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Show REPORTS ON I REVOLUTION i k Senator Smith Says Situation Situ-ation In Mexico Is ; K Very Serious j : '- j EI Paso, Sept. 13. Summarizing ' tho -work of his committee, Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, chairman of the sub-committoo of the ; senate committee on foreign relations to investigate alleged American ac tivity In fomenting the present Mexican Mex-ican revolution said today: ; l "While it would be foolhardy to our : j government to involve itself in the : ? affairs f Mexico, yet as a practical ; , suzerain in the weutorn hemisphere ; who should never hesitate to protect through the inability of constitutional constitution-al authorities to execrieo their pro tectlvo functions for the preservation of tho liberties and other rights of American citizens from torture, prosecution pros-ecution or robbery which occurs through tho inability of constitution-alal constitution-alal authorities to exorcise their pro-1 tectlve functions for the preservation i of the liberties and other rights of Americans. So many cases of wanton wan-ton oppression and unnecessary hard-j hard-j , ship have presented themselves to our committee and seemingly so little has been done by our government to i strike at the root of the entire diffi culty that I am not surprised to find among the more reckless of the Mexican Mexi-can people a disposition to belittle I our prowess, decry our strength and misconstrue our motives. A firm, vigorous detcrmlnod and unrelenting foreign policy which askB for justice and fair treatment of Americans at the hands of other governments, and assures tho same treatment of their citizens among us should bo the secure se-cure heritage of our people and it must not be a garment to put on and off at the whim or caprice of anyone. Regarding Intervention. "It I had an Idea regarding Intervention, Inter-vention, I would not give it because I have no facts upon which to base such a statement I will say however, that I hope that long before our government gov-ernment could act through appropri-1 appropri-1 ate channels a fair and equablo solu-' solu-' tlon between the warring elements In Mexico will have boen reached. We have obtained much useful In- formation upon this point already and shall continue our efforts wherover ; the commltteo feels it can best get with the true facts. "I have no hesitation in saying that tho Mexican situation can be under- stood only by a close examination. It presents a problem of very great im portance to that republic, and will have a tremendous Influence in the r affairs of the countries further south. . The wanton destruction of property, aggregating many millions of dollars dol-lars Is fairly staggering in lis enor-' enor-' jnltj'. In some of the northern states j of Mexico where the activities of Orozco, Salnzar and Rojas have been M principally directed, the state gov- "tflR ernments seem to have been partlal- m ,y superseded by military rules, al- MM though there Is a form of civil pro- l5 cedurc still maintained. tJB, "A careful study of the situation 2M leads me to believe a crisis is Imral- Mr nent in the affairs of our sister rc- ft public and our own government must jlM recognize tho seriousness of a situa- vm tlon so full of complexity. |