The chronicle=news., 1914-04-21
LIVELY FIGHT
DEVELOPS N HOUSE
sC.ssiss~s ss.. psss J.,


for Vera Cruz
High officials said that while no
blockade will b- barred Ia Keep for
sisn vessels from iahiink safsoss
~i,holt a declaration oi War. the
prompt occupation of Vera Cruz by
marines souia pr-s.n, the mun.-
lions al ~aE from being rushed to
M.si.o city. Every minute of de
lay by congress counts. said Whit.
House officials. Many officials be-
iiS,- that iiu-rtA 10 playing for
tim- merely tn s-,in a shipm-n, of
arms which Aiaiifai Fletcher has
been ordered to cut ogf,
Til. hoas- adjourned untii 10 o.
.issk to-day. and President Wilson.
.osn au, by IN. days ~osk. f-'ir.i
latter hearing iha, the house adopted
the resolution Persons in 'o'ich
AIih tho rs-.ii-a,. said that IN.
steps .hish ~s.ia L- taken by the
United states short ot aar srr-
a q natus- -hi.h -saia n", require
tasnsai notification Ia th -t'Ss-ss In
1.-The sant- s-as-s lhat = declaration "F
1 lbio-kad- .r other ps-iin,inasi-s so
~ar.
Pss-isn governments. h".Hs-f.
.iii b- s-tt Informed at develop
meats The a-bsi- in the h"s,s-
br.ish, a., tho ta., that while Tbs.
Am-siesa navy probably ."aii hi.cA
Mexico ~. from rosana.rr- -i'A III"
Iiri,-i STATES IL ..s.ii not in'-f,-s-
.i,h tho rss.s- af s~-iss vessels
lai,haish sars.--s discharged "n ih-
part might b. held a' the customs
h.a.rs II ,h-s ~-s- occupied By
Nmssisaa forces.
Is1sins tho -s-nins there s-fs In
tSs mai .ont-r-ns-s Of th~m"rrais and
Hr rsublisaas and "rt-s.ii"a q" the
lphsss-olasy st ,h- i-s.ia'i"n ~ss APP
pas-n, Msny senators. aa,ans thea
Ia i-~ I~a~.sis. objected 4" s'hsi'
lins ss,, s.-a-sai iia-rsa ss an inaiH
vialai aai wanted to sna.nd tbs r-si
ola,ion tn direct II asaia.; the a-fssH
q. sas-.nm-nl In N-si.o city
Others -sn'-i I. make the f.s"ia'
; sion bsaaa .aoush 4. cover Mexico
sra-ssii5.
The pr--ia-nt had made IL si-as
q. sonsr-~p In his message that the
l.x-.u,isr really had authority to act.
hut ihat he preferred the approval ~
saass-. b-ssr- nakins ans import
an, n,s,- M-ms~r. al the hsu-r
u-a, 4. t-d INSTEAD 81. waiting for
lsh- senate to f-tuns-n-s
~ executive quarters th-f- sss .
l-, up in the late hourss Clerks .-fe
on dr,y for -m-fx-nci.. but no move
In.-n,s u-gc announced \ hish "isi'
.iai -h. -ss In eon.cT.ar~ With the
Vr->id-ns pointed eisnifiesnGi> q"
the fa., that n. orders hal t-"n is'
sa-si Z. the array and remarked that
1.-The .oa.,i,u,i.naiisss need not h.
alarmed over the situation f"r 'h'
lpf-.~a, action ~as aimed entirely
assins, iiu.s'a.
II .as s1id that one of III" r.ss.
ons the white house VA. insist"ni on
aiViduaiisiue Hu-ria In the resoiI.
tion was q. prevent the constitution.
aii.ts from misintrrpTrtins .r-,iors
movements a.. threatening h"s,iIiii-s
asains, them or the Mexican people
generally.
! With the announcement earlier
chs, the hat'Icships Virginia. N-bras.
ks and Georgia Of the third division
has been ordered from Ito.ton to
Tamric,. II was believed the final or
J-rs had been given for the move
mcnt of shins on the Atlantic aide Of
the continent. The receipt late las,
night of the statement directed by
lG.nrtai Iiuerta to the Associated
Press saying there was no American
brough, out informal comment from
tn. navy officials who asserted that
Rear ADMIRAL Mayo had reported the
| boat as flying til. colors OF the Unit
cd States at both bow and stern.
| Al, is.:o o'clock this morning the
senate cccsscd until I: O'Clock.
noon. under an agreement to consia-
or the resolution at tha, time
It was an atmosphere OF suppressed
excitement rcfl.cting grave tension
and patriotic forvor that the Presi-
dent asked congress IN person for
approval of hi. purpose.
IL was the first time since the war
with spain that president had
placed so grave an International cris-
is before the national legislature.
Mr.. Wilson spoke in solemn tones.
When he entered the house chamber
the cheers and applause that greeted
him were wildly cnthusiastic--an
outburst OF the tension that had pre-
vailed in the rational capital for the
last twenty-four hours. As he read