El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-18

Cleveland. Ohio. to make some. speeches,
the hoard of aides, when IS tHe eAecu-
tive arm of the service, WeIiD LILO SF for
sion to make the 1lnlsnlus Pl'lI1S AO1
moving ships and marines. ..-
At The state departmenl secreta.Iy
BRYAN called a hurried corner SLl !5 VIII
John Lind, the president . ~
reseutative in Mexico. 49,, -
After this conference MI. Bryan iuI-
ried back to the Whlle nO9ses ne
other cabinet officers nSid g-lIeSlSo' stAtu
the officials discussed the Developments
cOnfidenJially
sey17o Have the Punch-WiIl Deliver It."
'Tbe temporizing is ended, said one
of the cabinet officers VINO IS person
ally close to Mr.. Wilson. nave inc
punch, we know it, ana We are CONS
to deliver it. Huerta mas Hdu MS last
While the text of Huerta's message
and the presidents reply were not mace
public. it became known lnaI Huerla
cOnfended that all the offences for
which the United States asks apology
have been apolOgized Tor and thaL ne
demurs at anything further.
Forces Now in Ports saAl 4,e. n,lts,,.,1
Officials pointed out that the naval
forces now at Veracruz ana Iamplco
are sufficient to carry out the preSl-
dents plans without WalIlng LoE Ine
arrival of rear admiral Badgers IleeI
The TRANSPORT Hancock already has
arrived at TampicO with 500 marines,
the battleships Virginia Conhect1ISuI
and Minnesota and the cIulsSLs 80
AFoines, Dolphin and San brancls SEC a!so
ora there THE scout cruiser CHESTER
and the transport Buffalo are at ram
picO with the collier Cyeiops
At Veracruz are the battleshlpS t!or-
ida and Utah and the transport Prairie
tbe latter having a large complement
of marines Rear admiral mayo com
mands the ships at Tampico ana rear
admiral Fletcher at FeracruA
L. s. Wants No More Argument,
A0- hoe
T5uer-ta that no further argument
about details for the salute OF the
American flag will be tolerated.
Twenty-One guns must be Ilred 10 the
stars and Stripes in reDaration LOT
the arrest Of American bluejackets az
Tampico or serious consequences VIII
The Atlantic fleet in the meantime
continues on its way to Ta I1lLli.9 TO
back up the demands Of the Wasnlng-
ton government.
The unofficial declaration from senior
POrtillO ROjas, Huerta's minister OF
foreign affairs, that the return saIu!e
would be regarded as taclt recogHl-
ton Of the Huerta government. re-
ceived no attention from admin1stra-
ton officials, who pointed out no Such
construction of the salute mad Deen
suggested at any time by the Huerta
government in its formal cOmmunlca-
tons with the Washington govern
ment.
''RecOEn1ElOn is not 1CcOIQ6u DY III
advertence but by intent" said high
administration official
Return suIute TO Mexican Flag.
Under no circumstances Will the Sa-
lutte be given to the Huerta govern
ment but TO the Mexican flag repre-
senting the Mexican nation and no
question Of recognition is involved, ac-
cOrding to secretary Tumulty, who said
that had the Huerta government in
terjected into the negotiations that
the salute would be considered as a
recognition it would not have been
considered for a minute
Acting chairman Shively of the sem
ate foreign relations committee, who
had a conference with secretary Bry-
an Friday ntEht, said there never had
been any official mention of recogni-
ton in the negotiations and that the
salute would not be given under such
a condition
All Factions Use Same Flag.
1.-THE government here is standing
upon the original ultimatum of ad-
miral MAYO" he said, Gin accordance
with custom, the salute from the Mex
lean guns would be acknowledged as
admiral Mayo set forth in his demand
But quibbling and twisting viii not be
tolerated by the United States. As
far as saIuting the Mexican flag is
concerned it would not constitute rec
ognition Of the Huerta de faeto gov
Crnment. There is only one flag in
Mexico. All factions in that republic
IlX the same L4dEr L4AE LEt4A4A oeLAAto
is merely an international custom.
Also, recognition is a matter of in
tent and in acknowledging Huerta's
apology this government would ex-
press no intent to recognize Huerta
as a sovereign power.
There was much discussion in Of
fetal circles, not only about the pro-
priety Of returning Huertas salute
in view Of the peculiar diplomatic re-
IaUions between the Mexico City adj
and the Washington gov
eminent, but because of a navy regu-
lation No. 1149 which reads:
No salute shall be fired in honor
of any nation or any official Of any
nation not formally recognized by the
government of the United tSates."
Must DisavOv Recognition.
In explanation of this point, rear
admiral Fiske, aide for operations, af-
ter conferences with secretary Daniels !
issued the following statement:
This regulation is interpreted as
prohibition against firing a salute in
honor of any government which has
recently come into being, or in honor
OF an official of such government if