Evening journal., 1914-04-17
HUERTA Wants WAR
With united States TO
AID HIS own Cause
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most Of days. The flower of the die
tator's army has been crushed in the
nghting that has followed the Tor
reon campaign. Villas force is be-
ing augmented daily by those who
want to be with the winner And
auVlces here indicate unless all signs
lall ne VIII be pounding at the de-
Iehses OF Mexico City within fort
hlsht. NO one here wants to fore
cast what the outcome of that final
struggle will be or whether. should
the Constitutionalists win, Carranza
and villa will be willing to set lin n
government that this nation can deal
with and recognize. Because OF fhis
the Wilson administration will con-
centrate its forces close to Mexico for
any action that may become neces-
sary.
The cabinet today considered the on.
tire Mexican sitautlon and the devnlon-
ments of the last few davs. Secretary
.Of state Bryan promised a statement
outlining the agreement with Huertn MS
soon as all OF the details can be cleared
up. There are many questions I'm con.
nection with the developments of the
last three days about which haze of
mystery still hangs. No one vet knows
whether Charge O'Shaughnessy. who is
admittedly very close to Huerta pro.
posed that exchange of salutes as d
means OF settling the controversy OF
whether 1t came originally from Huerta
himself. 1t was said today that if this
Is not cleared up voluntarily bv the
state Department or White House. sen
lators and Representatives interested will
ask for particulars.
There was much doubt TODAY regard
ling whether this salute can properly be
bred by the American warships. Para
graph l2O OF the United States Naval
Regulations reads as follows:
mo salute shall be fired in honor OF
any nation or OF any official of any ma
tion not formally recognized by the gov
eminent Of the United States"
Certain Senators opposed to the adj
ministration We're urging today that thi.
regulation would be violated If our ships
at Iampico returned the proposed sa
lutte from the garrison there But this
was not the view of the President and
his advisers. They held that as the sa.
lutte was an "amend honorable" for an
aifront, it must be met with prOpe
acknowledgement and they insisted that
| it would not be Eiuerta or the gO,pn.
mcnt that he represented that would b,
saluted, but the entire Mexican people
Now that the acute tension has worn
on officials were counting the cost OF
the naval demonstration. II win run
above a million dollars. but no one ha.
yet been able to figure the exact total
Naval officials say that a good part OF
/ the cost, however should properly be
credited to the maneuver work of the
navy. They say that the vessels would
i have to have been sent to sea anyhow
and that as the men will get needed
practice, it would be unafir to charge
/ the entire total to the TampicO Incl.
dent. And they say that anyhow the
/ Mexican situation is still serious fac.
tor in this countrys affairs. and that il
is still well within the bounds of posi-.
bility that the warships will have to bC
used TO settle that comtry's destiny
The State Department has again
/ taken mp vigorously with General Car
rama the question of the rights OF
Spaniards in the territory held by tn,