The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-16
SALUTE OR FIGHT
 IS ULTIMATUM
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 hausted. We are for peace but not for peace at a sacrifice of the dig nifty of this nation
 Tomorrow the house committee on foreign affairs will meet to consider developments. Representative Flood, chairman and Representative Coop CT. ranking republican member, who 1 saw the president today will apprise the committee formally of conditions as outlined by the president.
 Few Discordant Notes.
 A few discordant notes were sounded in congress today. Repre- sentative Mondell of Wyoming charged that the president sought to use the Atlantic fleet to enforce the mandates of his personal prejudice against Huerta.' Representative Bartholdt of Missouri declared re- fusal of Huerta to salute the flag with 2l guns should not preciptate the sacrifice of an American life. Senator Works of California criti- cised the administration attitude
 More information describing the arrest of the American blueiackets at Tampico was revealed in the day $ conferences at the white house and other government departments, It was learned authoritatively that some of the bmeiackets from the Dolphin went ashore with Assistant Paymaster Kopp to get gasoline sup plies All but two landed to get the supplies. While they were gone a ! Mexican officer approached and claimed the party should not have landed where it did, and ordered the two bluejackats from the whaleboat, which flew the American flag. They were unarmed and accompanied him voluntarily.
 The other members Of the party were arrested while on shore They all were paraded to the prison but were intercepted by another MeXi can officer, who marched them back to the dock. communicated with his superiors, and released them. The ordering of the bluejackets from the boat which was flying the Stars and Stripes, considered technically American soil. was regarded by Rear Admiral Mayo as requiring an apology the punishment of the Mex ican officer and a salute of 21 guns to the colors.
 Huerta is Evading.
 The first two demands were com piled with but the local federal au. thorities asked for an extension of time during which they consulted the Huerta overnment at Mexico | City, Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Mayo notified Washington of his course and received the governments ap- proyal. General Huerta himself never agreed to any salute, but one of his under secretaries. did make in. quiry of the American embassy whether a small salute to the Dol phin would be acceptable. This was rejected as insufficient under the naval practices.
 The time limit for the firing of the salute was extended indefinitely by Rear Admiral Mayo after communi- eating with Washington, during which sharp representations were made to the Huerta government and the Atlantic and Pacific fleet des patched to Mexican waters.
 The president told those who con. ferred with him that there had been no notification to the fleet of any prohibition against landing where the bluejackets docked, and while placing most emphisis on the Tam pico incident, he reviewed other offenses, such as the arrest of an American orderly carrying mail at Vera Cruz, the attempt to exercise censorship and delay official mes sages and other episodes designed 10 show a studied attempt on the part of the Huerta government to offend the United States But for the fact that no government had been recog- nized in Mexico and that a state of anarchy existed, the president is said to have declared to members of con gress he would have recalled Charge O'Shaughnessy promptly. No men tion was made by the president in his conference of the movement of the army and this was interpreted generally as the result of a desire to maintain a status quo on the Texas border relations with the constib- tionalists just across the line at present being very satisfactory.
 Secretary Bryan during the day announced that an amicable under standing had been reached with General Carranza concerning repre- sentations about the safety of all foreigners. This point had caused a strain following the refusal Of Car ranza to furnish information to the United States about the execution of William s. Benton, a British subject
 The American government now has been informed that inquiries about l foreigners if made at specific re- l utfaet of fnra3eyu ,,pvorn,,or+e ,,r;I1 h,