The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-04-16

for authorization to utilize the feet to
force reparation from the Mexican gov
eminent. In this address he will out
line his reasons for demanding the sa-
lutte to the flag.
Approve Presidents Plans.
The Senators cordially approved Of the
Presidents decision TO share with Con-
sress the responsibility for an act OF
war, although they agreed with him that
the employment Of force, either by land
ing of marines at TampicO and Vera
Cruz, or the blockade OF Mexican ports
could be undertaken properly by the
President under his own constitutional
power
The President let il he known that the
only contingency in which warlike meas
ures might be taken without consulting
Congress would be the commitment %
some overt act on the part OF Mexico
that would demand Immediate action.
The President informed the members OF
the committee that he is still confident
that the demands of this government VIII
b., complied with by Huerta following me
approach of the Atlantic fleet But ne
said his determination to act drasucallY
was irrevOcable il Huerta did not comply
Soon after the White House conference
the following presentation of the Admins
tration's position was obtained from an
authoritative source:
Three studied Insults.
In discussions in official circles in
WASHINGTON OF the present Mexican
situation the following points have
been very much dwelt upon. IL has
been pointed out that, in considering
the prcsen; som, what delicate sltua-
ton In Mexico. the unpleasant incl
dent at TampiCO must not he thought
of alone. For some time the de factO
government of Mexico has seemed to
think mere apologies sufficient when
the rights of American citizens or the
dignity of the government OF the
United States were involved. and has
apparently made no attempt at either
reparation or the effective correction
Of the serious derclictiuns Of its civil
and military officers.
Immediately after hU incident at
Tampioo an orderly from one Of the
ships of the United States in the har-
! Dor of Vera Cruz. who had been sent
/ ashore to the pOstofficc for the ships
: mail. who was in uniform and who
! had the official mail bag on his back.
was arrested and put into Jail by the
I local authorities. He subsequently
was released and a nominal punish
ment inflicted upon the officer who
] Hdu nun. Dul II was sig
/ nifcant that an orderly from the
fleet OF the United States was picked
cut from the many persons who are
! constantly going ashore on various
errands from the various war ships
! in the harbOT, representing several
nations. Most serious of all. the off,
cials in charge of the telegraph office
at Mexico City presumed to with
/ hold an official dispatch OF the gov
eminent of the United States to its
embassy at Mexico City until it
should have been sent to the censor
and his Permission received TO deliver
IT. and gave the dispatch into the
hands of the charge d'affaires of the
United States only upon his personal
and emphatic demand. he having in
the meantime. learned through other
channels that dispatch had been
sent him which he had not received.
Apology Is Waited.
1t cannot but strike any one who
has watched the course of events in
Mexico as significant that untoward
incidents such as these have not &C.
CURED in any case where representa-
ttves OF other governments were con-
Cerned, but only in dealings with rep
resentatives of the government of the
United States. and that there has been
no occasion for other governments to
call attention to such matters or to
ask for apologies. These repeated Of
fences against the rights and dignity
of the United States. offences not du-
plicated with regard to the representa-
: tives of other governments, have
necessarily made the Impression that
the government of the United States
was singled out for manifestations OF
t ill-will and contempt.
The authorities of the State Depart
ment feel confident that when the
seriousness and the cumulative effect
Z of these incidents is made evident to
the government of Mexico, that gov
eminent will see the propTiety and the
5 necessity of giving such evidences of
, its desire to repudiate and correct
these things as will be not only salts
: factory to the government of the
I United States, but also an evidence to
the rest of the world of an entire
change of attitude There can be no
g loss to the dignity of the de facto
government Of Mexico in recognizing
in the fullest degree the claims Of a
I great sovereign government to its re-
/ spect.