The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-04-23
Washington.

/ Huerta has refused to accept Fresl
dent Wilson's demand for salute e
the American flag, In refusal ne
countered with new conditions. Oft
Gals said these would not be accept
ed, and that the program Of reprisals
would be carried out.
The Mexican foreign minister, SenoI
Porillo Roias, announced that i
would be impossible to agree to the
demand Of the United States that the
flag Of the United States be uncondi.
tionally saluted, because the flag was
not insulted, because itswas not flying
| from the launch and because the ma
rines we're set free even before an
investigation, and the officer RESPONSE
BILE for the arrests was himself ar
rested and held for trial
The text of the treaty between the
United States and Colombia, settling
the Panama controversy, was made
public in Paris through the Colombian
legation by publication in The Temps.
The United States has warned Gen.
eral Huerta that no further argument
about details for the salute Of the
American flag Will be tolerated. Twen-
ty-one guns must be fired to the stars
and stripes, in reparation for the ar
rest of American bluejackets at Tam
pico or serious consequences will fol-
low
The house struck the time-honored
mileage allowance" for congressman
out Of the legislative appropriation bill
and provided for actual expenses of
members to and from Washington to
attend congress. The senate has yet
to agree to the proposal
The substance of the reply Of the
United States government to the de-
mand of President Huerta that there
should be simultaneous salute fred
by the Americans when the Mexicans
salute the American flag, was deliver
ed by Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the
American charge daffaires, oSenor
Portillo y Rojas, the foreign min
lister. The reply, it is said was unfa-
vorable to an early adjustment Of the
situation. 1t is understood that the
matter is being considered at a cab
met meeting in Mexico City
Senator Overman Of North Carolina
offered an amendment to the Weeks
forest reserve bill which provides that
| 25 per cent. Of the gross receipts of
the government from its forest re-
serves shall be paid to the states in
which the forests lie. This percentage
is asked in lieu of taxes formerly paid
by private owners before the govern
ment bought the lands The govern
ment has bought several thousand
acres Of land in the Georgia mountain
region.
Congress stands behind the admins
tration almost to man in the agrees
siye policy to demand reparation for
indignitites the Huerta government has
offered. In senate and house the opin-
ion was general that the president
would be backed even to actual war
fare.
Attorney General McReynolds told
Senator West he would insist that AL
exander Alderman be retained in the
office of district attorney for the south
ern district of Georgia until after the
trial Of the case against the American
Naval Stores company somes called the
naval stores trust. This case is set for
May 18, and there is no telling how
much time it will consume. Senator
West presented the name OF r. M.
Hitch of Savannah for appointment.
Nationwide prohibition was urged
before the house judiciary committee
at hearings on the resolution Of Rep
resentative Hobson for submission to
the state of a constitutional amend
ment. The committee room was crowd
ed with representatives of the organi-
cations interested. Most Of the specta-
tors were women, large part of them
representing the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. Representative
Hobson opened the argument for his
resolution.
Readjustments Of passenger rates on
all interstate railroads in the United
states in conformity with the long and
short.haul provision of the law, under
orders Of the interstate commerce
commission, will become effective May
1. The new tariffs filed by the roads
with the commission indicate mate
rial fare reduction. Officials Of the
commission, after an analysis Of the
traits, estimate that "95 per cent Of
the changes in fares win be reduc-
lions" and per cent. increases.
President Wilson declared that re-
peal of the Panama tolls exemption
could not be regarded as an interpre-
tation Of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
because it would be an executive act.
He held that no amendment setting
forth the rights of the United States
under the treaty was necessary. The
president took the same view as Sec
rotary Bryan that by repeating the ex-
emption the United States merely
showed a disincIinatlon, but did not
limit any future policy Of the govern
ment. The president said repeal Of the
exemption clause did not limit any fu-
ture action of the United States.