Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
Move in Committee to Block
Inquiry Trip After KeI-
Iogg Opposes 1t.
ENGLAND EXPLAINS WHY
CRUISER is BEING SENT
Will Be Place of Refuge for Its
Nationals-Senate Asks More
Oil Data.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Borah and his colleagues
on the foreign relations committee
were told plainly by the administra-
ton today that if they want to in
vestigate the American policy to-
ward Mexico and Nicaragua they
should begin at home.
AS a result, action again was post
poned on Mr.. Borah's proposal for
a committee tour of the two South
ern republics this Summer and some
committee members indicated that
they would redouble their efforts to
kill the project entirely.
The committees meeting synchro
nized with Senate adoption of an
other resolution asking information
about American ell holdings in
Mexico, and With a formal notifica-
ton to the State Department by the
British Ambassador that a British
raguan waters.
Move for "Moral Effect"
In announcing the British move
the Ambassador declared the vessel
was being sent for the moral effect"
and that there was no intention OF
landing British troops on Central
American soil. Department officials
regarded the explanation as satisfac-
tory and saw in it no violation of the
Monroe doctrine.
The Mexican resolution adopted by
the Senate was offered by Senator
Norris, Republican, Nebraska, and
went through without debate. 1t
~ ifi<Hsal ltxr
about the holdings of the Mellon in
terests, Edward l.. Doheny and Harry
F.. Sinclair in Mexican oil and whether
those three groups had acquiesced In
the new restrictions imposed by Presi-
dent Gales.
Secretary Kellogg's advice to the
foreign relations committee apparent
ly went a long way toward check
mating the resolution of Chairman
Borah for committee trip into Mex.
leo and Nicaragua. While not reply
ing directly to the committees re-
quest for information whether the
State Department would approve of
such visit. Mr.. Kellogg informed
| Senator Borah in a letter that after
| the committeeman had exhausted the
State Departments own international
| resources they would "be in a better
position to decide whether 1t is proper
| for the Senate to send an independ-
ent committee of investigation into
| foreign countries with which the Ex-
| ecutive is conducting difficult and deli.
| cate negotiations.
f, Sends Two Officials.
| The Secretary accordingly sent two
| State Department officials to the com
Cor. A-ff ay,I
| of them, Stokley Morgan, chief of the
departments Latin American division
| remained on the witness stand
throughout today's session. Some
| Senator's said afterward he had given
the committee much more complete
| information about Nicaragua than ii
had obtained heretofore.
The State Department was formally
| notified by the British Ambassador to-
| day that the British warship Colombo
would arrive at Corinto, Nicaragua
| February 26. for the moral effect
! its presence might have, but that
under no circumstances would British
naval forces be landed This notifica
ton followed earlier press dispatches
from London containing similar in
| formation.
L. s. Had Stated Position.
| The embassy communication crossed
memorandum sent from the State
| Department to the embassy assuring
the British government that American
naval forces in Nicaragua would ex
| tend all proper protection and as
sistance to British and other foreign
nationals in that country.
At the State Department it was
said that the explanation of the send
if,er y1x.if lit
appeared satisfactory Reference
was made to the fact that Britis.
and other foreign war craft were sent
to Vera Cruz in 1914 at the time OF
American naval occupation of that
| city
While officials declined to discuss the
| relation of the Monroe doctrine to
| the sending of a British warship tC
Nicaragua, it was clearly indicated
that the movement was not regarded
as In violation of that doctrine or as
establishing, a precedent
First Protest Recalled.
The British Ambassadors note dis
| closed that the first overture toward
| sending a British warship to Nicara
qua was made on February 10, an6
| doubtless was factor in the determi
nation of the administration at thai
time to dispatch a large additiona
| force of Marines southwark.
The February 19 notification from
the Ambassador drew attention {,
"the menace to British lives and prop
erty" in Nicaragua, particularly a
Corinto, Leon, Managua, Granada anC
Metagalpa. 1t was added that Grea
Britain looked to the United States tt
give British subjects in Nicaragua
the same protection as was provided
American citizens
To this Secretary Kellogg replied
that the United States would Civ,
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