The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-16

Washington, April 15.-With a majority of the ships of the Ameri- can navy under orders today to pro. ceed immediately to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico, the United States government gave Provisional President Huerta final warning that unless a salute were fired to the Stars and Stripes within a reason able time to atone for repeated of lenses against the rights and dignity of the United States" serious event ualities would result.
 It was learned tonight that Gen eral Huerta, when apprised by Charge O'Shaughnessy of the pro- posed demonstration of the Atlantic fleet, argued that the episode grow ing out of the arrest of American bluejackets at Tampico was fit subject for arbitration at The Hague
 and that he would appoint a com mission to investigate the incident. l President Wilson in an emphatic reply through Charge OlShaughnessy l is understood to have told General Huerta that the time for delay and evasion had passed, and that the American government would tenn porize no longer. Administration of 1 fioials hold that insults to the flag and questions of national honor are not subjects for arbitration. All in formation, official and otherwise, that reached Washington from Mex ico City tended to show that General Huerta was unconvinced that the United States was in earnest and thought the Washington government was bluffing. Some anti-American demonstrations at Vera Cruz and other points were reported.
 Developments here today showed clearly that a determined and force full policy had been adopted by the president, which would be backed up by congress and enforced if nee essary by the army and navy.
 While expressing earnest hope f1r peace, the president unequiyocally told members of the senate and house committees on foreign affairs that the offenses of the de facto gov ernment at Mexico City could no longer be tolerated and that nless Huerta compiled with the American demands, seizure of the customs houses at Tampico and Vera Cruz and even the declaration of a Pa cific blockade, shutting off commer- cial intercourse with the United States, would be fully justified by precedents in international law.
 It was established that no aggres- sve act such as the landing of ma rnes or the shelling of any towns or the seizure of any ports would be undertaken without authorization from congress after President Will son had personally delivered a mes sage on the subject.
 Congress in Approval.
 The nearly unanimous approval that republicans and democrats alike gave the administrators initial steps made it apparent, however, that should Rear Admiral Badger find it necessary, congress would back up the American navy without hesitation.
 After orders had been issued to- day for naval demonstration on the Pacific coast of Mexico as we'll as on the Atlantic, General Huerta was advised that the most powerful fight ing force the American government ever has assembled on sea, carrying thousands of marines and bluejack- cts is headed for the seaport towns of the sotuhrn republic ready to en- force to the extreme the American policy
 Upon General Huerta depends the next developments; he has about a week to decide the question. for the
 warships will not reach Mexican | waters for several days. Meanwhile the United States has notified all | foreign governments of it's attitude
 toward the Tampico incident and of
 the despatch of the fleets to Mexi-
 can waters. This notification is in
 line with the previously announced J policy of keeping foreign nations ad-