Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-04-22

pico incident will then be over.
New York, April 1.-THE Herald
says: 1T will be impossible under
navy regulations unearthed for the
United States to return the salute de-
manded of President Huerta. Here IS
the text of a regulation adopted June
80, 1905:
No salute shall be fired in honor
of any nation, or of any official OF
any nation, not formally recognized
by the government of the United
States
Washington, April 17.-Huerta, die
tator of Mexico, will salute the Amer
lean flag The United States will sa-
lutte the Mexican flag. With this ex-
change of amenities, the Tampico in
cident will be ended, the insult to the
United States wiped out and invasion
of Mexico avoided. AS expressed by
President Wilson, the salute of the
United States to the Mexican flag is
in accord with international custom
and precedent and is the "grasping
of hand held out in apology
Will Return Mexican Salute.
President Wilson told his callers
that to omit returning the salute
would be an act of international dis
courtesy on the part of the United
States and that this government
never had considered not returning
the salute.
This interchange of courtesies be-
tween the American fleet and the Mex
lean land batteries will not entail any
recognition whatever of President
Huerta or his government, it was
said No time limit has been set in
which President Huerta will have to
order this recognition of the American
colors. and it was stated that the
principle of the salute is what the
United States desires fully as much
as the salute itself. This considera-
ton led to the omission of any time
limit in the demand made by this gov
eminent
Powers Advised Huerta to Yield.
Europen powers were advising
Huerta to apologize to the United
States at once and end a situation
which threatens grave consequences.
Friends of the Mexican dictator in
the United States also were assuring
him that unless salute was fired to
the American flag the seizure of the
ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz and
a Of hxyfl no A oo1-io
fleet was the Washington program.
President Wilson and other admins
tration officials silently awaited de
velopments while the fighting ships
and the marines wert hurrying down
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to
Mexican waters
Presidents Action Endorsed.
Unanimous Endorsement of the pres
ident's action, in sending the Atlantic
feet to Tampico was given by the
house foreign affairs committee at it's
special meeting. The committee
adopted the following resolution, Of
fered by Chairman Flood:
Resolved, That the action by the
president of the United States in the
Tampico incident is sustained by the
committee on foreign affairs of the
house of representatives.
Says Salute by U. S. Is Ridiculous.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. one
of the leading international experts in
congress, declared that for this gov
eminent to return the proposed salute
of Huerta would be ridiculous and
would amount to recognition of the
Huerta government. He said:
A salute to the flag is symbolical
A government cannot apologize as an
individual can, and this is the form of
apology by government which is ac-
cepted in international law. The mo-
ment we return the salute it becomes
only an exchange of courtesies. If we
return the proposed salute of Huerta
to our flag we will simply make our
selves ridiculous. 1t would recognize