The chronicle=news., 1914-04-21

tios TO . situation which has arisen
| h our dsaiin9s ~ith General Victor.
tsAo uusssa a, Mrxieo CITY which
calls fos action. sna 10 ask your sd
vtes and eO-opefatioa In seiiax on
Il. o. the sin,h Of April . psyAas-
ter os the U. =. \, Doiphia issdsd
ss tho Iusbise bridge iAndtss 81
ITsapieo. With . whale beat and
boas's erSv to take ~ certain sup
bliss sseAs1 sy bis sAip. ssa while
sasaseA II lnadias The boat. sas ar
ssMsA by % officer sad spssd os
uea Of the army Of 6esesai Hu~s-
q. Neither the paynsssss soe saS
oas VI the boats esew Was armed
Two Of the in~n we've II tse boAi
Vh~s the arrest took plass sad we're
obliged 10 lssSe II ssA sssmit 10 be
taken late custody. soluiihsiasaiss
the fAes shss the bosl carried. both
sl her bov sna sisfs. the flag of the
csiseA States, The otItses vhs made
the arrest ~ss pso~~ediss upos Que
Of the sssveis of the to~s With his
psisoaess uh-s met By ~ otf'sss OF
hishes sulhosiy. who osd~sea him
10 return 10 tho isadiss asa await
oeAesx ard ~iihis a. hoas ssd .
half sssa tho simc os the sss~ss. os-
d~ss usss received iron the som-
Wssdes a the Huests forces 81 Tam
,ieo Tor the release OF tho i,aSnssi~f
aaa his mes. Thr release ~as fol-
iox~A BY spoiost-. fsoa, the spn-
nsad~r ssd later by IN ~sps~>sies OF
sexscs By G-h~sai itu~stA hims-af.
ussssni lsu-ssa uss-i that martial
| isu ossaiasa al the iis~ ss TAmr'so.
that orAsss had b~es is~asd that no
oos sAould b. siiuueA 10 isad ~ the
isasbias bsiAsr aud that our ssiioss
hsa 10 sishs To iasa there Our
assai eonnAsasss Al the posi had
no, bssa sesifted Of ssy sssh psoss.
bilios. saa. es-a u they had be~a.
The oeiy 1sa,itishie eosrss oess TO
tho ioral authorities woaid have
b~sa 10 sequ~ss the payaassss asa
/ his rrvw 10 withdraw aad !" lodge
q protest With the commanding Of
Jirss Of shs tis-s.
"Adairai MAYO regarded the ar
rsss - % sesious ~ sifsosi TIA, he
vss sol saiisii-d ~iih the apologies
otfessa bss sseAadsd that the tisx
Of the raissa ssAtss b. saiuled With
special eese1oay By the military
eoaaasdse os the port.
'-The taeS1sal caaaot bs sesardsa
- . trivial ess. especially - ,vo OF
the nss arrested wsss iakss fru1
the hoai isssif--shsi Is 10 ssS. from
the Territory Of the taised Ssaiss:
sss kaa u stood BY itself IL nish'
have h~~a silsibaseA 10 the isnos.
aacs or arrogance Of stssle osfie~r.
Unfortunately. Il vas sos a. isolated
esse. A s-siss Of iaeideais have r..
esaliy occurred which sanao' but
create the im2rsssloa that tho rep.
rsssataiives Of Osaessi iiusrta we're
villta9 To 20 out Of their way so|
show dIssssard for the disniiy snd
rights Of this government sad felt
safe II doias what they picasca.
making free to show II msay ways
their Irritation sad contempt. A
few days after the inrtdest ai Tam
pico an orderly from tho u. y. 4.
Niooesoia was arrested ~ Vera
Cyus while ashore In uniform 10 oh.
tain tho ships mail aad was for =
time thrown into jail. An official
dispatch from this So~csnmcai 10 It's
cnbaasy a, Mexico CITY was withheld
by tho authorities Of the telegraph
service until pcrcmrtori,y demanded
BY our charge d'affalrcs In pcssnn.
10 far =. eau learn. such wrongs
snd annoyances have been suffered
oaly TO occur against representatives,
or tho United States. have heard
OF no complaints from other soscrn-
ments Of similar treatment. Subsc-
Fuucut explanations and formal aIolo-
gics did not asd could not alter the
,opuiar impression. which II Ia pos
sible Il had been the object Of the
Huertista authorities to create. that
the government Of the United states
was being singled out and nigh, be-
SINGLED out with impuntty for sights
and affronts in retaliation for Its re-
tusal to recognize the prctcnscs of
General Hucrta 10 bc regarded ~ the
constitutional provisional president
OF the republic OF Mexico.
"Thc manifest danger Of such
situation was that such offcnses
might grow from bad 70 worse un-
I'll something happened Of 30 gross
and intolerable . sort ~ to lead d.
rectiy and inevitably to armed con-
flict. Il WAS necessary that the
apologies Of General Huerta anu his
representatives should go much
nirther. that they should be such as