The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-05-14
DANIELS READS RIOT
ACT TO REFUGEES WHO
COMPLAINED OF MAYO
" Rescue Had Not Been Left to Brit
ish Officers, Massacre Of For-
eisners Would Have Re-
suited, He Says.

Washington, May IA delegation or
American citizens from Tampico called
on Secretary Of the Navy Daniels this
afternoon and denounced the admints-
tration's Mexican policy. These men
VIII call on Secretary OF State Bryan
and lay their grievances before him.
Secretary Daniels informed his call
ers they ought TO be happy they got
off with their lives He said they had
gone to Mexico to get big profits and
they shouldn't expect the United States
to look after them II they didn't stay
at home. "..s.Es
They told Secretary Daniels II that
was the view Of h Washington adj
ministration they were ashamed OF
their American citizenship.
Furthermore, the delegation accused
Rear Admiral Mayo of cowardice, be-
cause he steamed out of Tampico and
left them to the mercy OF the Mexicans.
nfter this country had ordered the seiz-
uro Of Vera Cruz.
Secretary Daniels told them tines
didn't know what they were talking
about: II Rear Admiral Mayo hadn't
steamed away they would all be dead:
and II Tampico had been seized many
more would have been killed also.
Secretary Daniels callers We're ". i
Lucas. spok esman for the refugees: ].
b. Wood, H. w. Dixon, H. q. Kerren,
IL Al 0ouAog " Ihs ~ 1919 49,
M. Turner.
New Light on Incident.
Mr.. Daniels asserted that the course
Of the government had made It pos
sible to bring all Americans out of the
Tamptco district in safety, n that Its
first efforts always had been to protect
lives first, although property interests
had not been disregarded.
The statement threw new light on
cnpaa ~ tho rrIInnafanp that hqVQ
guided h department in its actions.
and announced that Admiral Mayo re-
Trained from sending his ships into the
river at Tampico to bring out Amert-
cans only upon the urgent request OF
the British naval commanders there,
who asked that for the sake OF all for
eigners he be allowed to take out the
Americans. ..MtH t&A
The American vessels were with
drawn from Tampico in thef first place,
the secretary said, because 1t was
thought their presence at Vera CRUZ
would be essential. Later, he explained,
1t would have been impossible for Mayo
to have gone into the river with his
ships to rescue refugees.
Even had it been possible, however" :
continued the statement, under cover
Of the guns Of the ships available to
have brought these refugees In the
city of Tampico, itself safely on board.
| "OIu VI dSSICSSlNS aChlOI ~ tsIO ALL
orleans would ave spread to the sur
rounding country far swifter than any
relief expedition could have travelled to
their rescue, and 1t is almost certain
that reprisal on American citizens
would nave followed and lives would
have followed and lives would have
been lost. So clear was this that the
captain of the British man of war earn
estly advised Admiral Mayo not to
send any ships back to Tampico, basing
his recommendation on his judgment
that 1t would be precarious. that II
would only result in the loss OF life.
$50 earnest was he British captain,
and so confident of this, that he of
fered to undertake the work of collect
ing all Of the refugees and taking them
out to u ships II we would only re.
frain from further arousing sentiment
which was nearly at white heat at that
time. by sending III ships up the