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Show produce any news r.er which hr-.d said ! ' t:"'at the raiding of ('olnmlms or ar:v other I border town hud been purchased by Americans, Ameri-cans, i The witness th.-n ugg-v,ted that some ; "renegad.:" American might do it. It was 1 countered wit h the suygtsiion that a "renegade"' seldom has ennuh nion.-v for su'-h purposes. In the end Dr. lnman, with some shght allow of exa-roriition, srUfI : "Hut, Mr. Senator, haven't I made itcioar that what I am trying to sav and what f .said in that letter are two d liferent li-ferent things'."' Ask for Specific Data. I Both Senators Brandegee and Fall were particularly insistent that he be more spe-i spe-i cilic regarding charges that ti:e "amount of money being spent by the oil companies compa-nies for propaganda is appalling." He was unable to iiive any exact data, but quoted Mr. Debc-kker as saying they were maintaining two j ffiea at New York and Washington, well furnisiied, and that largo j numbers of ogenfs were employed. Their I medium of reaching the public. he de- J flared, wa.s the Society for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico. Tiiis led to questions as to his charges that the oil men had opposed Carranza by-paying by-paying Palaez, the rebel leader, for protection. pro-tection. A ha!f hour of that discussion and lnman admitted that he himself would pay for pictection if it were necesaary. StllEPiiBS - uiiJudLla 1111001 T8 iEICiS Propaganda Movement Di-: Di-: rected Against Intervention Interven-tion Disclosed at Hearing. Samuel Guy lnman Grilled on Methods and Aims of "Free Nation" Society. WASHINGTON, Scu't. S. Existence of - an oi'K:tnized propaganda jnovoment in the United .Slates calculated to counteract any step toward armed intervention in Mexico . wan established at the first hearing today of the senate foreign relations suhcommit- tee, charged with investigating the Mexican Mexi-can situation. Dr. Samuel Guy lnman, an officer in the I.eaKuc of Free Nations' association and a former neighbor in Mexico of President Presi-dent Carranza, admitted' under sharp cross-examination that Ids association had sent out literature aimed to quiet any de-: de-: mantl fur intervention by the United States in the southern republic. Dr. In- man told the committee that American oil companies were exepnding large sums of monev in an attempt to obtain intervention, inter-vention, but under cross-examination said . ho recently had been told that the oil interests in-terests were opposed to intervention. Says Carranza Is Honorable. Dr. lnman tokl the committee that, in his opinion, 1 -resilient Carranza was a man of honor and integrity and that he hud a strong faith in the ability of Mexico to work out its own problems if given friendly assistance by the United States. ' lie deprecated intervention, adding that it would stunt the growth of die carefully cultivated pan-American idea. liishop James Cannon of tiie Methodist Episcopal church. South, followed lnman with the assertion that the only intervention interven-tion advisable in Mexico was that of the church and school. During the cross-examination which followed fol-lowed his testimony lnman was subjected to sharp questioning by Senator Fall of i'cw Mexico, chairman of the subcommittee, subcommit-tee, and Senator Brandegee of Connecticut. Connecti-cut. He many times admitted that he was unable to give the committee details of charges which he had made, and at his request will be permitted to appear again. ; Sharply Questioned. lnman was questioned concerning several sev-eral articles put out by his association, many of which, he said, were written by D. .1. Debckker. One of tile articles called to his attention was entitled "The Truth About Mexico," and referred to the investigating inves-tigating subcommittee, headed by that ' "notorious eneyn.x of Carranza. Senator all." The witness was unable to give the name of the author of the article. A letter which Chairman Fall said was written and circulated by lnman contained a "riot call" to friends of Mexico to do what thev could to prevent armed Inter- vention in Mexico, saying that such action ac-tion was imminent, and charging that a deliberate effort was being made to cause congress to authorize such action. Another An-other paragraph of the letter quoted said "that when the country had waked up a little it would be easy to pull off a few raids, as already had been done." Fences With New Mexican. "What do you mean by that?" demanded de-manded Senator Fall. For an hour the i witness fenced with Senator Fall and j Senator Brandegee before they secured ' from him anything but an evasion. Sena- I tor Fall insisted upon knowing if he re- 1 ferred lo the oil interests, as the context appeared to indicate that. Dr. lnman re- ; plied he clid not, and spoke of what had ! been printed in newspapers. Thereupon ' he was challenged by the senators to |