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Show U. S. MARINES AREJjELEASED Rear Admiral Mayo Reports Compliance With His Demand De-mand to Huerta Command MISTAKE OF OFFICER Mexican President Notified Agrees to Make Reparation Subordinate at Tampico to Be Punished. Washington April 11 Another threatened crisis in the Mexican situation, sit-uation, this time over the arrest of American marines at Tampico, ap-i ap-i parently has passed over with the prompt release of the men and an apology by Huerta, who promised punishment for any federal officer found guilty of any offense. The state department summarized Charge O'Shaughnessy's representations representa-tions and Hucrta's action in this statement: O'Shaughncssy Visits Huerta. "Acting on Instructions from the state department, the American charge In Mexico City represented to the Mexican foreign office the extreme ex-treme seriousness of the situation growing out of the detention of United Unit-ed States marine by Mexican federals at Tampico. A personal explanation of the gravity of the occurrence was made by Mr O'Shaughncssy to General Gen-eral Huerta himself, who slated: "That in view of the fact that the charge d'affaires of the United States had heard that the whale boat in which the American sailors were, was flying the American flag, an Investigation In-vestigation will be made to establish estab-lish the responsibility of Colonel Hinojosa and that if the investigation should develop a great responsibility on the part of Colonel Hinojosa, the penalty applicable to the case would be imposed by the competent legal authorities. Huerta Deplores Occurrence. "General Huerta also stated that in accord with the line of conduct which the government of Mexico has always followed In the fulfillment of its duties du-ties of an international character er-garding er-garding all nations, it deplores what has occurred in this case; which has gfrown out of nothing more than the misunderstanding of a -subordinate official. His superior officer, a.once proceeded -topoint-out lhal.lhe occurrence oc-currence was unintentional and he imposed on Colonel Hinojosa disciplinary discip-linary punishment within the authority author-ity of General Zaragoza. "Mr. O'Shaughncssy reported that the explanations as above made had been given to the press of Mexico City." Washington. D. C, April 11. Official Offi-cial report of the arrest and subsequent subse-quent release of American marines at Tampico was received today by Secretary Sec-retary Daniels who forwarded it 10 President Wilson at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Rear Admiral Mayo rcporied that aTter the. marines were released on his demand, he gave the Huerta command com-mand twenty-four hours to salute the American colors as an apology. The time expired at G o'clock last night. The report received today did not say whether the demand had been complied com-plied with, but Secretary Daniels interpreted in-terpreted press dispatches saying the Mexican commander had apologlzea as meaning that he had complied with Admiral Mayo's demand. Later Charge O'Shaughnessy officially offi-cially reported General Huerta's apology apolo-gy for the arrest and detention of the marines and forwarded a copy of a statement issued by Huerta. Mr. Bryan would not comment on .the statement, but will await a full report of all the circumstances before announcing whether Huerta's explanation explana-tion will satisfy this government. All Spaniards Must Leave. Despite the state department's re newed protests against wholesalo expulsion ex-pulsion of Spaniards from Mexico. Consul Hamm reported today that General Villa had reiterated his older ol-der that all Spaniards must leave the section under his control. He also reports confiscation of some Spanish properties. No reply has been received re-ceived to Secretary Bryan's communication commu-nication to Carranza. demanding thai all cases of expulsion be considered on their individual merits. Meanwhile Consular Agent Caroth-ers Caroth-ers and other consular officers in districts, dis-tricts, where there are Spanish colonies col-onies will continue to press the state department's demands for the safely of Spanish lives and property. Fighting at San Pedro. Consul Hamm reports heavy fighting fight-ing at San Pedro but did not indicate tho results. Latest official advices were summarized sum-marized in this statement: "Chaotic conditions at Torreon arc reported to the state department, but the coniinander-ln-chlef of the forcos occupying tho district has promised that all foreign property shall be protected. pro-tected. It Is insisted, however, that all Spaniards must leave the section under his control, and consfiscattons