Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 137, 20 April 1914 — Page 1

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Americans Ordered to Quit Mexico By Charge O'Shaugiinessy Upon Orders From Department of State CITIZENS FLETtO COAST

MEXICO CITY, April 20. Pressure was brought to bear upon President Huerta by the diplomatic representatives of foreign governments today in an eleventh hour attempt to Induce him to yield to the demands of the American government. Envoys of European and South American nations sought to alter the dictator's determination to plunge the country into war that could have only one result his own destruction. Rear Admiral Von Hintze, the German minister, called at the office of foreign minister Rojas and shortly afterward Spanish Minister De Cologn arrived. The two envoys remained some time and when they left Senor Rojas hurried to the national palace to see President Huerta. All American consuls in Mexico were notified today by Charge D'Affaires O'Shaughnessy to call to the attention of American citizens now resident of the republic the warning issued from Washington several months ago that they should leave this country. The Charge took this action by order of the American State Department. As a result of the reiteration of the warning it is expected that there will immediately be a rush of Americans from this city and other Interior points to the coast. Some will remain, however, choosing to risk their lives rather

than abandon the fortunes tbiyhw4a .invested. ,

Sixteen Years Ago McKinley Called For Cuban Intervention

Above, left to right President Victorian Huerta et Mexico, and President Wilson. Below: Admiral C. S. Badger and Admiral H. T. Mayo. The refusal of Mexico to accede to Admiral Hehry T. Mayo's demand that the Stars and Stripes be honored by the customary salute from the guns of the Federals at Tampico was the action that caused President Wilson to finally assume a very militant attitude toward Mexico, Inciting hinv to order the cream of the United States Navy to proceed to Mexican waters under command of Admiral Badger, the head of the Atlantic fleet.

WASHINGTON, April 20. Official Washington recalled with a thrill the fact that today is the sixteenth anniversary of the signing by President McKinley. of the congressional resolutions calling for Intervention in Cuba to establish the independence of that country. "On the same day that President McKinley signed the resolutions, the Spanish left Washington. This was April 18, 189S. The next day Spain handed Minister Woodward his passports and the following day Havana was blockaded by the American fleet On April 24, 1898, Spain declared war.

"The resolutions for intervention in Cuba full authority was given to President McKinley in the following words which formed the third section of the measure: That the president be, and he Is hereby, directed and empowered to use the entire land end naval forces of

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carry these resolutions into effect.

It is believed that the reference to

the state militia will be omitted from the resolutions adopted in reference to Mexico.

FOR MEXICAN WAR fgitm

Chamberlain Presents Measure in Senate to Finance Undertaking.

BULLETIN WASHINGTON, April 20. A bill appropriating $50,000,000 to be immedi-

avaiiable for use by President

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fense, was introduced in the senato today by Senator Chamberlain or Oregon. It was referred to a committee. The bill is indentical in language with the one by which President McKinley sixteen years ago was given $50,000,000 to finance the war with Spain.

ORDERS VESSELS FROM VERA CRUZ

WASHINGTON, April 20. All merchant vessels in harbor at Vera Cruz were ordered to leave immediately today. The order came direct from Secretary of Navy Daniels who acted on instructions from President Wilson. . .

READY TO MOVE SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 20. Orders were received at Fort Sam Houston today instructing the officers of

j the United States army there to have ! their men to prepare for immediate

. ! entrainment, so that there may be no erican artillery was ordered to con20 Here are President Wilson's views on the delay when final orders to move ar-j centrate on the Mexican border ready

rive. j lor immeuiate service.

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President Recites Incidents Causing: Ultimatum Leading to Dispatch Of Fleet to Avenge Flag Insult

OUTLINES COURSE

WASHINGTON, April 20. Asking approval to nee the armed forces of the United States in such ways and to each an extent that as may be necessary to obtain from General Huerta and his adherents the fullest recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States, President Wilson today personally appealed to a Joint session of congress for permission to compel proper recognition of the supremacy of the Stars and Stripes. The president's address was largely recitative of the occurrences which led up to the presentation of the ultimatum to General Huerta that he Balute the American flag to atone for the arrest of United States marines at Tampico and for other Indignities to which American citizens and representatives of American government have been forced to submit. President Wilson arrived at the capital at 2:55 o'clock. The joint session of the two branches of congress convened at 3 and thetpresident had finished his speech at 3:13 o'clock.

