The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-16
PRESIDENT WILSON THERE IS TO BE NO MORE TEMPoRlzNG HUERTA MUST SALUTE
 FLAG OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES
CONGRESS IS BEHIND THE EXECUTIVE
WILL ACCORD HIM ALMOST UNANIMOUS HE MAY MAKE IN THE sITUATloN-coNTlNuED AFFRoNrs
 END, SAYS THE PRESIDENT

vised of all steps taken by the American oyernment in the Mexican situation.
 The posrt,on of the administration as the president explained it to members of the senate and house committee on foreign affairs and as it was substantially reviewed in the notes sent to all foreign govern. ments, is described in statement given out during the day which was prepared by high government off. cials.
 Congress stands behind the admin. istration almost to man in the ag- gressive policy to demand repara- tion for indignites the Huerta gov ernment had offered. In senate and house today the opinion was general that the president would be backed up even to actual warfare Demonstration Not Bluff.
 Both administration and republi- can leaders expressed emphatic views that the United States is not sending the fleet to Tampico as a bluff" that it is send it there to signali2e the fact that at last Amcri- can patience has been exhausted and | reparation must be made or the al- ready war-scarred southern republic must suffer grave consequences. 1 Many hold tbah ic not ,oon.cox.v 1 for the president to ask congress for authority to land armed forces in Mexico to seize the ports, but even these anticipate that whatever the 1 president and cabinet determine l upon, congress will be informed in a message from the president and agree that the purposes set forth in such a message would be ,ungrudg. ingly endorsed.
 Though both houses proceeded in the regular course of legislative busi. ness today, it was apparent every where that the departure of the fleet had aroused patriotic fervor and the Mexican situation was the absorbing topic in the cloak rooms and cor riders.
 Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia made canvass of the senate relat. ing to the despatch of the fleet and the unyielding determination of the administration to command Mexico's respect of the American nation.
 q find, said Senator Smith late today that nine-tenths of the mem bers of the senate will stand behind the administration. If the govern ment is compelled by Huertas defi- ance to land armed forces I do not believe it will be necessary to have a move.'
 Members of the senate foreign re- lations committee considered the sit Uation and concluded that United States must enforce Admiral Mayos demand that Mexico's federal forces salute the flag, no matter what the consequences may be.
 It was pointed out by members of the committee that authority of con- gross to land armed forces in Mex leo would constitute a virtual dec laration of war, and that formal declaration of war probably would not be made in any event because this nation recognizes no formal gov ernment in Mexico.
 Looks Like Intervention.
 There are those ih Mexico who believe the latest move of the United States toward Mexico will mean actual intervention; that this gov ernment will blockade ports on both coasts that the Rio Grande border forces will be augmented by power full endorsements and a vigorous campaign begun to force an end to Huerta and to establish a Mexican government which would command recognition by the United States. 'It is ridiculous for any one to think said Senator Shively. after comforting with the president. that the United States in this move to- ward Mexico is 'bluffing.' The time for temporizing has ended. The pa , tience of this government is ex.