of the abandoned property have oc currcd " Railway Traffic Suspended. Railroad connections out of Mon-teroy Mon-teroy are reported suspended since the first week of .April 1. Telegraphic Telegraph-ic communication is very difficult. General Alvarado has wired Consul Hostcttor at Hermosillo that a force of 200 men had been sent for protection protec-tion of settlors in tho Yaqui valley and that every effort was being made for their safety. The Mexican embassy issued this statement: "Advices received at the Mexican embassy from secretary of foreign relations re-lations in Mexico City Indicate that the forces of Generals Velaaco, Mouro and Maas have united and proceeded to attack the rebels besieged at Torreon, Tor-reon, thus carrying out the strategic plan initiated by Velasco." Mexico City, April 11. A launch from the United States gunboat Dolphin, Dol-phin, carrying tho paymaster and a small detachment of marines, put In Thursday at Iturblde bridge at Tampico. Tam-pico. The Americans were after a supply of gasoline. They were in uniform, uni-form, but unarmed. The launch flow the American flag. Colonel Hinojosa, commanding a detachment of Mexican federals, placed the paymaster and his men under arrest They were paraded through the streets and held for a time under detention. Adreiral Mayo made vigorous representations rep-resentations to the authorities, and the men were released. General Ig-nacio Ig-nacio Zaragoza expressed to Admiral Mayo his regret. Although President Huerta In an official Btatemcnt to Nelson O'ShaughnesBy, the American charge d'affaires, has apologized for the un-usal un-usal zealousness of the Mexican commander com-mander at Tampico, there exists here great uneasiness because Admiral Mayo is reported to have given the government authorities at Tampico unto 6 o'clock to salute the American Amer-ican colors. President Huerta's statement was not received by Mrr. O'Shaughnessy until after 6 o'clock and It was considerably con-siderably later before communication with General Zaragoza was possible. The statement was as follows: "In view of the. 'fact that the charge d'affaires of the United States hears that the whale boat carrying the American sailors was flying the fiag of his country, an investigation will be made to establish the responsibility respon-sibility of Colonel Hinojosa. In accord ac-cord with the line of conduct which the government of Mexico always has followed in fulfillment of its duties du-ties of an international character regarding re-garding all nations, it deplores what has occurred. Mistake of Subordinate. "This case has grown out of nothing noth-ing more than a mistake of subordinate subordi-nate officials, since the superior in rank of this same official, General Zaragoza at once proceeded to point out that what had happened was unintentional un-intentional and Imposed upon Colonel Hinojosa disciplinary punishment, within the faculty of said General Zaragoza. "If the investigation which is to be made should develop greater responsibility re-sponsibility on the part of Colonel Hinojosa. a corresponding penalty will ho imposed upon him by the authorities legally competent in the case." Fletcher's Report. Rear Admiral Frank F. Flotcher, the ranking admiral of the gulf, who is now at Vera Cruz, has forwarded 'tcr Charge O'Shaughnessy. AdmiraT Mayo's report to him, in which the latter says the paymaster and marines ma-rines "were marched through the streets two blocks, then back to their boat and released." In view of the publicity, Rear-Admiral Mayo asked for a disavowal and apology, and also that the officer offi-cer In charge of the Mexican squad should be punished and that the American flag should be saluted within with-in twenty-four hours. The American charge said that the Incident was not first reported to him by Admiral Fletcher, not by any other American government official, but that It was called to his attention atten-tion by the Mexican foreign office, and accompanied by the sub-secretary the foreign minister, Senor Portillo y Rojas, being out of town called on President Huerta and suggested that he take prompt action to relieve the situation. President Huerta was inclined to take the incident lightly and unhesitatingly unhesi-tatingly agreed to make reparation. He promised an investigation and the punishment of the officer found to be at fault. Federal Victory Reported. Mexico City, Mexico, April 11. The United Federal armies facing General Villa's revolutionary forces are gaining gain-ing In their attack on Torreon, according ac-cording to war office advices received here at noon today.- The dispatches say the federals have succeeded in cutting the rebel lines between Gomez Palaclo and Torreon. |