Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-29
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Up ARMED h / / /. ACTION A TIL N
Justities President in Use OF
Army and Navy.
JOINT RESOLUTION ADOPTED %

JOINT RESOLUTION ADOPTED
Long and Lively Debate IN Senate
MI. .WIlson'o Message, Recitlns
Affronts to United states BY
ri 4s the Huertlstas. :s.s gS
Washington. April 23.-In view Of
the facts presented BY the president
OF the United States in his address de-
livered to congress Ia joint session on
the goth day Of April 1917, in regard
to certain affrontssan indignities COM
mitted against the United States in
Mexico. be 1t 81 wv a b:
Resolved. That the president is
Justified IN the employment Of the
armed forces Of the United States to:
enforce hisg demands for unequivocal
amends for the affronts and indignities
committed against the United States;
be It further :43 5s3s 81
Resolved, That the United States
disclaims any hostility to the Mexican
people or any purpose to make war
upon them Z 81 S 81 BIZ y
BY adopting the above resolution
Wednesday the congress- OF the United
States upheld the course OF Presid lent
Wilson In the Mexican ambroglio, and
gave him free rein D. proceed tas he
deems best. In the house the resol
I ton was adopted speedily. after q brief,
debate, by = vote OF B 337 to 81 4 But 81
there Fwas much longer debate in the
senate, and the presid Tents policy was,
severely criticised by a number of
senators, most OF whom objected to
proceeding against Huerta as an In,
4 dividual, and supported q + substitute
resolution offered BY Senator Lodg e:S
In which the entire Mexican situation
was cited rs cause for action by the
United States. The resolution given.
above was adopted. 81 TO -. j5S
Presidents Message NO Congress.
ss President Wilson personally pre-
! scented his appeal to congress for justi-
feat ton at "a joint session on Monday
The text Of his message follows:
Gentlemen OF the Congress; It IL
my duty TO call your attention TO q
situation which has arisen In our deal
ings With Gen. victoriano Huerta
It Mexico CITY. which calls for action
and 70 ask your: advice and co opera
I ton IN acting upon It. On the 9Th
4 az April. paymaster Of the & United
States steamship Dolphin landed at
the Iturbide bridge landing at Tam IN.
spico with 3 whaleboat and boats
crew to take on certain supplies
needed ~ this; ship, and while On;
gagged IN loading the boat was arrested
by IN oncer and squad Of men jof the
army OF General Huerta. Neither the
paymaster nor anyone 4 Of the boats
crew was armed. Two Of theS men
were in the boat when the arrest took
place 4 and were obliged to leave It
and submit to be taken into custody,
notwithstanding the fact that the boat
carried, both at her bow, and at her
stern, the nag Of the United States.
Men Are Later Released.
:.The ofacer who made the arrest
vas proceeding up one OF the streets
OF. the; town With his prisoners wheQ
met by an ofncer Of higher d auth GRITTY.
who ordered him TO return TO the
landing and await orders ; and within
an hour and q half from the time of
the arrest, orders were cetved from:
the commander Of the Huertista forces
at Tampico FOR the release Of the 4 pay
master and his men. The release was
followed by apologize from ~ the com.
3mander and later by an expression OF
5regreat by General Huerta himself.
General Huerta urged that martial
Law obtained at the time at Tampico;
that orders had been issued that no
one should be allowed to land at the
Iturbide bridge and that our sailors
had no right to land there. a
Our naval commando at that port
had not been notified Of any such pro-
lhibition; !, and even II they had been
the only justi fable course open TO the
local authorize would have been to
request the paymaster and his crew to
withdraw and to lodge a protest with
the commanding officer Of the feet.
Demar,ds Salute Of Y. s. Flag.
n Admiral Mayo regarded the arrest
as Is serious an affront that he was
not satisfied with the apologies Of
fered, but demanded that the flag Of
the United States be saluted with spe-
cial ceremony by the military COM |
mander of the port. ~
q trivial one,s especially as two. menfof
the men arrested were taken from the
boat itself-that Is to say, from the
territory OF the United States; but had
1t stood by itself It might have been
attributed to the ignorance or AFRO
gance of single officer 25 81.
Unfortunately, 1t was not an iso-
lated case. A series of incidents have
recently occurred which cannot but |
create the impression that the repre-
sentatives of General Huerta were
willing to go out Of their way to show
disregard for the dignity and rights
OF this government and felt perfectly
safe in doing what they pleased,
making free to show in many ways
their irritation and contempt. 81 b +.
v. g.. Orderly Was Arrested.
. 53 "A few days after the incident at
Tampico an orderly from the United
States ship Minnesota was arrested
at Vera Cruz while ashore in uniform
4 to obtain the ships mail, and was for
. time thrown into Jail.
An official dispatch from this gov-
eminent. to its embassy at Mexico J
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VERA CRUZ sIs BEST PORT. Il
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There are very few towns in the re-
public that have such an interesting
history as the city of Vera Cruz. Ow-
ing to its mercantile movement, it is