Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1914 — SOLON IS FOR INTERVENTION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOLON IS FOR INTERVENTION

Senator Thomas B. Caton, Back From Trip Through Mexico, Favors Such a Move. Washington.—United States Senator Thomas B. Caton of New Mexico, who recently returned from a personal Investigation of the Mexican situation, during which he had an extended interview with Francisco Villa, leader of the rebels In the north, is an exponent of immediate intervention by this country. “The conditions In Mexico are worse than they were in Cuba when we intervened in that island in behalf of humanity,” declared Senator Caton. “Few Americans lost their lives before the Spanish war, and but little

property belonging to the citizens of this country was destroyed, but the loss of American lives in Mexico since the present disturbance began has been appalling. “While loss of property is a secondary matter, it is a fact that two-fifths of the property of Mexico, amounting lng to something like $1,308,000,000 at the beginning of the present disturbance, has been destroyed or shrunken tn value to less than one-third of its former value. If present conditions continue the property of Americans in Mexico will not be worth $10,000,000.”

Senator Thomas B. Caton.