The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-04-24
WILSON'S Mes
SAGE IS READ
TO CONGRESS
He Wants Authority to Use
Force in Selling Gulf
Ports and Railway
HUERTA WANTS MORE time
No Issue With Mexican People
Dictator Cause of Row and He
Must be Eliminated
CWNU News service.)

(NNt News ServiCe.)
Washington, April 21.-No word had
come from Huerta, and officials said
nothing but complete compliance
with all the American demands could
prevent President Wilson from an
pearing before joint session OF the
house and senate, and asking for au.
thority to use the army and navy to
uphold the honor and dignity of the
nation.
While President Wilson's ultimatum
TO the dictator has expired there was
no doubt there that should Huerta re.
cede completely before congress au.
thorizes President Wilson to act, his
acquiescence would be accepted. This
in effect extends the ultimatum until
3 o'clock.
No Further Temporizino,
No further negotiations, parleys and
counter propositions will be consid-
cred, however. The Washington gov.
eminent regards the diplomatic situa.
dion as closed.
Secretary Bryan left his early con-
ference with the president, saying the
situation was unchanged, that no new
dispatches had been received and that
nothing but a complete backdown by
Huerta could stop the Washington
governments plan of action.
The attitude of Carranza and Villa,
leaders of the constitutionalists, the
secretary said, he considers very ia
vorable, and did not expect any com.
plicating developments from that
phase of the situation.
Americans Warned to Leave.
The .only semblahce of a break In
the silence between Washington and
Mexico City came during the fore
noon, when Charge Algara carried
communication to Secretary Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan said that so far as he
knew, the Mexican government had
not given Mr.. O'Shaughnessy his pass-
ports nor had the state department in.
structed the charge to leave Mexico.
According to official advices, Ameri.
cans in Mexico already are beginning
to leave. Officials underwood that
hundreds OF Americana left Mexico
City for Vera Cruz
The state department through Mr..
O'Shaughnessy and by direct NEE
sages from Mr.. Bryan TO American
consuls throughout Mexico, has
warned all Americans TO leave
President Wilson told the Washing
ton correspondents just before the cab
met meeting not to get the impression
that the United States was going to
have war with Mexico. He pointed out
that under no circumstances would
the United States fight the Mexican
people; that It was their friend.
Wants Full Endorsement.
Mr.. Wilson said he was going to
congress TO tell of a special situation
and to ask approval Of plans to meet
a special situation. He declared the
issue was only one between the United
States and a man who calls himself
the president OF Mexico and whom the
United States had never recognized as
entitled to that right.
The president said the intention Of
the United States was to help the PEG.
pie of Mexico, and that he had gotten
a feeling Of uneasinoss when he found
the newspapers fired with enthusiasm
for war.
The president said in reality he was
going to congress on an occasion for
which, strictly speaking, it was not
necessary to obtain authority, but that
1t was his desire to have the full CO.
operation, thought and purpose of con
gress Mr.. Wilson said that the exccu.
tive could take steps which would fall
short of a declaration of war.