Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1914-04-23
SENATORS VIEWS OF
=, WARSH|PS MISSION
M'Cumber Thinks Excuse For
Trip a Silly One.

| Washington, April 15.-President
Huerta submitted to the executive
session of the Mexican senate TODAY.
| the demands of the American gov
| ernment for salute to the flag. No
news was received by the Washing
ton government late tonight of the
| result of the deliberations.
Additional ships were ordered to-
day for service on the Mexican coast,
bringing the force of warships there
to eighteen with personnel of 5000
men, including regiment of 900
| marines. The armored cruiser
Pittsburgh will take the marines to
San Diego, CAL, which will be used
as base to go into reserve after
manning the cruisers Cleveland and
Chattanooga.
Wants to Arbitrate.
1t has been learned tonight that
Huerta, when appraised by Charge
'Shaughnessy of the proposed dem
onstration of the Atlantic fleet, ar
gued the episode growing out of the
arrest of American blue jackets at
Tampico, was a fit subject for arbi-
tration at The Hague, and he will
appoint commission to investigate
the incident.
President Wilson in an emphatic
reply through O'Shaughnessy told
Huerta the time for delay and eva
sion has passed; and that admins
tration officials hold the insults to
the flag to be questions of national
honor and not subjects for arbitra-
tion.
Depends on Huerta.
Upon Huerta depends the next
developments. He has practically a
week to decide the question for war
ships cannot reach their destination
for several days. Meantime all for
Ieign governments will be notified Of
the United States attitude toward
the Tampico incident.
The feet which admiral Badger
will command at Tampico will be
the most powerful ever assembled
by the United States at any one
place to enforce a demand upon an
other country.
Some surprise was expressed to-
day as to the necessity of sending all
the battleships of the north Atlantic
fleet to force Huerta to salute the
flag. Admiral Mayo now has at
Tampico the battleships Connecticut
and Minnesota, the Chester, the Des
Moines, the Dolphin and the San
Francisco, with which he could have
proceeded. 1t is thought, however,
that the administration mobolized
the whole force first, in order to i'm
press Huerta with the seriousness
of the demonstration; second, if
that did not suffice, the United
States would have on the ground a
sufficient force not only to capture
Tampico, but to hold it even with
marines and sailors against any at
tack that might be made by Huerta's
forces who would withdraw from the
city and might possibly be Joined by
the forces of Caranza and Villa.
1t is naturally expected in diplo-
matte circles that the news of the
action of President Wilson today
would create great excitement in
Mexico City, that might be followed
Immediately by the handing of Mr..
O'Shaughnessy his passports.
1t was presumably for this reason
that Secretary of State Bryan an
nounced today that rifles had been
issued to the American. citizens at
Mexico City.
Two hundred and fifty rifles had
been sent to the city, but were held
up by Huerta. Evidently some
strong demand was received last
night or this morning from Wash
ington that the arms be delivered to
the American citizens.
John Lind made his report to the
President this morning in time for
the cabinet meeting.
It is understood that Mr.. Lind
conveyed to the administration his
personal views after conferences
with Senor Rojas, Huerta's foreign
minister that Huerta had deter
mined to make no terms with the
United States unless he was recog-
nized as he had demanded.
The Presidents action is the most
hostile move he has the power to
make in the absence Of declaration