The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-15


i black with humanity. Bright uniforms
OF the coast artillery, ofdeers and pri'
vate, flashed through the haze. the
shore resorts and cottages disgorged
hundreds.
4 The Arkansas was the center OF at
i tention Badgers pennant hoateo
from her mast The admiral had re-
Gently made the Arkansas his tenn
porary flag ship because the Wyom-
ing. regular flag ship OF the Atlantic
feet is in the docks. 1t was expect
| ed today that as Badger is now In
stalled on the Arkansas, that vessel
will be continued as the flagship Of
/ the squadron. The Arkansas and
Wyoming are sister ships
! The battleships South Carolina,
Louisiana and Michigan were expect
ed to join the other four vessels sail
ing today from Hampton Roads, of
Key West.
Huerta to be Convinced.
[By John e. Nevin, star correspon-
dent OF the United Press.]
WASHINGTON, April IS Once
again Gen sraI vtctoriano Huerta, die
tator OF Mexico, dominated the world
stage again today. On his decision
hung whether the United States will
continue to tolerate him or will ig-
ANONYMOUSLY drive him from hts pres
ent high position. Washington was
without word as to his intention. The
great naval strength in the Atlantic
Of the United States. score of ships
of all classes and 10000 men. is bs-
ing concentrated at Tampfco. The
suggestion that his force is being as
sembled to enforce a demand for an
apology and a salute to the stars and
stripes was admittedly absurd. Rear
Admiral Mayo at Tampico and Flet-
cher at Vera Cruz already had ships
and men enough to wipe out the de-
lenses OF the two important Mexican
seaports and to hold them against all
OF Mexico. President Wilson realized
this. But he also realized that the
sovereignty of the U. s. had been
f1outed through all Mexico; that the
Mexicans are peopls who must have
it demonstrated that another nation
is in deadly earnest and that a single
demonstration OF force would far out
weigh hundred diplomatic commun-
ications. Huerta has been earnestly
urged to wipe out the insult to the
UniteG States, contained in the arrest
of Paymsser Kopp and his blue jack
cts by the commandant at Tampico.
He had blandly disavowed the act but
refused public apology.
What are you going to do about
it," he was reported to have demand
ed OF O'Shaughnessy. And President
Wilson's first answer was today
known to the dictator-concentrat
of the greatest floating fighting force
ever assembled by the United States.
The next move will come from
Huerta What it will be no one can
forecast. He may apologize with a
salute of the stars and stripes from
his batteries at Tampico. II he does
President Wilson must then decide
whsther to continue his big fleet in
Mexican waters or send them across
to Guantanamo to be held in reserve.
The majority of government officiais
were incline ed today to believe that
Huerta will not yield. They say he
has decided he might as well be driv-
en- from the presid sncy. seized from
the dead hands OF the murdered Ma
dero, by the United States as by the
rebels, who are now triumphing in
the north II the rebels accomplish
his downfall, officials here say Huerta
is forever discredited. But il the
United States drives him out, he gets
place in Mexican national history
that will never die.
officials here of both the army and
navy believed today that a definite
program now confronts this govern
INSTRUMENTATION of warships at
Tampico: occupation of that port and
its designation as a neutral zone;
blockade of both coasts by the war
ships and possibly az final step,
armed intervention to restore tran
guilty by the army.
Thu president and Secretary Bryan
hope that this latter step will never
have to be taken. They no longer
believe the saluts to the colors will
be voluntarily given But they are
| hopeful that after 1t has been forced,
conditions will change for the better.
Meanwhile. through Charge O'Shaugh.