Arizona republican., 1914-04-20

l aied because of the expensive naval operations in anticipation of Huerta' defiance of this government. The president will probably ask further
 that the senate pass volunteer act
 which has already passed the house,
 providing for pressing into regular service the militia regiments in the
 various states In preparation for |, the crisis that must be met, Senator 1 Shivelv chairman of the senate for eign relations committee, and Rep resentative Flood, chairman of the house foreign relations committee. called meetings of these committees for tomorrow. and Flood has teie-
 phoned from New York he will re- turn at once
 Secretary Bryan remained up prac iically all of Saturday night awaiting
 definite word from Mexico City He
 was al the state department until
 midnight. Going home he continued
 telephone communication to those in the cipher room, at the state de- partment until o'clock this morning.
 Shortly after o'clock. Bryan re-
 ceived two messages from Mexico i City. Both were from Charge { c 'Shaughnessy The first was mere 1 ly formal, stating that a message
 from President Wilson giving Huer-
 ta until six o'clock tonight to yield
 had been communicated to Portillo
 Rojas minister for foreign affairs,
 and that d reply would follow.
 The second dispatch was in the
 nature of d reply. although officials 1 quickly perceived that it was not clearly responsive and definite. as to
 tEe demands made by this govern ment, but raised new issue as to
 the United States agreeing in writing i to return the Huerta salute.
 : MT. Bryan summarized the Huerta t reply in a telegram to the president
 at White Sulphur Springs and soon j thereafter held a long distance con ] ference with the president going
 over the points Huerta had raised. i While the reply was considered fav-
 orable in its general purport as to
 saluting the American flag: yet it
 again parleyed over details and con- : ditions.
 As q result of the long distance | talk, MT. Bryan dispatched a further
 message to Mexico City making il plain that President Wilson would
 listen to no counter proposals or
 suggestions but must have an un-
 cquvocal acceptance of the Ameri-
 can demand at the time stated, six
 o'clock tonight.
 While these exchanges were going
 on by cable between Washington and i Mexico City, the navy department was centering it's attention on further l preparations for any eventuality N hich might occur At 10:30 o'clock shortly after Huerta's latest dila-
 tory message had been received-or ders were sent to the battleship
 Mississippi. with an aeroplane corps.
 and 600 marines and the torpedo flo
 tilla at Pensacola. Fla. to get under
 way at once, joining Admiral Badg-
 CTS fleet as it entered the Gulf of
 Mexico and proceed with the fleet to Tampico.
 The torpedo flotilla consists of twenty-two destroyers, the tender Dixie. and the scout cruiser Bir- mingham. but several of the destroy
 CTS are in reserve. so it is probable only fourteen will sail
 |, Later it became known that the messages showed that Huerta was
 not raising objection to the salute itself. but as to the details under which the salute would be returned. In the main, the conditions are that the United States agrees in writing i that the salute will be fired instead of relying on the assurance given | by Admiral Mayo for a return salute. | This was construed by officials as q l willy and adroit move on Huerta's part | to obtain some assurance direct from | the American government which would 1 be capable of being construed by him as recognition of the de facto MeXi- | can government
 |, There was no disposition on the part | of officials here to give any such as- surance or to prolong the discussion as | to details They were determined | after consulting with President Wilson | to hold to the one concrete question of Huertas yielding to the American de- |, mand as it had been submitted.
 II The reply to Huerta made clear to (Continued on Page Fiye.)