MESSAGE

WASHINGTON, April

Mexican situation, as given to newspaper men at the White House today: j "I want to say to you gentlemen do not get the impression that there j is about to be war between the United States and Mexico. Thp.t isn't, the j outlook at present at all. In the first place, in no conceivable circumstances I would we fight the people of Mexico. We are their friends. We want to j hflp them in every way that we can to recover their rights, their govern- j ment. and their laws; and foi the present I am going to congress to present; the special situation and seek approval to meet that situation. "It is only an issue between this government and that person calling him- ! self the provisional president of Mexico whose right to call himself such we ' have never recognized in anv way. I had a feeling of uneasiness after I read , the papers this morning, as if the country were getting on fire with war en-1 thusiasrn. I have no enthus'asm for war. I have an enthusiasm for justice i and for the dignity of the United States, but not for war. And this need not ' eventuate into war if we handle it with firmness and promptness." i

How U. S. Dreadnaught Looks When Firing Full Broadside

WASHINGTON, April 20. The p reset t United States force at Tampico consists of 2,550 sailors and 1,021 marines. There are nine vessels under command of Rear Admiral Mayo. They include the following: UTAH, 26 guns, battleship of 21,823 tons, 850 men. CONNECTICUT, 24 guns, battleship of 16,000 tons, 846 men. MINNESOTA, 20 guns, battleship of 16,000 tons, 64 men. SAN FRANCISCO, 8 guns, 4,083 tons, mine depot ship. CHESTER, 2 guns, 3,750 tons, scout cruiser, DES MOINES, 10 guns, 3,200 tons, cruiser. DOLPHIN, 2 guns, 1,486 tons, gunboat. CYCLOP, collier. HANCOCK, transport, carrying 800 marines.

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Admiral Badger Expects to Make Mexican Harbor 12 Hours Ahead of Schedule.

This mighty warship will lead t he procession of United States warships into the Mexican port of Tampico to back up Admiral Mayo's demand that the United States Hag- be salut ed by the Mexican Federals, as is customary when the warship of one nation enters the port of another.

On Board the United States Battleship Arkansas, at Sea, by Wireless by Way of Key West, Fla., April 20. The Arkansas is pushing toward Tampico at full speed today and Admiral Badger now hopes to reach that port early Wednesday, about twelve hours earlier than at first expected. The Arkansas is in wireless communication with Rear Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz and any orders from the navy department will be transmitted through the wireless of the Vera Cruz fleet. There were drills on board today and the sailors are jubilant over the chance of seeing real action In Mexican waters.

WOOD ORDERED TO FRONT WASHINGTON. April 20. Major General Wood will be ordered to Texas City to take command of the entire American force there.

President Wilson in his message to congress said: "Gentlemen of the Congress It is my duty to call your attention to a situation which has arisen in our dealings with- General Victoriana Huerta at Mexico City, which calls for action, and to ask your advice and co-operation in acting upon it. On the ninth of April a paymaster of the United States steamship Dolphin landed at the Iturblde bridge landing at Tampico, with a whale boat and boat crew' to take off certain supplies needed by this ship, and while engaged In loading the boat was arrested by an officer and squad of the army of General Huerta. "Neither the paymaster nor any one of the boat's crew was armed. Two of the men were in the boat when the arrest took place, and were obliged to leave it 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 United States. Order Release. "The officer who made the arrest

was proceeding up one of the streets j of the town with his prisoners when' met by an officer of higher authority, i

who ordered him to return to the landing and await orders; and within an hour and a half from the time of the arrest, orders were received from the commander of the Huertista forces at Tampico for the release of the paymaster and his men. "The release was followed by apologies from the commander and later by an expression of regret from General Huerta himself. General Huerta

urged that martial law obtained at j the time in Tampico, that orders had j been issued that no one should be al- j lowed to land at the Iturblde bridge j

