The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-20
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commanders At the port had not been
notified Of any such prohibition and
even II they had been, the only JustifI-
able course open to the local authori-
ties would have been TO request tho
paymaster and his crew to Withdraw
and to lodge 4 protest with the COM
mandIng officer Of the fleet.
Admiral Mayo regarded the arrest
as 90 serious an affront that no was
not satisfied With the apologies Offer
ed, but demanded that the flag Of the
United States be saiuted with special
ceremony by the military commander
Of the port.
The Incident cannot be regarded a.
a trivial one, especially as two Of the
men arrested were taken from the
boat ItseIf-that Is to say, from the
territory Of the United States; but
had it stood by itself It might have
been attributed to the ignorance or ar.
rogance Of a single officer. Unfor.
tunateIy, Il was not an isolated case.
A series Of Incidents have recently oe-
CURED which cannot but create the
Impression that represent, tlves Of
Genera, Huer4a were wiIIIno 90 no out
Of THAR wav "a show d,.r.oard fo- N.
dignity ana rintt. ~ mi. novernmen -
ana felt perfectly safe n doIno wh,t
.thev o,e..ed. mak,no free 10 show n
m.nv w,v. their Irritation and con.
temn.
4 few d,x. aster the Incident ~
ramoico. an orderly from the II. 8
Minnesota w,s ,rrested ~ Yer, Cru,
while ashore In uniform to obtain
the ships mall, and was for = time
thrown into IalI. An off,claI dispatch
from thIs government to lts embassy
q Mexleo City was withheld by the
authorities a. the tsIearanhle service
until pssmptorlly dsmanded BY our
sotsatnA daMaiea N psrecs,. 81.
DO far @ f~esH Issrn, Sueh wrongs
and annoyances have been suffered to
occur only against representatives Of
the United States. have heard OF
no complaints from other govern
ments Of similar treatment. subse-
quent explanations and formal apollo
aies did not and could not alter the
popular Impression, which Il IL pos
sibIe Il had been the object Of the
Huertista authorities TO create, that
the government Of the United states
was being singled out and might bc
singled out with lmpunIty for Sights
and affronts In retaliation TOR its re-
fusal 10 recognize the pretensions Of
General Huerta to be regarded as the
constitutional PROVISIONAL pres'oehs
Of the republic OF Mexico
The manifest danger Of such sit
uatIon was that such offenses might
grow from bad to worse until some
thing happened Of 80 gross and 'nto'-
erabIe a sort as to lead directly and
Inevitably to armed conflict. It was
necessary that the apologies OF GEN
erai Huerta and his representatives
should 90 much further that tney
should be, such az TO attract the at
tention OF the whole poPu'at'o" 20
their Significance ana sucn as 70 I'M.
press upon 3eners :. 49,. -.
the necessary o' ees -
further occasion TOR esp'.A.'o". ~
professed resrets 'no.'a
therefore, reH " my o.y ~. ~.
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s e.,.r,, huerta has
QUO" 49,. aore "a ask YOUR
'e'usso ~" ~ ."n,ort In the course l
approsa a.. - - pur.ue
now p'' ...,n.nt ear. / earnestly
.,reur.t.nees be forced
.nso We. 80 49,. ~, e,v,, strife. II we