The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-04-30
FRIENDSHIP FOR
PEOPLE OF MEXICO
PRESIDENT WILSON EXPRESSES
HOPE THAT CONTROVERSY
Be PEACEFULLY SETTLED.
in Message 10 Congress. President
Wilson Says sour Feeling FOR PEG
pie Of Mexico 10 One Of Deep
and Genuine Friendship

Washington. -President Wilson on
Monday laid the Mexican situation
before congress in these words:
Gentlemen of the Congress;
II 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 &C
ton. and to ask your advice and CO
operation In acting on ii. On the 9th
Of April a paymaster of the U S. 8.
Dolphin landed at the Iturbide land
Ing at Tampico with whalehoat
and boats crew to take on certain
supplies needed by his ship. and while
engaged In loading the boat was mr.
rested by an officer and squad OF men
OF the army of General Huerta.
Neither the paymaster nor anyone OF
the boats crew was armed. Two OF
the men were In the boat when the
arrest took place and were obliged
to leave 1t and submit TO be taken
into custody, Notwithstanding the fact
that the boat carried, both at her bow
and at her stern. the flag OF the Unit
ed states. 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 au.
thority. who ordered him to return to
the landing and await orders, and
within an hour and half from the
time OF the arrest orders were re-
ceived from the commander OF the
Huertista forces at Tampico for the
release OF the paymaster and his men,
Huerta's Apology Unsatisfactory.
The release was followed by apol-
ogies from the commander and later
by an expression OF regret by General
Huerta himself General Huerta
urged that martial law obtained at
the time at Tampico, that orders had
been issued that no one should be al
lowed to land at the Iturbide 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 n they
had been, the only justifable course
open to the local authorities would
have been to request the paymaster
and his crew to withdraw and 10 lodge
protest with tine commanding office
Of the feet Admiral Mayo regarded
the arrest as so serious an affront
that he was not satisfied with the
apologies offered. but demanded that
the nag OF the United States be sa-
luted WITT special ceremony by the
military commander OF the port.
Several Affronts Given United States.
The incident cannot be regarded AS
trivial one, especially as two OF the
men arrested were taken from the
territory OF the United States: but
had II stood by itself Il might have
been attributed to the ignorance or
arrogance OF a single officer Unfor-
sunately II vas not an isolated case.
A series Of incidents have recently oc.
Cured which cannot but create the
impression that the representatives OF
General Huerta were willing to 30 out
OF their way TO show disregard for
the dignity and rights of this govern.
ment and felt perfectly safe ia doing
what they pleased. making free 10
show In many ways their irritation
and contempt. A few days after the
incident 1T Tampico an orderly from
the United states ship Minnesota was
arrested at Vera Cruz while ashore
In uniform to obtain the ships matt
and was for time thrown into jail.
An official dispatch froh this govern
ment to It's embassy at Mexico cityI
was withheld by the authority OF the
telegraphic service until peremptorilv
demanded by our charge d'affaires In
person. So far as I can learn such
wrongs and annoyanees have been
suffered only to occur against repre-
sentatiyes OF the United States. ii
have heard OF no COMPLAINTS from
other governments OF similar trent. !
ment. Subsequent explanations and
formal apologies did not and could not
alter the popular impression, which
L Ia possible II had been the object
Of the HEertista authorities to create.
that the government 81 the United /
States was being singled out and
might be singled out with impunity
Tor sights and affronts IN retaliation
icr its refusal TO recognize the pre-.
lenses OF General Huerta 10 be re-
sarded as the constitutional pro
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