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 if they had been the only justifiable course open to local authorities would have been to request the paymaster and his crew to withdraw and to lodge a protest with a commanding officer of the fleet. "Admiral Mayo regarded the arrest as so serious an affront that he was not satisfied with the apologies offered and demanded that the flag of the United States be saluted with special ceremony by the military commander of the port. Incident Not Trivial. "The incident cannot be regarded as a trivial one especially as two of the

men arrested were taken from the i boat itself: that is to say from the ( territory of the United States; but t had it stood by itself it might have, been attributed to the ignorance or j arrogance of a single officer. "Unfortunately it is not an isolated j case. A series of incidents have re-j cently occurred which cannot but ere-1 ate the impression that the representatives of General Huerta were willing to go out of their way to show disre-: gard for the dignity and rights of this , government and felt perfectly safe in 1 doing what they pleased, making free j to show as many ways their irritation j

and contempt. "A few days after the incident at Tamoico an orderly fro mthe United

States ship Minnesota was arrested at Vera Cruz while ashore in uniform to obtain the shin's mail, and was for a

time thrown into jail. An official dis- j patch from this government to its em- j bassy at Mexico City was withheld by , the telegraphic service until pre-emp-!

torially demanded by our charge aaifaires in person. So far as I can learn such wrongs and annoyances have been suffered to occur only against representatives of the United States. I have heard of no complaints from other government of similar treatment. Apologies Futile. "Subsequent explanations and formal apologies did not and could not alter the popular Impression, which it Is possible It had been the object of

the Huertaista authorities to create, that the government of the Unlte.d States was being singled out and might be singled out with impunity for slights and affronts in retaliation for its refusal to recognixe the pre--tentlons of, General Huerta. to be regarded as the constitutional provisional president of the republic of 'Mexico. "The manifest danger of snchta situation was that such offenses might grow from bad to worse until something happens of so gross and' intolerable a sort as to lead directly and inevitably to armed conflict. It was necessary that the apologies of General Huerta and his representatives should go much farther, that they should be such as to attraet the attention of the whole population to their significance and such as to impress upon General Huerta himself the neces-. sity of seeing to it that no further oc-j casion for explanation and professed regrets should arise. Duty to Sustain Mayo. ( "I therefore felt it my duty to eus-,

tain Admiral Mayo and the whole ct his demand and to insist that the flag

of the United States should betsalutedj

In such a way as to indicate a new Fplrit and attitude on the part of the Huertlstas. "Such a salnte General Huerta has

refused, and I have come to ask youH

approval and support in the course I

now propose to pursue. "This government I earnestly hope

in no circumstances will be forced!

into war with the people of Mexico. Mexico Is torn by civil strife. If we

are to accept the tests of its own con-1

stitution it has no government. Gen-j eral Huerta has set his power up isn

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DOUBT GRAY'S STANDI

Other Indiana Congressmen! Back Wilson.

With the possible exception of Rep

resentative Finly Gray, of the Sixth district, every Indiana congressman at Washington is ready to support President Wilson in any war program he may place before that body this i 9 AnAAn Tti aw a v a err 1 11 Annnaarl tft

intervention if it can be avoided, but! are willing to back the president if it; seems to him that no other means will.'

settle the trouble in Mexico. Gray,; however, has not fully made up his mind that the arrest of a few Ameri

can bluejackets in a Mexican port ia4

a sufficient Insult to provoke war. It is believed, however, that when the question is put to a vote he will! vote with the rest of the Indiana dele-: gation. Representatives. Lleb. Cnllop. Adair, Peterson, Dixon and Barnhartl all expressed themselves as being) willing to stand by the chief executive. ORDERED TO PREPARE. HOUSTON, Tex., April 20. The entire Fifth brigade of the United States army has been ordered to prepare at once for service in Mexico. These troops will be sent to Vera Cruz to guard the interoceanic railroad after the port is seized.

WEATHER FORECAST

For Indiana Fair tonight and Tuesday, with rising temperature. TEMPERATURE. Noon 38 Yesterday. Maximum . 67i Minimum ..... .............. .j.. Z9