OCR Text |
Show Stirs Congress To Indignation Senator Sherman Introduces a Resolution Reso-lution Looking to Intervention Washington, Jan. 12 Congress was, swept by a wave of indignation today to-day ovor tho killing of American clt-zens clt-zens by Mexican bandits, near Chihuahua Chi-huahua City. Demands for action came from minority members nnd whllo the administration lenders conn soiled patience, oven Senator Stone, chairman of tho Sonnto foreign relations rela-tions committee admitted that If Car-ranzn, Car-ranzn, after a fair trial, failed to proteo foreigners ln Mexico, intervention inter-vention wns Inevitable. In tho Sonnto tho storm broke as soon us It assembled. Sonntor Sherman, Sher-man, Ropubllcnn, Introduced a resolution reso-lution proposing that 1111I0B3 Cnrriiu-za Cnrriiu-za gives proper protection to foroign life nnd property tho United Stntos should Invito tho Pan Amorican nations' na-tions' which havo been asoclatcd In tho Mexican negotiations to Join In restoring order nnd government In Moxlco. Sonntor Sherman's resolution was read to tho Sonnto and without comment com-ment or discussion of any kind wns referred to yio foreign relations commlttco. com-mlttco. Senator Sherman's Resolution Senator Shorman's resolutions read as follows: "Whereas Moxlco l now and hns for several years been rent Mlth civ il strife, which ln tho nbsenco of any government ablo adequately to protect pro-tect Ufo and property, has dogonorat-ed dogonorat-ed into a condition of murdor, raplno and plllago, resulting in tho loss of Hies of American citizens as well as Europeans thero and tho destruction of their property nnd, "Whereas, many such outrages havo been committed by tho urmod forces of somo ono or moro of tho alleged revolutionary loadors whoso wnrfaro and followers nro h method of brlgandngo, perpetrated by band-dus band-dus and, "Whereas, conditions slnco tho do-cognition do-cognition of Carranza, ono of Iho alleged al-leged revolutionary loadors, show no improvement nor dooa IiIb government govern-ment manifest any tondonoy or sufll-clont sufll-clont strength to rcioro ordnr or malntnln civil government ndequato (Continued on page flvo) Stirs Congress To Indignation (Continued from pago ono) to tho protection of llfo nnd property, proper-ty, nnd, "Whereas, this government has promulgated and still adheres, so far as known, to what Is commonly ca'l ed tho Monroo doctrine, under which tho governments of tho old world aro prevented from tho protection of their own citizens or subjects by nrmed forces, and such foreign governments, gov-ernments, being so barred from tho protection of their cltUens or sub. Jects becnuso of tho nttltude of the United States on ftho Monroo doc-trlno doc-trlno thereby consider it Is nllescd, tho United States responsible for the less of life or property resu'.tlng from conditions In Mexico nnd such claim whether well founded or not, Is of nn nrbltrary character, which may subject us to arbitration beforo somo tribunal on tho question of daimtgoa and, "Whorcni, such rlvll strike In northern nor-thern Mexico has endangered tho llfo limb and property of the people of border states of this country, coiv ditlous hnvo now reached the stage no longer tolerable to tho reace nnd good order of tho border states :t this union or tho life nnd security of Amorlenn citizens or other nllo-'s In Mexico. "Therefore, bo It resolved:Tlint it Is the sonso of the Senate, tho Hoiire concurring thnt tho government demand de-mand of t'arrnnzn, who has been recently re-cently recognized as tho bend of nn established government In Mexico, that ho protect and save hnrmYse the' lives and property of Americans nnd other aliens In that country, nnd "That tho other governments in the western hemisphere that lately joined In such recognition bo Invited to unlto In that demand and that In tho event of fnlluro of Carranzn promptly to furnish biicIi protection that the President bo nnd ho Is hero-by hero-by requested to Invite the ceoperntlon of such governments heretofore Joining Join-ing with us In Intervening for tho restoration of pence and good order, nnd tho protection of tho lives nnd I property, not enly of American clti-zens clti-zens but other aliens and of pence-ablo pence-ablo citizens nnd that when such order or-der Is restored and a government adequate ade-quate to contlnuo and sustain such protection Is established that tbo United States withdraw from that country, nnd, "It Is further resolved to bo tho solo and only purposo of this government gov-ernment to enter tho territory of Mexico for tho purposes Indicated " T |