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Show THERE WLL BE B INTERVENTION Uncle Sam Has no Desire to . Meddle With Mexico . PRES. ADVICES PATIENCE ONE SENATOR TALKS OP WAR BLT 18 NOT 8UPP0RTED IN HIS VIEW8. Washington, April 20. Congress a In no temper to mcddlo In the Internal Inter-nal affairs of Moxico, nnd In tho Senate Sen-ate n majority of both sides of tho chamber will endeavor to provent open discussion of the travail through which the republic south of the lllo Grande Is passing. This was made clear today at tho conclusion of a speech on the Mexican Mexi-can situation by Senator Stone of Missouri, who advocated empowering tho ( President to use tho nrmy and nnvy In any way ho might sco fit to protect American lives and property. Tho resolution was referred to tho foreign relations committee, which Is not likely to act upon It soon. ' Senators Culloni, Bacon, Hoot and Lodge, members of this committee, Immediately doplored public discussion discus-sion of a sister republic's troubles, and soveral took the Mlssourlan sharply to task for tho tenor of his remarks, suggesting sug-gesting thnt such discussions should occur only In executive session. Souator Bacou suld he wanted It understood that tho vlowa Mr. Htona expressed are not universally shared in tho Senate. Ho snld that to glvo tho President power to uso tho army and navy as ho may sco fit, Is In Itself It-self n declaration of war," and tho time for such an extreme courso had not arrived. , Mr. loot was oven more emphatic In his disapproval. "Granting that Injuries had been done to tho lives nnd property of Am' erlcan .citizens that ought to be "redressed," "re-dressed," ho said, "It docs not follow that wo should begin tho process of socuring redress by threatening force upon the part of a lnrgor forco against a smaller and weakoi ono." This, ho said, would bo n reversal of national policy and a stop, backward back-ward in civilization. Ho regarded the adoption of a resolution giving tho President such broad discretion as equivalent to a declaration of war. It prefaced with a threat "our demand for reparation,1' ho said. In tho interest of peace Senator Lodgo doprccatcd discussion of "the situation in Mexico a country for which, he snld, wo havo had none but tho kindliest feelings. Senator Culberson of Texas Intro-duced Intro-duced a resolution declaring It to bo tho sense of the Scnato that "Intervention "Inter-vention by the -United States In tho oxlsting revolution In Moxico would be without justification and contrary to tho Bottled principle) of this government govern-ment of non-lntorferenco in tho domestic do-mestic concerns of other countries," nnd that "tho oxtent In which tho United Un-ited States should go In tho present emergency In Mexico Is to enforco tho neutrality laws with vigor and fully protect iTfo nnd property within their limits nlong tho Mexican boundary boun-dary lines." |