Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-04-18
Thursday depends immediate devel
opments in the Mexican situation.

oPAoAIo III IHe MeAlCan situation.
II is stated at the White House,
State Department and Navy Depart.
ment that no dispatches had been re-.
ce!ved from Nelson O'Shaughnessy.
1t Mexico City; Admiral Fletcher, at
Vera Cruz, or Admiral Mayo, at Tam.
2ico, indicating whether Huerta in.
tended complying with the demand
+ the United States that he order
fired salute Of p guns to the Amer
lean flag as reparation Of the indigni-
ties heaped upon the United States
by the arrest or a paymaster and a
squad Of bluejackets Of the dispatch
boat Dolphin by a Huerta official at
rampico. Admiral Mayo informed
the Huerta government that at that
time, if the demands we're not COM
0lied with, he would lombard the
i;E of TamD:co. Admiral Mayos
lction was Endorsed by President
Wilson and Secretary Daniels.
President Backs Up UItimatum.
Ws!an asked about it the President
VAS confident the salute would be
rod. He stopped there and asked to
"a excused from saying any more at
this time. The President indicated
plainly that if Huerta did not order
The salute fired the United States
would take extreme measures.
It IS understood that instructions
nave been sent to Charge O'Shaugh-
Messy to represent to the Huerta gov.
,rnment the feeling Of the admins
tration here over the affront. but
ere has been no announcement. on
he subject.
Direct communication between
''mpico and the cable end a: Vera
'ruZ, which is the only means where
~ news Of what is going on at Tam
oico can reach Washington. can be
'ad only by wireless, and owing to
he prevalence Of storms Of hurricane
proportions this communication has
oeen exceedingly difficult and slow
rhe Huerta government itself, it Is
understood, has been obliged to COM
nunicate with Tampico by messages
sent on steamboats, and it is suggest
/ by naval officers that if it be-
comes necessary for General Huerta
20 end instructions to the federal
commander at Tampico in a very linn
I'd time he might have to resort to
the use Of the radio outfits Of the
American battleships, even in dealing
With a subject so delicate as the de-
Nand Of a salute.
Lind Familiar With Situation.
Mr.. Lind is understood to have
old Secretary Bryan that there would
be lull in the diplomatic side %
the Mexican situation while the coll
tending forces in the north fought
CT supremacy The former Mime
sofa governor took the opportunity
10 come to the United States while
there seemed to him to be little prog
pect Of the Huerta government yield
ing. He is known to believe that
lily the conquering armies Of the
Constitutfonalsts can force General
Huerta to retire at present. The
defeat at Torreon Of the federal forces
s unknown as yet throughout the
greater part of the territory control
led by the Huerta government, and
.igorous censorship both within Mex
leo and on news being sent abroad
from the Mexican capital Is being
Mr.. Lind has found life in the
tropics somewhat fatiguing, but he
declared his health had not suffered.
His tall, angular figure, his tanned
face and sharp features, and MS
broad-brimmed felt hat attracted at
tention at the hotel where he was
stopping. Many friends who knew