The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-04-18

Washington. April 1s-Optimism
over tho settlement OF the Tampico
incident was lissipated yesterday by
the demand from Provisional Presi-
dent Huerta Of Mexico that the fir
ing OF the salute 70 the American
flag by the federals in that city
should be replied to simultaneously
by he American ships. Such a pro-
position was decidedly refused by
President Wilson, who insists that
Huerta salute first: the American
ships viii then salute in return.
None OF the American ships now
on their way TO Tampico will be OF
dered to return. Huerta's lemporiz-
ing has made the Wilson administra-
ton more determined than ever IN
its position. The text of Admiral
Mayo's deLsand upon the federal com
mander at Tampico has been made
public. 1t shows that Mayo modified
the demand that the American flag
be hoisted on the Mexican shore and
then saluted. to the agreement to per
NIT the salute to be fired to the flag
on one OF the American warships.
President Wilson at Washing on
yesterday fatty rejected Gen. Huer-
ta's suggestion for a simultaneous
salute" to the American and Next
can flags, informing him that the
United States would insist on liter
al compliance with the original de-
mand of Rear-Admiral Mayo, made
on the 9th in a written communica-
tion to Gen Zaragoza Immediately af-
ter the arrest of American blue
jackets at Tampico. The Washing
ton government informed Huerta
that his wish for simultaneous firing
of the salutes was untenable, and
that. as demanded by Rear-Admiral
Mayo. a salute Of q guns would be
insisted upon, the manner of return
ing the salute to be eft to the Ameri
can admiral, who had agreed 10 fire
one to the Mexican flag. Naval pre-
cedent showed no simultaneous sa-
Lutte" had ever been fired in apology
for an offcnse.
No reply to the last American
note transmitted through Charge
'Shaughnessy had been received up
to late yesterday. and no orders to
he American war feet to slow down
or turn back had been issued. Adj
ministration officials considered, how
ever, that the main point at issue
the exchange of salutes-had been
settled. They regarded Huertas
"haggling over Details" as one Off
cial expressed it, as not likely to
prevent an adjus .ment of the con-
troversy. They believed the crisis
was over, but on the other hand, in
view of the Kaleidoscope change of
the last three days, said they would
not be surprised If the hitch over de-
tails became serious again.
The American government has tax
en- the position hat when salute of
21 guns is fired to the stars and
stripes the salute in acknowledgment
to the flag lin conspicuous place"
will be fired to the flag of the Next
can people-and not to the Huerta
administration or any government or
individual. In connection with the
purpose of the American government
to fire q return salute, the navy de-
partment gave out the text of Rear
Admiral Mayo's original demand, as
follows:
This morning an officer and squad
of men of (the) Mexican military
forces arrested and marched through
the streets (oD Tampico. commits
stoned officer of the United States
navy, the paymaster of the Dolphin,
together with seven men composing
the crew of the whaleboat of the
Dolphin At the time of the arrest
the officer and men concerned were
unarmed and engaged in loading