The Forrest City times., 1914-04-24

Washington. President Wilson's an swer to the defiance on the part of Huerta was a message to Congress, in which he asked approval of the joint session for the use of armed forces of the United States in such ways that fullest recognition may be obtained from General Huerta and his adher- ents He did not at this time, how ever, ask for any appropriation of money nor for authority to call out the troops.
 There was an outburst of applause from the galleries when Speaker Clark introduced the president, and there was intermittent applause when he read the message.
 President Wilson's Message.
 President Wilson laid the Mexican situation before Congress in these words:
 Gentlemen of the Congress: It is my duty to call your attention to a situation which has arisen in our dealings with Gen. Victoriano Huerta at Mexico City which calls for action and to ask your advice and co-opera- tion in acting upon it. On the 9th of April paymaster of U. S. S. Dolphin landed at the Iturbide bridge at Tam pico with whaleboat and boats crew to take off certain supplies needed by his ship, and while engage in load. off Ger and squad of men of the army of General Huerta.
 Neither the paymaster or any one of the boats crew was armed. Two of the men were in the boat when the arrest took place, and were obliged to leave it and submit to be taken into custody, notw .,hstanding the fact that the boat carried, both at her bow and at her stern the flag of the Unit cd States.
 Arrest Followed by Apologies.
 The officer who made the arrest was proceeding up one of the streets of the town with his prisoners when met by an officer of higher authority, who ordered him to return to the land ing and await orders, and within an hour and a bali from the time of the arrest orders were received from the commander of the Huerista forces al Tampico fer the release of the payma S. ter and his men. The release was fol lowed by apologies from the command CT and later by an expression of re- gret by General Huerta himself.
 General Huerta urged that martial law reigned at the time in Tampico !. that orders had been issued that no one should be allowed to land at the 1turbide bridge, and that our sailors had no right to land there, Our naval commanders at the port had not been notified of any such prohibition, and even if they had been, the only justi liable course open to the local authori paymaster and his crew to withdraw and to lodge a protest with the com. manding officer of the fleet.
 Considered Arrest an Affront
 Admiral Mayo regarded the arrest as so serious an affront that he was not satisfied with the apologies offer cd but demanded that the flag of tho United States be saluted with specia of the port
 Tho incident cannot be regarded <: a trivial one, especially as two of tho men arrested were taken from the beat itself-that is to say, from the territory of the United States hut hat it stood by itself it might have beer attributed to the ignorance er arro gance of a single officer. Unfortu nately, it was not an isolated case. 4 series of incidents have recently oc cured which cannot but create the i'm pression that the representatives o General Huerta were willing to 70 ou Of their way to show disregard for tn, dignity and rights of this governmen and felt perfectly safe in doing wha they pleased, making free to show il many ways their irritation and con tempt
 Orderly Arrested In Vera Cruz.
 "A few days after the incident a Tampico an orderly from U, s. Minnesota was arrested at Vera Cru while ashore in uniform to obtain tn ships mail, and was for a time throwl into jail. An official dispatch iron this government to the embassy q Mexico City was withheld by the at thorities of the telegraph service TIT til peremptorily demanded by ou charge d'affaires in person.
 "So far is can learn, such wrong and annoyances have been suffered l. occur only against representatives O
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