Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-22

Ing what they will be required to do
If the president goes to the capitol
and asks them for authority to invade
Mexico.
Huerta Keeps Up His Clubbing.
The limit set by President Wilson
in his ultimatum to Huerta expired at
1886 Washington time. That was the
hour named by the president at which
Huerta must have his mind made up
one way or the other-to yield to the
demand of the United States to salute
the American flag Internationally, or
to definitely refuse.
Events followed each other during
the day in rapid and thrilling success
sion. On the side of the United
States they were definite, aggressive,
warlike. On Huertas side they were
marked by quibbling and procrastina-
ton.
The significance of Huerta's course
throughout the day was matter of
opinion. 1t meant any one to three
, things:
Either he was fighting desperately
to stave off the humiliation of being
compelled to publicly salute the flag
he despises.
Or he was making it clear that he
was doing it merely because he could
not get out Of it-and was yielding
as grudgingly, as sneeringly, as in
sultingly as possible.
Or he was simply making an appear
ance of resisting, while privately well
coming the Intervention that may
, make him the leader of United Mex
leo, or at least insure for him his
personal safety.
These in detail were the develop
ments of the day:
At 1 a. m. the state department re-
ceived a dispatch from Charge DAT
flares O'Shaughnessy, at Mexico City,
the effect of which was that Huerta
did not feel he should recognize the
flag of a nation which did not recog-
nize him.
The answer to this was that the
United States would in no way modify
its demand.
At eight o'clock second message
was received in which Huerta asked
that the time limit, which was six
o'clock Mexico time, be extended.
Secretary Bryan at once got into
communication with President Wilson
at White Sulphur Springs over the
long-distance telephone and communi-
Gated to him the contents of the mes
sage.
At IL o'clock Secretary of State
Bryan sent an answer to Huerta
through Charge d'Affaires O'Shaugh-
messy refusing to make any conces-
sions.
At four o'clock it was announced
that Huerta had advised this govern
ment that he would comply with the
demand of the United States if he
was given written promise that the
United States would salute the Next
can flag in return. He said also that
his salute should not be considered as
reparatiOn for the Tampico incident,
but as balm to the "super-sensitive-
ness" of the American people.
Secretary of State Bryan answered
this dispatch with a message repeat
ing the position of the United States
and citing the paragraph in the orig
inal demand made by Admiral Mayo
at Tampico.
The most sensational feature of the
day was the order to the torpedo flotil-
la to join the battleships at Tampico.
Rear Admiral Blue, acting secretary
of the navy in the temporary absence
of Secretary Daniels, flashed the fol-
lowing wireless message to Captain
Sims, commander Of the flotilla at
Pensacola:
Join Rear Admiral Badger, com
handkerchief of the Atlantic fleet,
at once with your entire command"
Warships to Wait Off Tampico.
Vera Cruz. April 20.-The portion Of
the United States squadron arriving
off Tampico has been ordered to keep
out at sea until the rest of the ships
have come up.
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Grad
ock, commanding the British squad
ron, arrived here from Tampico on
board his flagship, the cruiser Essex.