Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15
TROOPS
GAIN At TORREON
United Armies Have Cut Rebel
Lines.
BLANQUET REGRETS ARRESTS
Huerta Soldiers Who Seized American
Naval Men Bring Crisis That
Grows-Threat to Land
Marines.

The following censored dispatch
was received from correspondent in
Mexico City:
Mexico City, April 13.-Charge DAT
flares OShaughnessy has sent an i'm
portant dispatch to Washington con-
corning developments at Tampa. am
not permitted to send it to you.
Mexico City Is Cut Off.
Washington, April 13-The City OF
Mexico, with many Americans and
other foreign residents protected only
by the control of Dictator Huerta over
a few troops and the masses of peo-
pie, is cut off from communication
with the outside world. =:
Only code messages from the Amer
lean embassy are going over the wires.
All press reports have been ordered
held up. a r
Secretary of State Bryan has re-
ceived many messages from Charge
d'Affaires O'Shaughnessy, but he has
refused to make any of them public.
Coupled with what is declared to
be this increased gravity to the situa-
ton in Mexico, it was stated that
Rear Admiral Mayo, who demanded a
salute to the American colors at Tam
pico as an apology for the arrest of a
landing party of United States ma
rines, has received official backing
of the state and navy departments,
and that Huerta must either bow &C
acknowledgement to the rights of the
United States or face the conse-
quences. &.
City of Mexico, April 13.-The
united federal armies facing General
Villas revolutionary forces are gain
ing in their attack on Torreon, say
war Office advices received. They
have cut the rebel lines. between
Gomez Palacio and Torreon.
War Minister Banquet said the In
cident of the arrest of American naval
men at Tampico had been "satisfac-
torily arranged" but did not specify
whether the American flag would be
saluted
Arrests Are Regretted.
Vera Cruz, April 13.-The incident
of the arrest by Mexican federal au.
thorities of boats crew of the Amer
lean gunboat Dolphin may not be
closed without causing serious inter
national issues.
The reason for Rear Admiral Mayo's
insistence on an apology, to be sup.
plemented by a formal Mexican salute
to the American flag, is that after the
Mexicans seized the boat and it's
crew, the American flag was taken
off the stern of the boat and carried
by the captors to police station with
the prisoners and subjected to yari.
Gus indiginities by the anti-American
populace met along the way.
General Zaragosa, the federal com.
mandant of Tampico, on receiving AID.
miral Mayo's demand that he imme-
diately release the boats crew and
make proper reparation for the affront
to the American flag, offered apollo
gies prOfusely and explained that he
regretted the unauthorized arrest He
demurred, however, to the demand for
a formal salute to the American flag
pending the receipt of instructions
from President Huerta.
Theat to Land Marines. ,4as
Admiral Mayo's ultimatum as to
the salute was extended "a hours to
let Zaragosa communicate with Mex
leo City.
Officers of the American fleet are
warmly praising Admiral Mayos
firm stand and prompt action. Fail
ing to obtain the release of the crew
within the period of "a hours, an apol.
ogy and a salute, Read Admiral
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