The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-01

urged that martial law obtained at
the time at Tampieo, and others had
been issued that no one should be
allowed TO land at the Iturbide bridge,
and that our sailors had no right to
land there.
Not an Isolated Case.
admiral Mayo regarded the arrest
as SO serious an affront that he was
not satisfied with the apologies offered,
but demanded that the flag Of the
United States be saluted with special
ceremony by the military commander
Of the port.
"rhe incident cannot be regarded as
a trivial one, especially as two of the
men arrested were taken from the boat
itself-that is to say, from the terri
tory Of the United States; but had il
stood by itself, it might have been at.
tributed to the ignorance or arrogance
of adsingle officer. Unfortunately, i'll
was not an isolated case, A series of
incidents have recently occurred which
cannot but create the impression that
the representatives Of General Huerta
were willing to go lout Of their way
TO show disregard for the dignity and
rights of this government, and felt
perfectly safe in doing what tney
pleased, making free to show in many
ways their irritation and contempt. A.
few days after the incident at Tam
pico an orderly from the United
States steamship Minnesota was ar
rested at Vera Cruz while ashore in
uniform to obtain the ships mail, and
was for time thrown into Jail. An
official dispatch from this government
to its embassy at Mexico City was
withheld by the authorities Of the tele-
graph service until peremptorily de-
handed by our Charge d 'AffaiTes in
person. So far as can learn such
wrongs and annoyances have been
suffered only to occur against repre-,
sentatives Of the United States. have
heard Of no complaints from other
governments of similar treatment.
United States Singled Out.
Subsequent explanations and for
NAL apologies did not and could not
alter the popular impression which it
is possible it has been the object of
Huertista authorities to create, that
the government of the United States
was being singled out and might be
singled out with impunity for sights
and affronts in retaliation for its re-
fusal to recognize the pretenses Of
General Huerta to be regarded as the
constitutional provisional President of
the republic of Mexico.
The manifest danger of such a sit
uation was that such offenses might
grow from bad to worse until some
thing happened of so gross and in
| tolerable sort as to lead directly and
inevitably to armed conflict. Ii was
necessary that the apologies of Gen.
! Huerta and his representatives should
20 much farther, that they should be
such as TO attract the attention Of the
whole population to their signifcance
and such as to impress on General
Huerta himself the necessity of seeing
to IL that no further occasion for ex-
plantations and professed regrets should
arise. !, therefore, felt it my duty
20 sustain Admiral Mayo in the whole
of his demand and to insist that the
flag of the United States should be
saluted in such a way as to indicate q
new spirit and attitude of the Huert-
istas. .n~-
Fights General Huerta Only.
''Sueh salute Gen. Huerta has re.
fused, and l have come to ask your
approval and support in the course
now purpose to pursue. This govern
ment can, earnestly hope, in no .ci.-
eumstances, be forced into war with
the people Of Mexico. Mexico is torn
by civil strife. If we are TO accept
the tests of its own Constitution, il
has set his power up in the City of
Mexico, such as il is, without right
and by methods for which there can be
no justification, Only part Of the
country is under his control. II
armed conflict should unhappily come
as a result of his attitude of personal
resentment towards this government,
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