The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-17
Only Thing Now l. Arranging
of Formal Details of Firing
the Twcnty-one Guns to
Flag
t leet Continues
Toward Iampico
Washington Delighted
At Turn In Affairs Dol
phin viii Return Salute As
Naval Courtesy Wilson
Is Satisfied

WASHINGTON, Aprf is-~Huerta
viii yIeid 30 the demands st the
United States and order salute Of
twenty one guns To the american
coIors by way Of PREPARATION for tas
Tamp}eo insult
That Is the interpretation which
administration officials nave put %
dispatch received today from Nelson
Cl'shaugh messy, charge a affaires IN
Mexico Cay. and the Incident is now
regarded a. closed except for the ar
ran cement of formal details and tho
actual firing 81 the twenty one gums
In the meantime. however. the pow
erful Atlantic feet Will continue on its
way toward lamp tco and preparations
will go forward for the movement or
war vessels on the Pacific coast Not
until the actual PREPARATION has been
rendered will the administration stay
rs band or change rs psaus for The
blockade and seizure 0f Mexican ports
On both coasts II Huerta has given
satisfaction before the arrival OF the
American war vessels In Mexican gulf
waters they probably viii be recalled
or diverted fFom their course,
In indicating his intention To Yield
10 the United States, Hnerta made II
conditional a firing by the United
states 1t return salute TO the Mexi-
consented 10 DO. on the ground that II
~ ia absolute cenforuaits with all pre-
cedents In similar cases, and because
he TN satisfied THAI IL wiIl no& involve a
recognition Of the Huerta gosernn1e NJ
President Willing.
The president has siansfied his will
ngness to Charge shanghnessy 70
accept the Mexican salute under these
conditions. and at a late hour tonight
the department Of state VAS expecting
reply from the United States en-
baSsy In Mexico CITY containing the
information that final arrangements
had been made with Haerta
For the time it looked as il the
adjustment Of the Mexican crisis would
meet With bitter opposition in con-
gress Some ~ the best informed
students on foreign relations gave EVIL
dence Of resenting the agreement 10
fire return salute TO the Mexican
colors Senator Lodge. of Massachu-
setts. for Instance declared that such
n salute which would make us rsdsea+
lnus was 4nconeeivable, and would
amount merely t. an exchange Of
couryssIes.
Later. however. Senator Lodge and
other mem bers ~ congress learned
that Admiral Mayo. In has original de-
mands on the Mexican commander.
had called fer a salute To the Ameri-
Can flag, 10 be acknowledged gun for
gum, hy the United States. Further
more the navy department lmynediate-
" produced presidents which they
commended established beyond a dauhs
that tha return os Che Mexican satatr
was sanctioned by the practice Of ma
items In racf, authorities In Wash
ingt0n contended rhat they knew NJ
40 case where such a salute by way Of
reparation fer An insult had neS n@en
formally acknowledged
Ma3oS Stipulation.
In view ef the fact that Admiral
Maze had stipulated aa exchange Of
@stHtes iR hts original demand. Senator
14adge and others immediately with
drew ANY Criticism Of tne adjustment
There IA one f@asur@ nf Ghs proposed
settlement pf the crisis, however In
which This government has no pres
cand~nt for guidance, 40 Far ~
auxherltiss hare have been able ea AZ
certain this will be chs trss Instance
whsre statutes Of this character have
been exchanged between nations un0
OF wjhfch has refused 90 recognise che
existing government nf the oshar
WASHINGTON. ApriI fs~@rAs
FIRST lntlmafion that the erisls In M@x-
sca had passed came about III o'clock
tais meratng, when Secretary fsFsaa
hurried frem fhe state department ~
The white Hausa, HE was smiling
TIE secretary hAd been gkans far th~
laAt three days over the tusMsaence at
Nsr and every body read good n~Wa
I'm his changed apn~a rance
Atr. brSan bore 0essASe wntvn
hAA iast haea translated from .AA
@@ae hg eNpwFAs Ak the state a@pars~
nte1t Fhls message contained Th&xs@
II Sha&g hnessys report al al 'saksF-
esew nv had with Fresla~at ffu~rsA
nc thA mat4Aaut palace TArtF spd*Y4
Precedent wilson was IN wsaxe ssae
ference ~tsh senator shtvslv It's Acts
lng CHARM af fhe senat@ e0mmss*
t~r an fervtkm relations. whsa Mr.
nrSah hurried in Secretary tstgsH
MAS with the president half an AAaF
tfe refused Ia discuss tAe sstaaaseH
~ aen he lsr4 the White tsaasv aHf
saa sluige ne had wNrA whwn ~ @n~
tered had ngpaawmaa
In 4 few minutes SeNs las aaAvsfs
came eus ~ sh~ presidents asHe~s ~
dropped ths isTs9 F~As tnksmssiNn af
change ia itaNftas @ttlkWas, Tia s@sA
ha had cvaHaas fog believing fnsI< *as
aAtuAtion ~auta aaM NV adjusted IN
Accordance with the Wishes III tne
uitea states Then eAHss n@TFvssrv
Ynmafsg v&th the Internal son thai thA
president hMa received information "
! most encouraging character.
After ehat the ns~s auiekiy spF~MN
fhAK a4eFs8 had actually siwnssswd IN
u .sshmag hnesax hs# wttlgnxwsss ~ er~
der thm nAti1nai salute AIRED At fAMs
psca, h&s hMst adAre ss*a sH au4NtFa ~
III whafh~r sAs tfnltea states w0ul4 u
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