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Show RESIDENT OPPOSES PASSAGE OF FALL RESOLUTION ESSIE TO ! SPEEDfLY OETRACKEO itor Lodge Yields White House Objec-i Objec-i That Act Would rerse Usual Practice. i on Outlines His Op- j . ition in Letter; All ht, Says Foreign ations Chairman. -IIX'JTON. Iee. S. The resu'.a-:i::g resu'.a-:i::g president Wilson to break oiT t:; relations with the Carrar.za .lent was abandoned today by Re- leaders in the senate alter the, it 1m d informed Senator Fall of : ex: its author, that ho would .tiv eoi eerned to see any such. )ii pr.ss congress." oonvh g lu'U': a conference wit a i Fxi ar.d Itrandegee of Couneeti-t Couneeti-t tie f'jroU-'u relations committee ake :o action on the resolution. Louse said: ranted to help, but now the en-" en-" deai situation goes to the pres:- . , 'h; pi .ovuisibkity is on his shoul- - ft it rct there." re uf the resolution, the presi-oe presi-oe senator Pa H . would ' 'eons tire ti-re of our constitutional . V ki might had to 'very grave r-:- n in regard to tho guidance of Ign affairs. Pc?iarini; that the ) hi-dire-'mkig relations with for-ren:me:i:s for-ren:me:i:s was assigned Lv the Hon Mio the executive and to the e only," Mr, Wilson said he was t t.at "the o:ily safe course' was ; if-?'" to the prescribed method of tifition. hg ;t izo very far arield if wo de--' rem it," i,tf said. TAKES ISSUE THE PRESIDENT. . r IV. in a statement tonight, !tii the president thai the ; l-'J.-l net advise on inutt.-rs a:'-rtvttions a:'-rtvttions with for, iftn siuvtrll- mil rviri-strd to .Jo so 'by the nr;' "l kik! there wsre preetfden: bv") mm. He a;w suld he would t)'.vt the eouimiUee lo postpone 1.1 n ily resohitiou, ,-oi' upon a:i M.xiean matter." until tl.e "J'l iid tiuie to i;i-,-e the sun- - l''.':;f:(J-T.l!:on. '. 'v w'!n disotuehe J his let. fcl; a. roreiKii iimous eotninit-?" eotninit-?" "W session for dseussi.oi .; )''-"a oftuativii. mfl'sdhiK tiif "i ..;., -re. s whieh i,;tve been tie ' 7'';eir:n'e ''0rr.'snoiuU"iee be- " """l Stuus and Mexico, but. ' yn pf ftnatw Kail, action -"i'i;lc.!i was dcren-ed until the irr.w-U his views r Kfl wn.e-t made public the - fc' ;.,:'',. '"'''VO 'i 0 Presi-' Presi-' "li'of results of the in- p v senate ev'iuiMti.e. of mi ..oi,o senator is chair-v chair-v t;1i'"forn,ati.,i. was slven " , 1 nday by Senator Kail I'k.,s,?".i;uy "Itfix-x-k, Pemo- t -'',;,M at ' wht'o House 8 1'ic tall nsolu-.ioiL OT HAVE YET ED FALL REPORT. JV1 a staten-et't in his letter. it."', x'.co senator bad l'r,,:":i'ui"n " "Preparod" rC-eii , , ' """'""raiHium matter h--''w ""p""l,"w" inter- M' '. i-'iii-; -0"n m haJ tl,no lo Tt. ?lr!: '"' that the pres!-n pres!-n ' il"iu--'-i'--"i as to tomf,' '"imibisfatior. s i 4W M,X"'J under cou- - o -H-rlcan en-basse .- ,-'A.S,Je vl l,?,-v, r''1'1 V hd not been , , j, . "'I d-;,-'i-tnteiit toniitht. " f !..:, ' 'slS'":":i into the lib- . m v bail last week is !VoTf,;,fnt's re- w. 0.- .r'-"'lee. Keoubliean. M in '.O,n."";'co Into con-f-irt" - "nnutes announced wo.i'.i b1. ou ,iK' MeM.-att l- ,aril' by the com- RESi0N8IHILITY PRESIDENT. a-A'-, T:i responsi- " ''W-a.acrs. Let it rest t.ot.e said the committee had .- : e i'-'ld-tit of its sui- '- that appeared un- "'"'V' ho J-"J. '-he may deal lued on Page CO. Coluoui 2.) i PRESIDENT OPPOSES FALL RESOLUTION (Continued From Page Ono.) Senator HI Minor k, after reaJing tiie prp;.idont"ii lettor. Investigation of the wholf Mc.ii:an situation sit-uation by tho forcisrn relations subenm-mittfo subenm-mittfo rill ti,- rontiniief). aenator Fall tiaM today. Ho expects to leave soon for tiie Mexiea.ii border, where lie will resume ilea rings. Tho r.recidtnt'3 letter to Senator Fall follows : "Thank you very mueh for your kind promptness in eompiyhig with my request re-quest that, you send me a. ropy of the ir.emorar.diini report of the subeonimtt'.ee on .Mexi.-an affairs of the committee on toreign affaira. I shall examine It with the greatest interest and rare. 