The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-16
.HUERTA REFUSES
TO SALUTE FLAG
PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS ADMIR-.
AIS DEMAND MUST BE oeEYEo
LIND ARRIVES AT WASHINGTON
Wilson confers With Bryan and Elk.
presses Satisfaction With Stand
Taken at Tampico - Dictator
Discusses Situation.

! Vera Cruz, speaking with reference
to the arrest of an American detach.
ment from the Dolphin at TampicO
and the demand by the American Ad-
miral for satisfaction for the insult
Mexican government had ordered
General Morelos Zaragoza not to &C
cede to Admiral Mayo's demand that
the American flag should be saluted
within twenty.four hours, considering
that such a step would be highly de-
rogatory to national dignity, and also
was uncalled for, as absolutely no in
suit had been offered to the Ameri
can flag.
Americans Ready to Land.
Vera Cruz, April 14.--That Ameri-
can marines are ready to land at
Tampico il General Zaragoza fails to
salute the United States flag is a re.
port in general circulation here. The
report was wholly without confirma.
ton during the forenoon. General
Mass said that he had received no in
formation regarding the situation at
rampico, and a similar statement was
made by William w. Canada, the
! American consul
The steamer Libertad was fired upon
by the Mexican gunboats at Tampico
when the vessel attempted to enter
the barber. according to the story told
by her captain when the steamer ar
| rived here.
The steamer Esperanto sailed for
Tampico to take off refugees.
President Insists on Salute.
Washington, April 1.-THE United
States will insist upon the firing of
salute to the American flag by the
Mexican federals at Tampico for the
insult Of arresting and parading as
prisoners a party of American ma
rines. President Wilson made this
clear at the White House.
John Lind, the presidents personal
envoy to the Huerta government, ar
rived at the Washington navy yard on
the Msyfower from Vera Cruz. He
will be Of great assistance to the
president in the present situation. AL
! though MI Lind has been absent from
Vera Cruz for a week he will be able
! to give President Wilson an intimate
picture Of the conditions existing on
| the Caribbean coast.
Complete approval has been given
to the action of Admiral Mayo at Tam
pico by President Wilson, and the
Mexican authorities at Mexico City
and Vera Cruz have been notified to
this effect. Admiral Mayo also was
instructed to continue in his demand
for formal salute.
VIII Confer With Lind.
1t is plain from President Wilson's
attitude that there is no intention on
his part to pursue conciliatory policy
toward the Mexicans at Tampico who
arrested the American marines, but he
| let It be known that he will not state
his position explicitly until he has con-
ferred with Envoy Lind and Secretary
| Of State Bryan.
Envoy Lind conferred with Secre.
tary Bryan at the state department
and then lunched with the secretary
at the University club. He declined
to state what he had told Secretary
Bryan.
| Accompanying Mr.. Lind were his
daughters, Miss Jennie Lind, Mrs. F.
F. Fletcher, wife Of Rear Admiral
Fletcher, commanding officer Of the
| American feet In Mexican waters, and
her two daughters.
Huerta Assemblies His Cabinet.
. Mexico City, April 14.-All the mem
bers Of the cabinet we're summoned to
the national palace by President Huer.
ia. The cabinet was in session for
three hours, and Senior Fortille y
Roias. minister of foreign relations. re-
NAMED with President Huerta after
| the other ministers had left.
Attaches Of the national palace re-
fused to discuss the cabinet meeting
but It was understood that the matter
considered was the demand Of Rear
| Admiral Mayo that the federal troops
at Tampico salute the American flag
as an apology for arresting and parad.
| ing through the streets Of party of
United States marines from the Dol.
phin.
Fleet Ordered to Tampico.
Washington. April 14-Secretary OF
| the Navy Daniels this afternoon di
rected Admiral Badger, commander
In chief of the Atlantic fleet, to pro-
coed at once with all the ships under
his command to Tampico. Badger is
now at Hampton Roads. At the same
time the transport Hancock was d.
rected to sail from New Orleans for
Tampico with 800 marines The
battleship South Carolina, which Is
sailing north for Santo Domingo. has
been intercepted and ordered to Tam
piCO The cruiser Nashville at Santo
Domingo was ordered to Tampico. as
is also the Tacoma, now at Boston.
The entire Atlantic force of torpedo
boats now at Pensacola were ordered
to stand by for orders to leave for
the Mexican port.
The naval force modified at Tam
pico BY President Wilson.
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