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Show ji U. S. Will Force Huerta to I f Salute Stars and Stripes - pi hi Ships Carry Three Months 8upply of : Q . l El Provision. 8uperdreadnought f H New York la Plaoed in in i Dl ' II ' ;, i Commission l ' k H Norfolk, Ve., April 15. Bound to B Mexico to force Hucrt. to salute the n stars and stripes, nlno American war- ehtis steamed out of Hampton noads at noon today. Tonight tlioy aro sixty-U sixty-U four mllea below Capo Henry in a IH fog and with a northeast storm ap- I proaching. Tho ships aro tlio battle I J n ships Arkansas, Now Hampshire, Ver- ( j mont, Now Jersey, tho dispatch boat S Yankton, tho colUor Lebanon and tho Mil I Hi naval tugs Fatuxcnt, Sanoma and Pu- C-1 & j tapasco. Every ono of them carries iff n full supply of ammunition hnd pro- f, ' fl visions to last three months. Tho f ! I tugs aro equipped with three Inch rnp- I Id firing gunff nnd carry rifles, pistols IL nnd small arm ammunition. W Trior to tho departure of tho ships' I R, tho officers nnd many enlisted men lf -went ashore at Old Point to bid good- ffjf by to rolntlves. Thcro wero many JjK touching scenes. I v, near Admiral Badger, who for tho ' t , present has his flag on tho Arkansas, I,"-' spent sovcral hours ashore with rel atives and friends. Ho was also In conference with Rear Admiral Flake, i who brought sealed qrders from tho President for tho commander in chief I of tho Atlantic fleet. Tho auxiliary Vestal, which was to havo gono with tho fleet at tho last moment was ordered to remain behind be-hind with torpedo boats Cummlngs, Parker, Benham, Cnssln and Truxtun. I These craft wero also ready to sail, but It was announced tonight that they will engage in maneuvers and may not go to Moxlco. near Admiral Badger declined' to " discuss tho Mexican .situation. "He said tho Atlantic fleet would bo ready" to carry out any service required of Wo do not know what wo will bo cnlled upon to do, ho said, but wo aro ready. f Until tho weather clears tho fleet will maintain a speed of ton knots nn hour. After that they aro expec ted to average fifteen knots. Admiral Admir-al Badger expects to reach Mexico In bIx and a half days, Louisiana la Delayed New York, April IB. After twice having her sailing time postponed, the battleship Louisiana, assigned for da-ty da-ty In Mexican waters, failed to det part tonight and for a third time a now hour of starting was set. At noon tomorrow, If the remnants or -ner crow asnero aro back on board by that hour, tho vessel Is expected to salt southward. Tho police wero continuing their task tonight of hailing all Louisiana bluo Jackets Boon ashoro and advising them to hurry to their ship. Philadelphia, April lCj-The battleship battle-ship Michigan, one of tho units of tho Atlantic fleet ordered to concentrate concen-trate nt Tamplco left tho Philadelphia navy yard shortly beforo 4 p. m. today. to-day. ' Boston, April 15. Owing to delays In talcing storea and recalling tho last of tho crow on shoro lcavo It wai nearly 1 o'clock beforo tho cruiser. Tacoma weighed anchor nnd started for Newport, It. 1. whero sho was expected tho cruiser will bo ready to proceed at 8 a. m. New Orleans, April 15. Tho transport trans-port Hancock with 950 marines on board sailed from hero today to Join the battleship fleet that will concentrate concen-trate near Tamplco. UNITED STATE8 18 OFTEN INSULTED President Issues Official Statement of the Mexican Situation. Many Derelictions ' I Washington, April 1G. Tho following follow-ing olllclal statement wns Issued today to-day as representing tho view? ot President Wilson and tho administration: adminis-tration: In discussions in official clrclcu In Washington of tho present Mexican situation In Mexico, tho unpleasant Incident nt Tamplco must not bo thought of alone. For some time past the do facto government of Mexico has soemod to think inero apologies ap-ologies sufficient when the rights of American citizens or the dignity of the government of the United Btates. wero involved and had apparently mado no attempt at either reparation or tho effectlvo 'correction of the serious derelictions of Its civil and military officers. Uniformed Orderly. Arrested Immediately after the Incident at Tamplco an orderly from ono of tho ships of tho United States In tho harbor har-bor of Vera Cruz, who had been sent ashore to trio post office for tho ship's mail, and who was In uniform and who had tho official mall bas on his hank wns arrested and put into jail by tho local authorities, lio was subsequently sub-sequently rolcased and a nominal punishment inflicted on the officer who hnd arrested him, but It was fllg-nlflcnnt fllg-nlflcnnt that an orderly from the fleet of tho United States wus pl"kcl out from the many persons constantly constant-ly going ashoro on various errands, from tho various ship in tho harbor har-bor representing several nations. Most serious of all tho officials In charge of tho telegraph offlco at Mex Ico City presumed to withhold an official of-ficial dispatch of tho government of tho Unltod States to Its embassy at Mexico City until It should have been sent to tho censor end lis permission per-mission received to deliver it, nnd gave tho dispatch Into Uio hands of tho charge d'affaires ot the United States only on his personal and emphatic em-phatic demand, ho having in tho mean time learned through other channels that a dispatch had been sent him which ho had not received. U. 8. Only Nation Insulted U cannot but strike any one who has watched the course of events In Moxlco as significant that,-untoward Incidents such na these have not occurred oc-curred In any chso whero representatives represen-tatives of other governments were concerned, but only in dcnllngs with representatives of tho United Stntcs and that thero has been no occasion for other governments to call attention atten-tion to such matters or to ask for apologies. Thcso repeated offenses against tho rlHhts and dignity of tho United States, offenses not duplicated with refcard to tho representatives of other governments, havo necessarily made tho Impression that tho government of tho United States was singled out for manifestations of 111 will and contempt. con-tempt. Must Be Change Of Attitude Tho authorities of the state department depart-ment feel contlldent that when the sortousricss and the cumulative effect of thcso incidents Is made ovldent to the government of Mexico that government gov-ernment will boo tho propriety and tho necessity of giving such evidences evidenc-es of its desire to repudiate and correct cor-rect theso things as will not only be satisfactory to tho government of the United 8tates, but also an evidence to tho rest of tho world as nn entire chanRO of attitude. Thero can bo no loss to the dignity of tho de fncto government In Mexico In recognizing In tho fullest degree tho claims of a great sovereign government gov-ernment to its respect. |