The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-06
Purpose May Be Secure Demon
stration by the Navy
Against Huerta.
SOURCES OF NEWS CLOSED
Message From Lind Believed to
Give Result OF Mexican
Elections.
Especial 10 The Times-Dispatcb

lSliecial 10 inc IlIneS- DlSpatch.1
Washington, November "a secret
message from United states Charge
a. Affaircs Shaughnessy at Mexico
CITY, stirred all the administration of
hcials in the three departments of the
state, War and Navy Building to-day
The Immediate effect OF tho mes
sage was that the Secretary of the
Navy ordered two additional warshlps
TO Mexican waters without the usual
statement that they were intended to
relieve other ships.
The result of all the orders OF tho
Navy Department within the last ten
days Is 10 secure demonstration by
the navy AGAINST Huerta. with tho
largest number OF American ships
used IN foreign waters for hostile mill
tary purpose since the Spanish War.
The power of n naval demonstration
in force Will be tried before any other
action is suggested by the President
to Congress or TO any other authority.
The two ships ordered TO assist in
the demonstration. which viii consist
of fifteen war vessels. nrc the cruiser
Chester for the East coast and the
cruiser Pittsburgh for the West Coast
Including the one battleship tenn
rorarily absent from Mexico. the com
pletc naval demonstration Will consist
OF tho Louisiana, Michigan. New Hamp-
shire. Rhode Island, New Jersey. South
Carolina, Virginia. Nebraska, Tacoma.
Chester and Wheeling. All these are
FOR the East coast and under n single
command, that OF Rear Admiral
Fletcher The ships on the West coast
are the California, Maryland, Pitts
burgh. Annapolis and South Dakota,
which has been temporarily withdrawn
from the West coast and Is at the
navy yards. Mare Island.
Straight to Vera Cruz.
The Chester viii go straight to Vera
in, la, I To
md, and into the inner harbor TO
stay there. she Is equipped with the
most powerful wireless apparatus In
the navy and can communicate di-
rcctly with Arlington, and, therefore.
practically with tho White House it,
self
This much having become known to-
day. the administration closed up
tighter han clam, and is making q
profound mystery OF the situation ana
It's program.
All sources OF news have been
closed. The state Department has re-
Gently discussed foreign affairs fully,
but declined to-day TO admit or deny
anything.
1t was denied explicitly at the White
House. however, that Huerta has sent
amy message TO this government III
which he indicates a weakening Of hi.
position.
The main definite result Is that the
administration has thrown OFF the
mask OF saying that ii is merely pro-
tecting American citizens. and Is now
asserting its right at last to send ships
OF war to Mexican ports without him
ORANGE from Huerta, and is trying to
teach him that his best plan Is to sur
render to naval demonstration rather
ihan to combined naval and military
demonstration
There Is no question but that the
news from Special Envoy Lind gives
precisely the result Of the elections In
Mexico. which the president said last
Thursday he would await before Ink
inB amy action.
1t IS definitely known further that
The President will not do anything
other than make grand and powerful
naval demonstration. and that any
further step OF his must he authorized
\ by Congress
Naval and State Department officials
KNOW and real2e and predict that II
,iuefth should provoke conflict at
~" Druz or Iampico. the guns OF the
! american Nect would not be silent
very long, and that marines would be
| ianhed for the further protection OF
american citizens III Mexico
Storirs Could Not lie True.
ne state Department has no know
,.use o! the report, IL says. that France
mas "cen appealed TO BY uucrta "a
mediate between the United States and
MN. some officials say that the storie.
could not he true. because the presi-
oen, mas stated pubiiciy that he will
nov tecosniZe Huerta, and not even
,ne result or any or his elections. Tho
french ambassador has called al III,
state department twice within the pas,
twenty iour hours. but IL ia understood
that nc is interested rather in tho re-,
port 3incially given 10 him that the
.h',eu states has sen, tho Annapolis
70 look after the French cittzon. ir
, Lower California, as demanded =,
France. lie learned tnat the citizen,
wcre safe. ''~oi''
Washington IS on tho tiptoe Of ex.
pectat!on for some announcement tn,
ins'ueht may have TO make to-mor
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