of Nicaragua they must have the kind of government we want them to have" Dill continued.
 Senator McKeller democrat, Ten nesse, asked Dill if there was any justification for the United States Intriguing" with government off cials in Nicaragua.
 There is no defense whatever for such action" Dill responded.
 He added a protest against policy of bullying Nicaragua when we should be playing the big broth err
 Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama then took up the attack upon the administration policy.
 Heflin said s1,000,O0o had been raised in the Knights of Columbus convention in Philadelphia last August Ito help carry on war against Mexico"
 The resolution passed by the Knights of Columbus convention, Heflin said, amounted to a demand for war with Mexico.
 q am not denying the Knights of Columbus the right of petition" he said, but I am opposed to any church seeking to plunge this country into war. No protestant church can do that with my ap- proval."
 Senator Heflin said he had receiv- ed letter warning him that a 'chain Of Catholic papers had been tipped off to go after Heflin."
 "They are against me because l declared against A. Smith for presi- dent" he said. T mention this to show what it costs man to op- pose the program of the people who have made Al Smith governor, and war to plunge us into war with Mexico"
 Don't Want Break
 The house was asked in a resolu- ton today by Representative Moore, democrat, Virginia. to go on record that there is nothing in the Mexi- can situation which would justify the severance of our diplomatic re- lations" with that government or forcible intervention in it's affairs. The agitation in favor of any such course is no less than a crim- inal effort to substitute a state of war for the present peaceful condi- tion," said the Moore resolution. It was referred to the foreign affairs committee. Tt is, of course, not to be sup posed that the president desires trouble with Mexico" said Moore in statement, but the very severe references to that country in his
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