| OCR Text |
Show NEW ARMY BILL IS ACCEPTED BY SENATE Senator Fall 8ay U. 8. Will Be Forced to Fight Foreign Foei In Mexico Washington, May 17. Tlio Senate, aider an all dny debate, ngreed tonight to-night to the conferenco report on tho nrmy reorganization bill without roll call. Tho House is expected to np-provo np-provo tho report within a day or so and send the first of tho big national nation-al (lefenso measures to tho President. Presi-dent. Tho bill provided for a regular nrmy of 211,000 olllcors and men nt pcaco strength and approximately 2C0.000 nt war strength, and for n federalized fed-eralized national guard of 457,000 officers of-ficers and men nt maximum strength. Discussion of the conferenco report embraced a denunciation of Great Brltlan for execution of tho Irish re- Ivolutlonlstu, attacks upon tho administration's admin-istration's Mexican policy , ronowed assaults upon tho national guard ns a political forco, nnd vigorous criticism of the provision for n government nitrate nit-rate manufacturing plant. Senator Fall asserted that General Pershing, with tho 14,000 troops, nt his command, could march onto Mox-ico Mox-ico City, taking every town with llttlo trouble It ho were unhampered by or. dors from Washington and tha t 00 per cent of tho Mexican people would welcomo such action. Ho declared also that representatives of General Cnrranza wore negotiating with foreign fore-ign governments agninst tho United States and that this government would bo forced to light foreign forces on' Mexican soil If It did not soon do Its full duty to tho people of Mexico ami tho United States. Borah Attacks National Guard Senator Bornh of Idaho, renewing his attack on tho national guard as a I political forco, declared that it would prove to bo moro detrimental to tho United States than an Invading nrmy. Ho arraigned Great Ilrltlan for tho Irish executions, declaring thcro had been no greater blow to frofj Institutions Institu-tions since tho European war began. Senator I.odgo and Chairman Stono of tho foreign relations commltteo nlso criticized tho army bill tho form-cr form-cr blnmlitg tho Houso for not accepting accept-ing a larger regular army proposed by tho Senate , nnd tho latter maintaining main-taining that tho proposed nrmy was too great. Senator Stono said ho was so anxious to see tho nltrnto provision enacted that ho would almost al-most bo willing to ngreo to any slzo army necessary, but Insisted thero uno m iinml nr nw InnrnnRPil nrmv. Considers Large .Army Unnecessary. "I see no need now, or at any tltno In our history for n largo army," bo said. "Tho enlargement provided would entail a grav.o and useless burden. bur-den. Tho only use for nn army Is to attack an snemy or defend our own soil. There Isn't n senator nor a member of tho House, or a man In any of tho executive departments of tho government, who will say wo aro . In danger of assault on land by an j invading nrmy or any country upon earth." Senator llraudcgeo, author of tho amendment for a regular standing army of 230,000 msn nt peaco htrength, which was rejected by tho conference, declared that the English Eng-lish language wag inadequate to express ex-press his disgust at tho conferenco action and said he hoped tho good , Lord who gunrds tho drunkard and tho fool will savo tho nation. Secretary Haker said that as soon as President Wilson has signed tho hill ho will bsgin consultations with the general start to put tho measuro Into effect. |
