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Show OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED Following Is tho ofllclal statement Is-sued Is-sued aa representing tho vIowb of President WIIboii and tho administration administra-tion on Mexico: "In discussions In ofllclal circles in Washington of tho present Mexicun situation tho following points havo been very much dwelt upon: "It has been pointed out that. In considering the present somewhat delicate situation In Mexico, tho unpleasant un-pleasant Incident at Tamplco must not be thought of alone. For Borno time past the de facto government of Mexico Mex-ico lias seemed to think mere apologies apolo-gies Bufllclent when the rlghta of American citizens or the dignity of tho government of tho United States wore involved nnd haB apparently made no attempt nt either reparation or tlio effective correction of tho serious seri-ous derelictions of ItH civil nnd mill-Uiry mill-Uiry olllcerB, Orderly Placed In Jail. "Immediately after tho Incident at Tamplco nn orderly from one of the flhlps of tho United States in the bar-bor bar-bor of Vera Cruz, who had been sent nBhoro to the post ofllco for tho shlp'B mull, nnd who was In uniform nnd who Iiutl tho official mall bag on his back, was arrested and put Into Jail by the local uuthorltlcB. lie wo aub Boquently released nnd a nominal pun luhmont was Inflicted upon tho officer who arrested him, but It waa significant signifi-cant that an orderly from tho fleet of tho United States was picked out from tho many persona constantly going go-ing shore on various errands, from the variotiB Bhlps in tho harbor, representing rep-resenting Bevernl nations. Official Dispatch Withheld. "Most Borlous of all, the officials In charge of tho telegraph ofllco at Mexico Mex-ico City presumed to withhold an official offi-cial dispatch of tho government of tlio United Stntcs to Ub embasBy at Mox-Ico Mox-Ico City, until It should havo been sent to the censor and his permlsBlon received to deliver it, and gave tho dispatch Into .tho hands of tho charge iraffalreB of the United Stntea only ujion IiIb personal and emphatic demand, de-mand, ho having In the meantime learned through other channels that a dlspatlch had been sent him which ho had not received. United States Slnrjled Out "It cannot but strike anyono who htiB watched tho courMO of events in Mexico ns significant that untoward incldontn such ao these havo not occurred oc-curred In nny case where "reprcsentn Uvea of other governments wore concerned, con-cerned, but only In dealings with rop-resenlatlveB rop-resenlatlveB of tho United States, and that there lian- ,becn no occasion for other govornmdnts to call attention to Buch matterB.or to nek for apologies., , "Theeo ( repeated offenses agohitri tho rights tlnd dlgnlty'or tho Unltoil tfiBoffcAncB not aupUcatwJtli JIiLVi0 ronP,cntatlveB ot other governments, havo necessarily madij tho ImprosBlon that tho government' of the United States waa singled out for manifestations of 111 will and contempt." |