Show SENATOR PRE P INTERVENTION DECISIVE ACTION Sn SOON N DECLARES IN 4 SPEECH to Californian Calls Mexican a i. i st Situation a Dark Page in Our History r I WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 6 6 Predicting that that the Mexican situation is is a a n matter lh r shall be be with which the United States forced i to deal In some ome decisive lve way i and that tha t vel very soon oon Senator Works r. r Republican can can of ot California sharply criticised the tha Mex Mexican can policy of or the a administration Jm to t- t tor i iday day In a speech In the senate r We Ve ma may be forced yet jet et h ho he said said to Intervene in some some form Corm In Mexico If It we wedo wedo wedo do it Il should not bo be for Cor- Corthe the aggrandizement aggrandize aggrandize- lz ment of ot our country countr the acquisition of or territory or or oran an any other advantage to us but in the Interest t of th the tb Mexican people and oth other r residents there the restoration of of peace and ord order r and tho the establishment of a a. stable government for Cor our sister re- re public I C To speak of or the tho relations relations' of ot the United States with Mexico Senator Works asser as- as ser sered ed TV was as an ab unpleasant task Dark Page in History It Is n a a dark page In our ur he Unless tl ess the American n people shall shaH ha e lost all courage and patriotism it will be read In the years yearn to come come with sorrow and shame For For- long years ears American Amedea citizens have haye been murdered their wives ives and daughters out- out r i their homes homps pillaged and their property destroyed d and this administration t tion n hRs hn done nothing more than enter occasional mUd mild prote protests and submissive appeals and arid to whom To Huerta choss government 10 We vr had refused to recognize Slid land who according to our view had no power nor authority to act net To o Villa yma as a a a belligerent not ei a a soldier but a a. brigand and murderer of Innocent people ople To Carranza a weakling dominated by hy VUI Villa L and equally wit without bout authority What had we a right to cr- cr Pt and appeals made t to f Ll LI s Lind d ds s' s Work Absurd Senator Works d' d outlined the tha events c In Inthe Inthe the history of Mexico leading up to th the present difficulties and the refusal of or this us government to re recognize o Huerta after tb a assassination of or Madero doubtless I J Jy y Huerta who succeeded him or with his Is knowledge and After th the withdrawal of Ambassador Wilson Wilma from Mexico Senator Works declared referring to the sending of John I Lind to Mexico there commenced a series of ot conduct conduct conduct con con- duct of pf a kind wholly unknown to diplomacy diplomacy diplo diplo- diplomacy macy and i so o ab absurd urd as to make mako u us rid ridiculous leu- leu lous bus at home and abroad Tho The demand of the president In lila his message to Huerta that there should bean bo he boan an armistice could not have been complied complied com coin plied with the senator continued and the demand that security be bo given for a afree afree jt free ee election eJection in Mexico was impossible of ot fulfillment because of the tho ignorance e of the Mexican masses Such an election he lie het lieI t I declared probably would have brought about the election of a a. bull lighter fighter for tor or pr president ld nt Derision and Sneers i Naturally Huerta Hustle refused to consider continued the senator What else could have been expected His refusal put our government g In a most unfortunate position It could not enforce enforce en en- force Its demands It might go gb to war but the refusal to comp comply with the de demands demands do- do mands n could furnish no Justification fo toe for declaring war Avar because we had no right to make them So we had to submit tamely to to the tue position of or Huerta bear r the derision and sneers of or the Mexican people and tho Indulgent smiles of ot all tho nations of oC the world And Arid sir whatever cr mOl may amy be said Id of ot Huerta In other respects respects- Continued on page 2 SENATOR PREDICTS Continued from Pa page e 1 L and I have no disposition to defend him him him- he did bear himself lt with courage wisdom and moderation in this whole matter Killing Hilling of or Benton At t last a prominent British subject was wItS brutally murdered by Villa or by his hla orders Public Indignation ran high The Tho people were arou aroused d. d but the state department depart depart- do department rt ment maintained Its usual degree of com com- I do not know why the murder of a of Great Britain should have haver created more feeling than tho the a assassination tion o of hundreds 0 of our own oVon people except ex except except ex- ex that we have havo as assumed to be tho a protector protector protector pro pro- of the citizens and subjects of all other nations and Insisted that such sueh nations nations nations na na- should leave leao this