The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-15
AMERICAN WARSH|PS NOW ARE RACING
At full SPEED TOWARD MEXICAN COAST

led insults to the United States off,
GERS and men wers arrested in Tam
pico and in Vera Cruz. Official dis
patches to Charge O'Shaughnessy
we're held up and only delivered to
him after he had made emphatic de-
mands upon Huerta himself.
4. 1t was learned from high offcial
source today that the situation which
culminated in yesterdays order to Ad-
miral Badger are about as follows:
For some time past the 6efacto
gov ernment of Mexico has indicated
by it's attitude that it considered mere
apologies sufficient when rights OF
American citizens or the dignity OF
the government of the United States
was involved and has apparently
made no attempt at either reparatlon
or to effect correction of serious dere-
lections OF its civil and military OIL
GERS. Immediately after the arrest OF
Kopp and his men at Tampico, an Or
derly from one of Fletchers warships
in Vera Cruz who had been sent
ashore for the ships mail, and VINO
was in full uniform with the official
mail bag across his shoulder. was ar
rested by the Vera Cruz authorities.
! He was not release until summary
representations had been made by the
! American consul. The federal officer
who arrested him received only nom
inal punishment.
In his report OF the incident Ad-
miral Fletcher characterized as high
ly significant that an orderly from the
United States fleet was picked out
from thu many persons who were con-
stantly going ashore on various er-
rands from the warships of every ma
tionality in the harbor.'
Most serious of all in the opinion
of the president and his advisers, the
officials in charge of the telegraph OIL
l'fice at Mexico City presumed to With
hold an official dispatch of the United
I; States government to its embassy at
! Mexico City until 1t had been sent to
1.-The censor and his permission areceiv-
ed to delivsr 1t. The dispatch was
turned over to Charge O'Shaughnessy 81
upon his personal and emphatic de-
mand, he having in the meantime
learned through other channels that
dispatch had been sent him Wink n
he had not received In discussing
this series of incidents, high officials
who enjoy the confidence of Presi-
dent Wilson, said today: 1T cannot
but strike anyone who has watched
the course Of events in Mexico, as sig
nificant that untoward incidents sucn
as these have not occurred IN any
case where representatives OF other
governments were concerned but only
in dealings with representatives or
the government of the United States
and that there has been no OCCASION
for other governments to call atten-
ton to such matters or to ask Tor
apologies. These repeated offenses
! against the rights and dignity OF thc
United States, offenses not duplicated
with regard to the representatives OF
other governments, have necessarily
made the impression that the govern
m ant of the United States was sin
gled out for manifestations Of i'll will
and contempt.
1.-The authorities of the state depart
ment feel confident that when the ser,
iousness and cumulative seriousness
is known, that Mexico will see the
propriety and necessity Of giving evil
dence of its desire to repudiate and
correct tn sse things as will not De
only satisfactory to the government
of the United States. but also evidence
to the rest Of the world of an entire
change of attitude. TIL ere can be no
loss to the dignity of the oefacto
government Of Mexico in recognizing
to the fullest degree the claims OF a
great soy erign government to its re-
spect."
on Before Noon.
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. April 10
Up anchors at 10 o'clock was the
order wig-wasged through the haze
and rain clouds today from the battle
ship Arkansas. temporary flagship or
Rear Admiral Badger
At daybreak the Naw Jersey, the
Arkansas and the Vermont. whose
supplies had been completed during
a night of feverish activity. were
NOV ed from the Portsmouth navy