THE MEXICAN CRISIS
PROPOSAL TO BREAK DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE
(By Telegraph-Press Associatkra--Oopyrisrh.t Washington, December 1. Senator Hitchcock", in the Senate, introduced a resolution authorising a breach of diplomatic relations with Mexico, and enabling tho President thenceforward to act at his discretion. The matter was referred to the I'oreigh Relations Or.ninr'ttee.
Senator King has introduced in the Senate n resolution empowering tho President to us? the army and navy to enforce payment by Mexico of claims for damage, by Americnn cit'zens. Mr. Lansing has conferred with the Foreign delations Committee. It is understood that the conference had reference t<> the resolution proposing the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Mexico.
Mr. I,ans : n? admitted that the State Department dealt with the Mexican situation without reference to the President. The Senate has appointed a committee to interview President Wilson to discuss tlifi proposed measures.—Aus.-iN'.Z. Cable A^sii.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19191206.2.49
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 62, 6 December 1919, Page 11
Word count
Tapeke kupu
147THE MEXICAN CRISIS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 62, 6 December 1919, Page 11
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in