The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-14

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a4s sHsrsscssed rIeEe have geeu an
tIcspasing an atf4rs sr5m The coEsss
fIstscHasfsss sor Seszs aid aeElLs
azarlH2 has lseen oee-srrsng ~ rs1s
ostskir1s ot she city
w explanation Or rf1e order 20 che
American aeet was ForfiscomiEG
s@eFesaFy Daniels 10 iszulng tiss state
menf telling ~ rtf4 pa0yeueuf said.
IA s1m making pubsic a most tHIySss-
ant announcement It IN SELF expsaa-
sterf and r saHst rot 5e tnts-rogassr
aEosfe IL Tns statement will syea :
for Itself
CnFy one interpretation vas glscsa
apna the action Sg administration
officials fully eosnfzarr u wiia, was
going On aeEiad the scenes. This
was fIlas HaeTta must saiHte tine
american flag ~ repaTalion Cor the
lndignity 10 The arrest or American
marines last FeeK
ADMINISTRATION officials opeaegy de-
cared taag teusrortz;ng so far Al
+ Husr1a IL csncsras6 10 At an end.
Huerta ~ 70 5e given . deTuonstra-
sfon Of force. Whether in the lace or
overwhelming armament which will
confront hfn1 within the next few
days. he vii assume coneiIiatory at
rsfHde, 10 oae here 10 prepared 10 ssg-
Tsa 6ar.seshfps Vermont. Arkansas.
New JerseT. Eev Hampshire and Del
aware are at Hampton Roads TIE
festroysEs BeHham Cummings
Wright, Gassfn and Parker are also
AZ Hampton Roads
The bafsleshsps Kansas, Michigan,
Illinois ard Missouri are az PaiIa-
deIphfa The battIeships Worth Ds-
nosa. washington Ohio. Wyoming
and louisiana are at New York. All
o. these battleshfps and Gea-ToyeTs,
which coaprfse fas entire Atlantic
feet, under command Of Rear AdnIr-
al Badger. vii get aHaey way AZ rap
idly az possible and vii steam full
sTeed for Tanapfcos
All OF the Earsfsips in the At
Iautfc feet have been cosIed and
ready 10 move for considerable time
They will set forth on their mission
IN a few hours.
Rear 4dmsrais Mayo and Fletcher
are aow at Vera Cruz and Tampsco.
Wsen Rear Admiral BADGER arrives,
IL ia belseTeG Admiral Fletcher viii
be in charge,
Rear Admiral Howard ia In charge
OF the Pacific coast. The battlesafps
at PhiladelDfia and Hampton Roads,
Il fs believed, viii be ready to raise
morning
Secretary Bryan had just eoncIut- j
ed presenting the Chinese ambas-
sador 10 President Wilson vhen he
was told OF the statement isaued by /
the navy department. and asked for a.
explanation, He said II cannot tell !
you anything more at this particular |
time Naturally ron can guess the |
reason for cur action"
~Mr, Secretary" Bryan was asked,
will you tell ua whether you conf
rounicated this action to Charge
C,shaughnessy at Mexico Ciys.
II have told you that wifi not
discuss this action at an replied I
Bryan,
~wH you not tell us whether you
have ordered Charge O3baughBessy
to demand his passportss"
Il will not discuss the subject in I
any way" answered Bryan, with (
show Of heat, turning on his heel and .
starting for ais Office,
The navy department stated that /
the trip Of the squadrons from Pbila> ,
deIphia and Norfolk to Tarnpico will I
require about eight days, even under 4
the forced arauzht' orders.
President Wilson vas asked .
through Secretary TnnHIty, for
statement 10 explanation Of the action .
of the navy department.
He sent hack word tfst there vas
nothing % say al this time, 4
II developed az the afternoon wore
on that this will Re the attitude Of the
administrator until IL IL ascertsfns6
whether news Of the contemplated
d demonstration Of farce. viii remit in
Husrta breaking down Many off
Gals Of the government we're In
cIine6 20 believe that this ia what
will happen. They bsse this belief on
their kBouIedge of Mexican Character
and say shs president having called
Busrts's bluff the Mexican dictator
VIII PROBABLY back down and order the
salute 10 be fired There is no gues-
ton but that the president hopes this
VIII be the outcoroe, but he is prepar
ed 10 insist ON national honor being
ssfsgparded no matter To What
lengths ~ fs necessary 70 utilize the
united ssrvices for this purpose. The
army Ia also ready 10 strike. The
provisional troops At Texas City,
TEXAS. has field supplies and muni
tions enough for sixty days and can
be eDtrained and rushed 20 any point
necessary at an hours notice. Ths
coast artillery ~ both coasts IA equip
ped so that II can be utilized az In
'antry and the qUartermaster's Office
las working agreement whereby VI
3au impress into service all Of the