'What you told me of the inv.-st Ration on Friday Fri-day last prepares me to find In it matter mat-ter of the greatest importance. PRESIDENT SPEAKS WITH FRANKNESS. I "You ask an indication of my desire .with regard to the pending resolution to which you and Sen.-itu:- Hitcheock ea'led my attention on Friday, and I am glad to r-pply with the utmost frank -nets that I should bo gravely concerned to see any such resolution pars the congress. con-gress. 11 would constitute a reversal of our constitutional pravtico which roieht lead to grave confusion in regard to the guidance of our foreign aflairs. I am confident that I am supported by everv competent constitutional authority in the srutemenr that the Initiative in directing th re!Lti'.s of our C'Mf.'"iimcnt with foreign for-eign go'erninents is assigned by the cm-st.tutiou cm-st.tutiou to tiie PNccutie and to the executive ex-ecutive only. Only one of the two houi-s of congress is associated with the president hy the constitution in an advisory ad-visory capacity and the advice of the senate is provided for only when sought by the executive in regard to explicit agreements v ith foreign governments and t h e a n po intment of the diplomatic reprp?entn tives who ;,r to snak for this government at foreign capitals. The oidy safe c-ursc t am confident is to adhere ad-here to the prescribed method of the e-nstitu ion. We might go verv far al'VId if we departed (rum it. j "I am very much obliged to vou for I having given u;p the opportunity to ex-I ex-I pres.-. lh!s opinion. "Very truly yours, "W OlTjUOW M ILSOV "Ilon. Albert U. i-'all. United States lunate." Fall's Statement. i Deciaring that it was 'Surprising that at th s time. ;t should be stated that the suggestion of the senate that such recognition rec-ognition should be withdrawn (as proposed pro-posed in iiis resolution i. should const i-! i-! tute a reversal ot constitutional pr;J.-! pr;J.-! t.c?." ynaior Fail - in statement said: i 'From t i 1 ": b g u i n i r: s of the cover n -j men;, the senate has fait free and has ; exorcise'.' :fs privdpge oi-r and over i again to mike r.v suggestions in recpeet to a '! phases o! foreicM i-eiatioVs. ' There is nothing the constitution th-it requires that the initiative with re-?oeot re-?oeot to foreign relations shall be limited lim-ited to the executive. Of course, he mav and properly, because of his extraordinary extraordi-nary relation to foreign affairs, in ordinary ordi-nary cases be the source of negotiation. The president's genera! statement that only one. branch of the congress, namely, tli ft senate, hs any reia tion to foreign affairs and the s-en.ve only when its advice ad-vice i? sought by i he executive, is con-trad-ct'-d by a hundred precedents. In-dcd, In-dcd, t lie precedents ha v e gone so far that in a number of cases the advice has been i he j dvic of negot :a: ion and as soh-mn cnag-'n'm s as treat !'-s have boe'i mad- n.-t unh- up-vj the suggestion sug-gestion of tiie s-enatf. b-it hi tlo uxact . terir.s that tiio t-onatc ha:, s :gg'-si-jd. Harmony With Precedent. "? '-his retol.:ti''-i ti.o senate d'd nor . atte'r.pt to w.thdraw rec-cnit ion or i hrca off vc:.2Tioms. bu? ti- concurrent : ivsc'.uti-'-n c-T.-am-'d a suce ; '.-.n or r-; r-; c,:i ;.t '.;e ;-:rc!den itiat ho do s. S:t'a !-Uu-;ti :o;-t :s ciit .rci.v i:i harnionv i w th ore-',h'n:. : t-;;oh r'.f h ; ,rr 'rr.:'; "h'e 'sh x - a:-.!- e '. i m.y -i-t-n n-eiviraiiduni fur-nhed fur-nhed -tin- Kr d :v ru-hi . with th gr M:t rster- .- d car--. "What y,nj : 'i i-it.- o'' ;n ctigt ion on Friday , 'r.-t prcrares i-e to find in :t matter of ; :h-- greatest in-p.-'-f:liit',' ! "I: would appear that the president v a s rf i t yet. e x a t i i ; - n 1 1 i s vri '. t en c-rc'.!!"sT.noes ' aga;n r-Hpiest the c "nnct;ee t'1 p:.-' P'C.i ao: 'nn upon tiie --s ic:-. r.- -jpo ' ar.y r-iiase of the :ie.m matter he h:s h.-". time ! ' e ire M'li'e't hv.- c-mt-'deratavn. ' |