The Washington times., 1927-12-20

ment IN the affairs of Mexico. It Is
rather remarkable that K Is only
this class Of Senators whose reputa.
tons are attacked. These men were
standing az 6orcefully az they knew
how against q policy IN Mexico
which you were In favor Of.
II Is likewise peculiar that Gales,
the President Of Mexico. would spend
his hard cash to bribs Senator'S who
were already advocating noninter-
ference-a policy that he, himself,
was anxious to carry out.
We may disagree as to the kind Of
man Mr.. Gales is. but even his
enemies have never charged him
with being an ignoramus or an idiot.
II he were so corrupt and evil.
minded as to use Mexican public
funds to bribe United States Sen.
ators, would 1t not be reasonable to
suppose that his attempt would be
made on. those Senator's who were
not already advocating the policy
which he. himself, desired to see
carried out?
Moreover. what would have been
the necessity for his spreading the
names of these Senators on the
Mexican records? There was no
reason why their names should ap-
pear there. The order for the pay.
ment Of the money could just as
well have been made without men,
tioning any names: and, yet. Il
these documents are true, Gales. In
his orders. not only mentioned the
names and the amounts but the
man who should be the go-between
for the Senators and the Mexican
officials. and he had this all spread
upon the official documents OF the
Mexican government where every
clerk and eInploye having access to
the governmental files would be
able to trace the money TO its
destination--the very thing that he.
II you are correct in your charges.
was trying to obviate.
Denies kilograms
If you had been moved by an
honest motive you would also have
called upon Mr.. Elias ana given
him an opportunity to explain. You
would have made an attempt to
have gotten from him permission
to examine the kilograms, Of which
some Of these documents purport to
be copies. There IL no doubt but
that IL you had taken this course
he would have done what he did
before the committee-given per-
mission for the examination Of all
kilograms that had passed between
him and the President Of Mexico.
This would have disclosed what
has already. in part. been disclosed
before the committee-that no such
kilograms passed between the uar.
ties. and now. since the representa-
tive OF the telegraph company has
testified, at least as to some Of
these official kilograms. it has been
shown that they did not, in fact,
exist, and in the Hearst papers,
have. as a matter Of fact, ever
been sent or received.
Even now, after this disclosure.
the Hearst papers are undertaking
to deceive the people Of the United
States as TO what really was done
before the committee. I have be.
fore me as dictate, today's copy of
Hearst paper. The Washington
Herald for Sunday, December 1S,
1927. On the second page of that
paper, referring to testimony taken
before the Reed committee, there ap-
pears a headline, in large type, as
follows: .'WHERE ARE THE
ELIAS TELEGRAMS? WE DE.
STROYED THEM
It Is true, IL you read the fine
print below the headline, you will
be able to discover that it is a Gus.
tom OF the telegraph company to
destroy kilograms after keeping
them for one year, and the repre-
sentative OF the telegraph company
has given that as a reason for not
producing all Of the kilograms called
for by the committee. The facts
are that all the alleged kilograms
published within the year. the agent