duty and responsibility to us Ufo It therefore Involves the questions s of ot our good g faith toward other nations n nations when we allow their people to be slaughtered In Mexico T This case caso was as one ono to put qt our good faith an and our coura courage e to the tho test Thenor The poor nor widow asked for tor the bod body of her liar de dead d husband burled buried on Mexican soil roll What did our government do to secure this right tight It humbly petition l I villa his murderer allow to-allow to allow his r to he hp removed The state slate department nt days das In trying to find out whether mis I man man was wall shot b bv by Villa or put to death th by I I order of a drumhead called not b by a soldier not by a belligerent but by bye byea a brigand and professional murderer What possible difference did it make whether he lost his Ills life lite one way or theother theother the tho other For this the sorrowing widow was as left waiting for her hor dead What hat should have havethe the government done in the case caso Just Juat what it should have done for tor on onA of Its own own sent sent ent our soldiers into Mexico and brought out the tho body What right loan has 13 Villa to fla say Fay that the body of the victim of ot WB his wrath rath and cruelty should be removed or not What has haa become of our courage and manhood that we wo could leave It to him to settle such a a. question Criticises Other Acts Senator Works entered Into a general veneral arraignment of the Wilson Nilson administration tion and expressed emphatic disapproval of the tho legislation which It has paused passed and of what ho called the coercion used by President Wilson to compel action by congress In what he be termed a a. friendly review of the achievements of the executive o and legislative branches of tho government go in tho one one year ear of oC Democratic rule A year of almost continuous congress congress- congressional tonal ional session mostly for tor tho the political ad advantage advantage advantage ad- ad vantage of the Democrats was declared to bo be the most feature of oC tho the administration x Tho senator reviewed the tho tariff bill and charged that but for the coercion used b by the president on congress It never would have ha passed Executive pressure had created In the tho senate ho he said ald an apathy that Impaired that body s useful useful- ness nells Tho The Income tax law and tho the currency currency cur cur- rency hill bill were also mentioned In this r connection Referring to the Panama tolls toUs question S Senator Works said paid the the- people who be believe believe bo- bo lieve lIe in the e granting of free tolls for American coastwise ships will want some ome good reason for this change chango of or front on the part art of or the Democratic part party under the leadership I leadership of or tho the president If It Itt It t Is 18 done dOM to satisfy the demands of Great Gra l Britain they will Win not be satisfied with this sui submission mission of legislation to the die dic dictation tation of t a R. foreign country country- However If tf they are satisfied for tor good and valid aUd reao reasons rea rea- sons ons o that the free toll clause should hould be b repealed repealed his advice ad that it should be bedone bedone bedone done done in spite of the declaration of his party to the contrary does docs hIm JUm credit In In such a case he said the president Is for once acting as president of the United United States and n not t as leader of ot his party a The senator said laid the tendency toward ton paternalism and extravagance In the appropriation appropriation ap aR- ap- ap of public money was a marked characteristic feature of tho the tiers tion Lacks Courage on Suffrage He declared it was to everybody everybody everybody every every- body that the administration Is opposed to granting suffrage to the th women Jut t lacks the courage to come come- out openly and oppose St It H He Ife continued It Is la too early to sa say whether the amount realized from the direct taxation taxation taxa taxa- tion lion will make up tho the deficiency arising from the tariff reductions It I Is being whispered about that the actual collections tiona from the incomes will fall faU far short of the estimates on which the bill was founded and that tho the lo loss of tariff revenues revenues revenues' reve reve- and the shortage under tinder tho the Income tax will result In a a. deficiency In the treasury One of the features of tho the two to Important laws the laws tho tariff Including tho Income tax law and the banking and cur currency ncy act act Is Is their deliberate attempt to limit and eventually overthrow the civil service laws 1 rules and regulations It Is la singular that this should ha have 8 occurred under the presidency of Wood Wood- Woodrow Woodrow row Wilson former vice Ice pre president of the National Civil Service Reform lea league ue and now claiming to be the head and leader of oC t the o Democratic party |