The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-21

commanders at the port had not been
notified of any such prohibition. ana
even if they had been, the only Justl-
fable course open to the local author
tiles would have been to request the
paymaster and his crew to withdraw
and to lodge a protest with the com
manding officer of the feet. Admiral
Mayo regarded the arrest as so serl"
Gus an affront that he was not salts
fed with the apologies offered, but
demanded that the flag Of the United
States be saluted with special cere-
mony by the military commander OF
the port.
Incident Not Trivial.
1.-The incident cannot be regarded as
a trivial one, especially Is 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 1t
stood by itself, if might ave been at.
tributed to the ignorance or arrog-
ance of a single officer.
unfortunately, it vas not an iso-
lated case. A series of incidents have
recently occurred which cannot but
create the impression that the repre-;
s~entatives of General Huerta were
willing to go out Of their way to show
disregard for the dignity and rights Of
this government. n felt perfectly
safe in doing what they pleased, MAX
Ing free to show in many ways their
irritation and contempt.
"A few days after the incident at
Tampico an orderly from the U. S. S.
Minnesota was arrested at Vera Cruz,
while ashore in uniform to obtain the
ships mail, and was for a time thrown
into jail.
Official Message Withheld.
"An official dispatch from This gov
eminent to it's embassy at Mexico
City was withheld by the authorities
of the Geographic service until per-
emptoriiy demanded by our charge
d'affaires in person.
80 far as I can learn, such wrongs
and a~nnoyances have been suffered
only to occur against representatives
of the United States. I have heard no
complaints from other governments of
|ations and formal apologies did not
and could not alter the popular i'm
preston which 1t Is possible it had
| been the object Of the -Huertista au-
liberties to create that the government
of the United States was being sing
led out; and might be- singled out with
impunity, for Sights and affronts in
retaliation for It's refusal to regard
Huerta as the constitutional provi.
sional president OF the republic OF
Mexico"
"The manifest danger Of such a sit.
FudtlOn was lIdL S1Sh. VllSilCCS aiiASL
grow from bad to worse until some.
: thing happened OF SO gross and intol'
J cradle a sort as to lead directly anc
! inevitably to armed conflict.
: Apologies MOT Enough.
! at was necessary that the apologies
!. tof General Huerta and his representa-
!, tives should go much further; tina
: they should be such as to attract thu
I attention OF the whole population t,
their significance, and such as to i'm
: press unon General Huerta himself tn,
necessity OF seeing to it that noffur
! ther occasion for explanations an,
! protested regrets should arise. ]
: therefore, felt 1t my duty II sustain
! Admiral Mayo in the whole or his de
mand, and to insist that the flag o
! 1.-the United states should be galuted Iii
: such a way as to indicate a new spiri
I and attitude on the part of the Huer
. tistas.
Z "Such 4 salute General Huerta ha
Z refused, and I have come to ask You
7 approval and support In the course
Z now purpose to pursue.
q Wants No War. .
. 4taTflis government can, I earnestl
d hope, in no circumstances be force
o into war with the people Of \ Mexico
Mexico is torn by civil strife. If w
are to- accept ths.st tests OF its con
" stitutinli, it has no government. Cen
i aral Huerta has set his power up 4
1.-THE City Of Mexico, such az IT Is, with