The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-04-23
REFUSES TO SALUTE AMERICAN
FLAG AND ARMED INVASION
OF MEXICO is TO BE Or
pEREp BY CONGRESS.
TO CALL STATE MILITIA
SEIZURE OF PORTS AND RAILWAY
LEADING TO CAPITAL FIRST
MOVE IN ARMY; NAVAL
BLOCKADE PLAN.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. April 20.-General Vic
toriano Huerta, provisional president
of Mexico. flafly refused to accede to
the unconditional demands of the
United States that he salute the
American flag.
Congress will be asked by President
Wilson today for authority to use
armed force to uphold the honor and
dignity of the nation.
Armed invasion OF Mexico will be
authorized by Congress at once and
In addition. that body will give the
President all the money and assist
ance he desires.
The President already is planning to
call out all state militia regiments.
With this in view he will urge that the
Senate pass the volunteer act which
already has passed the House provid-
ing for pressing into regular service
the militia regiments in the various
states.
President Wilson, accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson and party. left White SUI
phur Springs. w. Va, at 1l:12 last
right for Washington on a special
train, reaching Washington this morn
ing.
President Wilson refused to discuss
the Mexican situation or make any
statement concerning it. For an hour
before he left he was in his room at
the hotel at work on his special mes
sage to read to Congress today.
The message was completed on the
train as the President sped towards
the capital.
American war fleets are moving
down both coasts on their way to Mex
lean waters to carry out the Presi-
dents plan for reprisals. Under spe-
cial orders last night they were told
to increase their speed to the utmost
and the vanguard should reach Tam
pico some time today. All army de-
departments have been ordered ready
to move at once. Transports are at
Galveston waiting to take troops
aboard.
Every American resident OF Mexico
has been warned by the Wasishgton
government to leave the country at
once.
All foreign powers have been noti-
fled that the United States cannot
guarantee protection OF their citizens
in Mexico any longer.
The President directed that a Cabi-
net meeting be called for 1O:3O
o'clock today, when the final arrange
ments for blockade of Mexican
ports and other steps In the Presi-
dents program will be deliberated.
The crisis thus reached does not
mean that there will be a formal
declaration of war because the United
States could not declare war against
a government which it does not recog
niZe.
President Wilson will seek author
ity. however, to send the armed forces
into Mexico, to seize first the ports OF
Tampico and Vera Cruz and the rail
road trestle leading from Vera Cruz
toward Mexico City.
The final word from Huerta tt
| Charge O'Shaughnessy was refusa
| to comply unless the United State:
| would guarantee in writing that his sa
| lutte be returned.
The breach that finally has come
with Mexico will make it impossible
it was declared last night on high au
thority, for the United States furthe
to protect foreigners in that republic
and foreign governments have beel
| notified of the situation in this regard
| The President, 1t was asserted, no
only would ask Congress for authorit
to use the armed forces to uphold tn
honor of the nation, but also for a
appropriation, deficiency alread
having been created because of the e,
tensive naval operations in anticips
tion of Huerta's defiance of this go,
| ernment.
| Negotiations with Huerta over tn
demand FOR salute, in reparation fc
the arrest of American b,uejackets 9
Tampico on April o. came to clos
last night at 6 o'clock, the last hou
given by President Wilson for a favo
able response from the Mexican di
tator
In preparation for the crisis tn;
must be met Senator Shively, chai
man of the Senate foreign relation
committee, and Representative Floo
chairman Of the foreign affairs cor
mittee, called meetings of these cor
mittees for this morning
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