The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

President Wilson took into his con-
 hdence on the situation today the Re-
 publican and Democratic ranking members of the two congressional com imittees in charge of the nations for Ieign affairs.
 l PAvEs WAY IN CONGRESS MT. Wilson expected his callers to. tcoTnrnunicate to their Colleagues in the
 House and Senate what he told them so as to pave the way for any step that might require the authorizations I of Congress. International lawyers are agreed that any of these steps might even tuaIIy lead to war and have always pointed out in their freatises that re- prisals and measures of retaliation have frequently led to such serious en- tang1ements. The President and his
 cabinet advisers believe Huerta will yield. and that the situation will not become acute.
 Official Washington gossfped freely, however, about peaceful blockade. the landing of marines, a possible bombardment, the seizure of Mexican federal gunboats and armed inter- vention. The general impression among officials here has been that armed in tervention would mean war and would unite the contending forces in Mexico
 toward common enemy but over
 night despatches from Juarez indicat- F 1 would simply content themselves with opposing any force that might enter their territory.
 - ISSUE LIMITED TO HUERTA
 This phase of the situation was re- gardeds as of much importance in that it appeared to limit the issue solely.
 to the United States and the Heurta
 government. News of the victory of the constituti onalists@ at San Pedro,
 where reports from Juarez state a fed eraI force was vanquished, added an Interesting phase tossthe situation. It was regarded in some quarters
 as likely to temper the attitude or Huertay on his refusal to salute the American flag. That the rebel yic- tory and the American demand for a salute would precipftate a crisis at Mexico City was the confident belief of many officials here. No time linn 1 it has been set during which the sa- 1ute must be fired but Huerta prac- ticaIlys has only until the arrival of the American fleet at Tampico which will be in about a, week to obey the American demand
 Rear Admiral Fisk. aide for opera tions in the navy department, who went to Hampton Roads to advise
 Rear Admiral Badger, commander-in- chief of tthe Atlantic fleet, of the in innate details of the situation, was understood to have conveyed verbal [ will be allowed much discretion in carrying out the wishes of the Wash
 1ngton government
 POSSIBILITIES OF CRISIS 1 While the navy departme is silent as to what Rear Admiral Badger will be permitted to do, 1t is understood. that. if the emergencies arise, he will
 have broad latitude to deal with the situation as he sees fit. Some of the constitutionalists here are hoping that the United States will seize the federal gunboats now at Tampico, enabling the constitutionaIists to re-
 sume their attack without being hind
 cred by the gunboats. It is quite probable that such an act would be construed as furnishing aid to one of the contending factions and the dis position of the American government is to exact a salute without inter
 ference with the progress of the revo- lutfon
 The seizure of a customs house of ten has been -resorted to as a means of obtaining satisfaction for claim. The landing of marines on foreign soil | is another moot point upon which the right to act without the authorization
 by Congress has been questioned. been landed in many cases recently | without action by the legislative branch of the governm ent.
 PRESIDENTS VIEWS The following official statement was
 issued today as representing the
 views of President Wilson and the l administration;