New Britain herald., 1914-04-15
HUERTA MUST SALUTE ].
 STARS AND STRIPE
Wilson Declares Honor and DIgHlt Of Country Must Be Recognized.
ORDERLY ARRESTED AT VERA CRU
President and His Advisors Convincd Uncle Sam Has Been Singled OI For Manifestations of III Will al, Contempt"

For Manifestations of III Will an|
 Contempt"
 Washington, April 15.-Huerta vii salute the American flag or the Al lantic fleet will seize Vera Cruz anI Tampico. What happens afterwal| depends on Huerta.
 That is President Wilson's dete{ imitation. Leaders in congress wi whom he conferred today agres there was ample precedent for sud action.
 Not only the Tampico incident, biI long series of indignities offere| to the United States to the cor| spicuous exemption of other foreis| nations represented in Mexico, hsI convinced the president and his ad visors that the United States has beeI singled out for manifestations Of Il will and contempt"
 Dispatches Are Intercepted.
 Official dispatches to Charg| O'Shaughnessy have been intercept ed by the Mexican censor.
 A ships orderly ashore in full uni
 
 United States was arrested and rI was meted out to the local official{ These hitherto unpublished facts werj disclosed today in an official statd ment.
 President Wilson told his advised he stands for peace. but is determine| to force Huerta to recognize th honor and dignity of the Unite| States.
 While these developments wer taking place in Washington, the shitl of the Atlantic fleet were beginnin| to move towards Tampico. Th| first of the big fighters cleared frorI Hampton Roads and others in tn Atlantic navy yards were ready q sail before night.
 Onicial Statement Issued.
 Tn an official statement issued sl Washington and representing th| views of President Wilson four poinS| are brought out which show that th| United States has been a target fo| Huerta and his followers. The ai| rest of the American marines at Tam pico was followed by the arrest d an orderly from the Dolphin at Ver| Cruz. The latter was dressed in navy uniform and carried the off1cia mail bag on his back. Most ser ious of all, however, was the inter ception of an official dispatch al Mexico City by the officials of tel egraph company, who claimed tha| the message had to be sent to th| censor.
 Government Singled Out.
 These repeated offenses agains the rights and dignity of the United States, offenses not duplicated witI regard to the representatives of othe| governments. have necessarily mad' the impression that the government of the United States was singled ou| for manifestations of ill-will and com tempt.
 '"The authorities of the state de partment feel confident that when thu seriousness and the cumulative eff, feet of these incidents is made evil dent to the government of Mexico that government will see the proprie. ty and the necessity Of giving sucf evidences of its desire to repudiat< and correct these things as will be mol only satisfactory to the governmet| of the United States but also an eSf, dence to the rest of the world of af entire change of attitude.
 There can be no loss to the dig. nifty of the de facto government nj Mexico in recognizing in the fullest degree the claims a great sovereign government to its respect"
 Attack Fleet Order.
 Representative Mondell of Wyom- ing, republican, in the house, as sailed the administrations action. He asserted the president was using the Atlantic fleet "to enforce the man. dates of his personal prejudice aginst the man who happens to be at ths head of the republic of Mexico" (.
 Senator Works, republican, of Cal ifornia, issued a formal statement.
 Hundreds of American citizen, have been slaughtered, their wiyes and daughters outraged and theii property destroyed, and the govern ment has not raised its hand for thei, protection" said he. But, because . few bluejackets from one of oui ships, who had much better havs been on shipboard, are arrested in .
 
 la refuses to salute our flag. we arc to go to war or back down and make ourselves ridiculous
 Taken from Dolphin.
 One new fact brought out at the White House conference was that two of the American bluejackets arrested at Tampico actually were taken from the Dolphin boat.
 The bluejackets arrested had gone to the Tampico wharf to load gaso- line Two of the men were in the boat. The Mexican soldiers, after seizing the men on the wharf, board ed the American boat and took the two bluejackets forcibly into custody.
 Gunboats Leave Tampico.
 This despatch from Rear Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz. dated 10 p. rn..
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