The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-04-21

president does not feel that the stu
alton is any less promising than It.
was, but merely that some difficulty is
being experienced in arranging non
essential details. The feeling in dip
lomatic and official circles, however,
is to the effect that Huerta is placing
every obstacle possible in the path of
the United States in an endeavor to
save his face with the Mexican peo-
pie and, if possible, to maneuver the
diplomatic game SO that he will be
able to outwit the United States in
the eyes of the world.
To Insist on Regulation Salute.
The administration will insist that
the regulation salute of q guns be
fired by the Mexican authorities at
Tampico. This statement was made
by Secretary Of the Navy Daniels. He
refused to comment upon the latest
turn Of events as contained in informa-
ton received by the state department
in cable dispatches from Charge
O'Shaughnessy at Mexico City.
The gun-for-gun simultaneous sa-
Iute,o said the secretary, is not known
in naval ethics. The only salute rec
ognized is a national salute. Salute
first by one ship and then by the
other This will be insisted upon"
Atlantic Fleet Still En- Route.
The Atlantic fleet will continue to
steam steadily southwark until the sa-
Lutte is fred at Tampico.
This was the statement given out
by Secretary CT the Navy Daniels at
the conclusion of the cabinet meeting.
No new orders have been issued
to the fleet, and none will be issued for
the present" said Secretary Daniels.
The fleet will continue to Tampico
until we receive word of definite de-
velopInents connected with the pres
ent situation"
Return of Salute Unpopular.
Washington, official, civilian and
army and navy, is not happy over the
proposition that American ships
should return the salute by which
Huerta atones for the Mexican insult
to the American flag and the Ameri-
can nation. The general feeling seems
to be that Uncle Sam by such a course
would save his face only at the ex-
pense Of inward humiliation. There
are those here who go so far as TO say
that pusillanimity is pretty good
word TO use when describing the &C
ceptance OF such condition.
1t is believed here that if Huerta's
condition had been accepted he would
have made it appear TO his people
that, while he yielded, he got what he
demanded in return, and, moreover
that his people would have believed
him and would have been justified in
so doing. Huertas crafty suggestion
Of conditions, which would have been
met anyway, would enable him to get
just about as mach glory out of the
situation as the American administra-
tiCn could get.
Bryan Gives Out Mayo's Demand.
The demand made by Rear Admiral
Mayo upon the Mexican commander
at Tampico to salute the U. S. flag
was given out by Secretary Bryan
1t reads:
''In view Of the publicity Of this oc-
currence, l must require that you send
by suitable members of your staff for
nal disavowal and apology for the
act together with your assurance that
the officer responsible for it Will re-
ceive severe punishment. Also that
you publicly hoist the United States
flag in a prominent position on shore
and salute it with q guns. Salute
viii be returned by this ship"
This is the reparation demanded
for the arrest of Paymaster Coop and
bluejackets by the federals at Tam
pico
Daniels Praises Admiral as Hero.
New York, April live do not
know what we will be called upon to
do, but we are ready" This, the only
statement Rear Admiral Charles J.
Badger, commander in chief of the
Atlantic feet, had to make as his
ships steamed out of Hampton roads
for Mexico was made by Secretary
Daniels to be added to the splendid
words by American naval heroes"
Mr.. Daniels told members of the
Navy league Of the United States at
their annual banquet that the brew
ity and comprehensivenes of that
statement deserved to rank with
those OF Dewey ate Manila and John
Paul Jones in the battle of the Bon
Homme Richard and the Scraps.
An appeal for popular support of
the navy was voiced by the secretary.
The navy now has its full quota and
for the first time it has waiting list,
the secretary said.