MEXICO'S OFFENCES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17335, 5 December 1919, Page 7

MEXICO'S OFFENCES.

PROVOCATION OF AMERICA. FIVE YEARS OF INSULTS. SENATOR URGES ACTION. By Telegraph Press Association Copyright. A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Mr. A. B. Fall, in the Senate, submitted a resolution to sever diplomatic relations with Mexico. Mr. Fall was chairman of the committee which recently investigated Mexican affairs. He alleged that diplomatic officers were actively distributing Bolshevik literature in the United States. The evidence already collected would, he said, astound the world if revealed. They had distributed a book, entitled " The Conspiracy Against Mexico," the author of which was an Australian, named Arthur Thomson. The book defended the Soviet Government system, and the State Department held proof that- General Carranza approved the book. Mr. H. F. Ashurst said that the United States ought immediately to mobilise in view of the threatening character of the Mexican forces on the American border. For five years the United States had stood unheard of insults. She ought at least to protect Americans within America's borders. Mr. Fall's resolution was referred to the Foreign Relations Committee. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times say that it is believed that the United States and Mexico are nearer severance of diplomatic relations than they -have been at any time since the United States' recognition of General Carranza as de facto President. The State Department i 3 maintaining silence because it does not wish to inflame popular sentiment or add to the seriousness of the situation. The correspondent adds that it is announced that a new Note has been dispatched to Mexico. It is under stood that the Note reaffirms the attitude of the former message to Mexico, and points out that the United States considers the .Tenkin incident only one of the many wrongs which Mexico has failed to remedy. It is believed that the Note also insists that Mexico must give adequate protection to Americans, and expresses surprise at the tone of General Carranza's reply. A message from Mexico City states that the Mexican Senate has voted to entrust the .President, General Carranza, with the sole control of negotiations with the United States.