Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-16

Dy lne 1uefta auCnOr1LleS, He was
subsequently released and a nominal
punishment inflicted on the officer
who had arrested him, but 1t was sig
nifcant that an orderly from the fleet
| of the United States was picked out
| from the many persons constantly go
| ing ashore on various errands from
the various ships in the harbor, rep
resenting several nations.
Most serious Of ALL the officials in
charge of the telegraph Office at Mex.
I leo City, presumed to hold an official
dispatch of the government of theI
United States to its embassy at Mexico
| City until it should have been sent
to the censor and his permission rel
ceived to deliver it, and gave the dis
| patch into the hands of the charged
d'afaires of the United States only
| on his personal and emphatic demand
he having in the meantime learned
| through other channels that Dispatch
| had been sent him which he had noti
received.
Z, 'It could not but strike any one,
who had watched the course of events
| in Mexico, as significant that unto
ward incidents such as these had not
occurred in any case where represent
| tatiyes of other governments were
concerned, but only in dealing with
representatives of the United States
/ and that there has been no occasion
4 for other governments to call atten-
ton to such matters or to ask for
i apologies.
These repeated offenses against
!; the right and dignity Of the United
States are notsdupli ica1nd q M tn regard
to the representations Of other gov
ernments, have necessarily made the
4 impression that the government of
4 the United States was singled out
I for manifestations of all will and con-
tempt.
tThe authorities of the state de-
4 partment feel confident that when the
i seriousness and culminative effect Of
4 these incidents is made evident to the
4 government of Mexico, that govern
ment will see the propriety and the
! necessity Of giving such evidences Of
J its desire to repudiate and correct
i these things as will be not only sat.
| isfactory to the government of the
} United States, but also an evidence to
t the rest of the world of an entire
change of attitude.
! There can be no loss to the dignity
of the de facto government in Mex
) leo in recognizing in the fullest de-
q gree, the claims of a great sovereign
4 government in this respect"
I Wilson is Emphatic.
President Wilson told the congress
I men who called on him, that he stood
) first for peace, but thot if Huerta did
Y not comply with the American demand
B the first step to enforce them would
t be the seizure OF Tampico and Vera
81 Cruz, for which he considers there is
4 ample precedent.
Acting Chairman Shively Of the
= Senator Lodge, the ranking republi-
II Senator Ladge, the ranking republi.
81 can OF that committee, Chairman
d Flood, Of the house foreign affairs
4 committee and Represents tatiye Cooper
the ranking republican of that com
/ mittee, held an hours conference with
the president, at which Mr.. Wilson
outlined all the details Of the now
N historic Tampico incident, in which
Huerta commander arrested American
4 bIueiackets and refused to salute the
stars and stripes as an apology.
All who saw the president said no
steps would be taken Of a serious ma
ture. such as landing Of marines q
the shelling Of a town, without author
lization from congress.
Congress- VIII Aid Wilson.
\ Marines have been landed before
4 said Chairman Flood, without author
ization. and towns have even been
shelled, but inasmuch as congress +
\ iii session 1t would be more regulal
1ltto get authorization from congress
HI The presideot gave US the history g
Hlthe Tampico incident, and explained
4 Just what had been done, but future
4 developments depend entirely on th'
\ attitude Tuerta takes. Congress, an
lsure, viii stand by the president 1.
Depends on Mexico City.
Senator Shively lightly describes