Show STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT Irol following lowing la Is the official statement ls is led aed as representing tile the views of resident wilson and the adminis tra I 1 ion n on mexico tin in discussions in official circles in washington of the present mexican jitu atlon tho following points have been ve v much dwelt upon it has been pointed out that in onside considering ring tho the present somewhat delicate eli cate situation in mexico the tha un Iea saut incident at tampico mua I 1 o e thought of alone F for or some bome time last the do de facto government of mexico has seemed to think mere apolo ties IBB sufficient when the tha rights ot of american citizens or the dignity of ho an government of the united states ware involved and has apparently made no attempt at either reparation it the effective correct correction Jon of the sort seri us tug derelictions derelict ions of its civil and mill iry officers orderly placed in jail immediately after tho the incident at Ima pico an orderly from one of the ihlma of the united states in the har bar wr mr of vera cruz who had been sent dehore to the post for the ships all and who was in uniform and no flo had the official mall mail bag on on his bis pack ack was arrested and put into jail y v the local authorities lie he was sub seq vently released and a nominal pun aliment was inflicted upon the officer who arrested him but it was signify cant that an orderly from the fleet of the united states was picked out from the many persons persona constantly gotti goin shore on various errands from the various ships in the harbor representing resen ting several nations official dispatch withheld must most serious sei loua of all the officials in charge of the tha telegraph office at mexico city presumed to withhold an official dispatch of the government of the united states to its embassy at mexico city until it should havo have been sent to tho censor and his received to deliver it and gave the dispatch into the hands of the chargo daf faires of the united states only ills personal and emphatic demand he having in the meantime teamed learned through other char chariness inels that u dl claca aca had been sent ahlm which T dicu he bo had bad not rec received elved united states singled out it cannot bit ut strike anyone who has fia watched the course av of events in Ala irico as aa significant that untoward incidents such no aa these have not occurred in an any noo case where aves of other governments governments were con berned but only in ili dealings with representatives of tho the united states and that there has been no occasion for or other governments to call attention to such matters or to ask for apologies these repeated offenses offen neB against the rights and dignity ot of the united states offenses not duplicated with regard to the representatives of other governments have necessarily made tho the impression that the government of the united states was singled out for manifestations of III will and contempt many precedent for action the president beela that he has ampi amp p authority for the preparatory measures he has adopted president mckinley went so BO far as to send an expedition to poking peking during tho the boxer revolt in 1851 the united unit ed states sloop of war dale visited the island of johanna and under threat of bombarding the town obtained 1000 BB as a measure of redress for the unlawful imprisonment of the captain of us american whaler in me pembroke a small american steamer was fired upon by japanese shore batteries tho the american minister demanded redress tor for tho the in suit to the american flag and the commander command pr of the united states warship wyoming opened fire on tho the responsible japanese authorities example set sat by seward secretary of state seward in an official note made the following statement in aut apropos of this incident when the bury involves also an insult a 3 the flag cig of the united states the demand for satisfaction must be imperative and the united states naval force at japan may not only be used tv to protect the legation and any of the citizens of the united states there resident but the tycoon la is to bo be informed that the united states will as aa they shall find occasion send additional forces to maintain the foregoing demands what president gilron to Is doing 1 li j in ino with the recorded precedents lie ile has remonstrated and satisfaction has been refi retna Ased eiL ile he I 1 r about to i a avi As jer jef macd iad tik n 0 cn D let la i ej e j i SM an act of war and never failed to produce it ft a the se of a nation able in make |