El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-16

! capitol, where the house foreign af-
lars committee had just adopted a
!esOIutlon sustaining president Wilson
! IN his attitude. Several resolutions
/ were proposed, but one voting to sus-
! tain the president was adopted unani.
uOusIy. The resolution v]ll not be
/ taken DeIore the house unless the
! Crisis should not clear up finally, and
/ MT. wilson should find it necessary
| TO lay the situation before congress.
IN the senate and house generally
there was mingled feeling of gratifi-
/ cation and relief
Skeptics Wait Upon Salute.
Some officials, because of their long
I familiarity with the evasiVeness Of
Huerta, were not inclined to be too san
/ gulne over the dispatches from charge
/ - y, ona messy Privately they said
I Ihey would be convinced when the sa-
] lutte actually was fired Others who
knew OF the great pressure brought on
/ Huerta did not question that the die
JaIor had seen the wisdom Of yielding.
| Those officials who knew the Ian
guage Of the communications charge
q. ShaughneSSy has been presenting,
| were sure Huerta had been convinced
| that if he did not yield the American
government would compel him to do so
by force.
The last vestige of any supposition
he may have had that the United
States was bluffing was said to have
| been removed by messages from his
representatives in Washington telling
him that president Wilson was thor
/ oughly aroused and meant to force the
issue to the end.
To Determine Number of Guns.
1t became known that Gen. Huerta
had been led to believe that his own
statement of apology last Saturday was
ample redress; but when president VIII
son was apprised of the situation he
was not satisfied and demanded sa-
lutte
1t was authoritativeIy stated that
the only point remaining to be deter
mined was the number of guns and that
this would be speedily agreed on.
At the state. war and navy depart
ments officials considered the crisis
passed.
It is well understood in diplomatic
circles that both count Won Bern
storff and Jules J. Jusserand, the Ger
man and French ambassadors, respec-
lively, had been active through their
foreign offices in bringing about
relief of the Mexican crisis.
Huerta Receives Final Warning.
Gen. Huerta has been given final
warning by the United States govern
ment that unless a salute was fired to
the Stars and Stripes within a reason
able time to atone for repeated Of
fences against the rights and dignity
of the United States" serious cOnse-
quences would result This warning
was emphasized by action which placed
the majority OF the ships of the
American navy under orders to proceed
at once to the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of Mexico.
Huerta Suggests Arbitration.
1t was learned Wednesday night that
Gen. Huerta, when apprised by charge
O'Shaughnessy Of the proposed demon
stration Of the Atlantic fleet, argued
that the episode growing out of the
arrest of the American blueiackets at
Tampico was a fit subject for arbitra-
ton at The Hague and that he would
appoint commission to investigate the
subject
Time for Delay Past, Wilson Replies.
President Wilson in an emphatic re-
ply through charge O'Shaughnessy is
understood to have told Gen. Huerta
that the time for delay and evasion
had passed and that the American gov
eminent would temDOrize no longer.
Administration officials hold that in
suits to the flag and questions of
national honor are not subjects for
arbitration.
All Information that reached Wash
ingtOn from Mexico City tended to
show that Gen. Huerta was uncOn-
vinced that the United States was in
earnest and thought the Washington
government was "bluffing."
Some antiAmerican demonstrations
ported.
Developments of the day showed
clearly that a determined and forcefuI
policy had been adopted by the presi-
dent, which would be backed up by
congress and enforced if necessary by
the army and navy.
Americas Most Powerful Force.
After orders had been issued today
for naval demonstration on the Pa
clflc coast of Mexico as well as on
the Atlantic, Gen. Huerta was advised
that the most powerful fighting force
the american government has ever
assembled on sea, carrying thousands
of marines and bluejackets, is headed
for the seaport towns of the southern
ready n Ao
IRENE the American pOlicv
Upon Gen Huerta depends the next
development; he has practically a
week to decide the question for the
warships viii rot reach Mexican
waters for several days
HUerta COnfeFs With Senate.
General Huerta submitted to an ex-
ecutlVe session of the Mexican senate
Wednesday the demands of the Ar1eri-
flag. ~ INC
Although no definite information was
available, the fact that Cen Huar+a
had submitted the case to the NTeTfran
senate, which is especially CHARGED
win the conduct of foreign relations
ana not to the entire body of con-
SIess, led to the belief here that ne
had sought authorization fro no AZ
senate for the arbitration of the o11es-
ton under dispute.
ne1lcan GuRbOats Leave TamDfcO.
ne disappearance of the two fed
eral gunbOats from Tan7Dico VS. m
olHer development which caused much
- - s5 ~ w tIon here Wednesday night |
+1-Sl Iutlonalists" expressed the belief
onII Huerta might evacuate Tampico !
10. ~ Senu the gunbOats to Veracruz In I
e.I&C event II was asserted, the Con !
! IT. y. uIIlon2lst' forces would immediate |
~ take the town.
,,o Carranza Cabinet to Confer.
"COnSttutiOnaliSt'' reDresnDta fiv-e. |
mere were without advices what the
dttIIuue OF Gen. Carranza and his adj I
: IseIs would be upon the dispatch of 1
the american fleet
II was said meeting of the Carranza
II sDiIlGt would be held soon to discuss
We We SITUATION and the advice of the
. " stsll!H 6lon representatives of the
. C-,,IIs ~ uIionalist" movement was ia
~. s19nu pat until the situation CRYSTAL
lzed more clearly
~, - Warships on Pacific Coast
me ADDITIONAL ships ordered for SER
- u the Mexican west coast viii /
I Q ~ ne Iorce of Warships there uD 10 /
~ YIN a personnel of 5000 men. in
~ ~ uOIIlS q regiment Of 800 marines
81 atIHofed cruiser Pittsbure viii
Il - ttIdIlnes to San Diego, Cal, which
20 800 20 De used as base, and viii 60 into
r1oS,oI9ee aLter manning the cruisers
i NJ Sland and Chattanooga.
,,.,iia ~ armored cruiser MARYLAND. the
rbe +-a cleveland and Chattanooga.
T, IL - aLsport Buffalo and the GOLFERS /
ro,.oo -, ira Saturn viii increase the |
49, - vi the west coast to 10 with five !