Show TAMPICO SCUTTLE A CRAVEN AFFAIR FAIR I 1 SAYS ROOSEVELT constituted so grave an offense against the nations honor and duty that the man responsible should be removed from office WILSON CANNOT SHIELD HIMSELF BEHIND DANIELS authentic proof that americans americana in were deserted by their own government against the protests of tile the senior naval officer present most pusillanimous episode in the naval annals annala of our country leadore il let dore v pit in a letter to I 1 tar 1 I i aahl the finvid critic president wilson and setae gitry daniels in ili with the TIUI affair when the Alite american rican Ivar were ly by order of 0 tin tile the colonel laag you buve presented authentic proof of luv how tho americans aun in peril at tampico wre were deserted by their own goveria tient the protect atit rt it of tho the billor american naval officer present lift sent still have shown that hint the government ht t washington had full knowledge e of dunger of the situation igi I 1 bruni admiral mnyo mayo sent bent by wire lesii to the navy dep artru L nt april 11 12 t and 13 you ulso tilso give tile the telegram of mr air daniels of april 0 directing the admiral to proceed to vera crux mayo feared lots lot of life you have ahen that admiral alayo tiyo duade un protest to tile navy department stating tant ho he fauntl the result of the squadrons leaving would b be the loss ws of american lives anti anil property you also alao quote the tele granni sent by admiral mnyo mayo tile following folloN vill day containing tile the protest of the american consul conigl coni ul mr miller anil and authority to remain at tampico you hava have shown that nevertheless the navy department on the confirmed its previous orders anti directed the si slilla lips to leave nt at once you have shown that the put out into tile the ocean eight aniles distant hut but received a protest froni rom cundill miller reiterating aln for protection you then quote 4 tile the telegrams und and signals of Adu admiral who in spite of hla his orders nobly refused refined to iun run from the of duty while the lives of an am n 1 laell women and chit children dren v danger dai iBer cant hide behind daniels daniel of 0 the PresIde tit Secret cr r Dati lets the colonel writes president Wilson cannot shield hlin behind ur Uon lely for sir har pun ian betzi it lri could do nothing that the preN president Ident does not order or sanction when actions have hao been brought to the lie intention lon of ur mr wll wil son and tire sire not repudiated by hint him they become sir wilsons Wll Wil sons and mr air lu fully and completely responsible for sir daniels for all that he has done und and left undone tile thu proof lit Is absolute that when admiral mayo wwi cwi tit at he had received full knowledge dge of the rioting and of tile the danger to am ain rican lives but that never he ha steamed away uku into the lite unit antl that hut the d were by bi und and british ships this uc ne thou constituted so grave un offense from the standpoint of national duty and self respect that thai any alan re spon for it should be at once taken out of office facts made public in U 3 Sh thereafter the facts were anade ili hi the lilt united states it if Adial rul diio maiyo bad been responsible und and imil had mn mit arted under bruers ers thu thit aly i coulst for he duld lime have beffi to order ilia hit instant anti in kiich uise case the ali failure to do so ho would have the bluins bt at owe orie from tile thy tit of Adis itral lluu to alu shoulders of superiors wilson and ina acre tary tavi store even it if these telegrams did nut not exist oven it if there mere had been ao such nuth orders or those actually Is IH gued fly by the ilia secretary me return vt of the lite navy to ti admiral mayo nevertheless bilm daniels anti ami wilson Ull sou would both hurt be vOllie fully responsibly for ahto guilty by their alouies lence th chervin ervin they cannot its they have sought to do the blaine it to the dern dere of tin the adim adult ral |