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Show Ito ijra Pacific Fleet Ordered To Mexico 1 ! HUERTA MOST SALUTE OR U. S, FLEET WILL SEIZE SEAPORTS 1 President Wilson Determined Honor and Dignity of Ameri- 1 1 can Government Must Be Upheld Mexico Must Yield I What Happens Afterward Depends on Huerta 'J Long Series of Indignities Offered Official ! Despatches Intercepted by Mexican Censor. SUMMONS ISSUED FROM WHITE HOUSE j . Senators and Representatives of Foreign Relations Committee ; Given Full Details Congress Prepared to Authorize ) Ultimatum If Issued Atlantic Fleet Moving To- ward Tampico Navy Yards Work All Night i Preparing Big Fighters for Trip. r Washington, April 15. A naval demonstration on the Pacific coast j i of Mexico has been ordered. : The navy department so announced I late today. ''i The navy department's announce- inent read as follows: ji "The secretary of the navy yestcr-? yestcr-? day telegraphed to Rear Admiral Howard, in command of tlie Pacific r fleet, that the ships in Mexican wall wa-ll ters on the west coast would be ln-5 ln-5 creased in number. The Pittsburg, now Jn Puget Sound, will transport i 260 marines, now at Marc Island, constituting con-stituting a regiment of marines, ' which will be transported to San F Diego, where they will be under or-$ or-$ ders of Admiral Howard. "The transport Buffalo and the aril ar-il inored cruiser Maryland, now at Mare island, will proceed to Mexican wa-! wa-! ters. J "The cruiser Cleveland is under i orders to proceed from Mare Island l( to Mazatlan and will bo ' followed SSt shortly by the cruiser Chattanooga. J- "Thf torpedo flotilla of the Pa- RMijj cific fleet with their tender, the Iris, Mfiwh "which are at San Pedro, Cal., have HSf been orderedt to. stand--by, waiting JgMt orders to any Mexican port to which IUeM; Admiral Howard may order them, oTSbm! "The collier Jupiter and the col- fieVt lier Saturn are loading coal for thft flajiffi Paciric fleet and will soon leave San Ijtjjw Francisco- for Mexican waters." Washington, D. C. April 15. Huerta jjSIf will salute the American flag or the tarns Atlantic fleet will seize Vera Cruz liow- aml TamPico- What happens after-em after-em ward depends on Huerta. Wfjf ; That is Presideut Wilson's determi-foElJ determi-foElJ nation. Leaders in congress with uw whom he conferred today agreed there : was ample precedent for such action. resiiK J ot on" tne Ta,nr,'co incident, but j3 a long aeries of indignities offered to nkiK tnc United States to the conspicuous jjjjjp ! exclusion of other foreign nations rep- ; resented in Mexico has convinced the j$j3; president and his advisers that ihe fflO United States has been singled out 413 for "manifestations of ill-will and con- Ktft tern pL" JrjJ" Official dispatches to Charge WB O'Shaughnessy have been intercepted by the Mexican censor. k3ffi? A ship's orderly ashore in full uni- 'WijH j form in Vera Cruz on business of the jayyT United States was arrested and re- wkm leased, while a nominal punishment rfa0 ( was metet out to tne 'oca' officials. wM These hitherto unpublished facts were ggfl j disclosed today In an official state- JgSffj President Wilson told his advisers that he stands for peace, but Is deter-mined deter-mined to force Huerta to recognize I "ill-- tho honor and dignity of the United Mi States. ViF While these developments were tak- lil'r !,lacc 5n Washington, the ships of III tl,c Atlantic fleet were beginning to Mill move toward Tampico. The first of 11 the big fighters cleared from Hamp-ton Hamp-ton Itoads and others in the Atlantic avy yards were ready to sail before ill Washington, U. C, April 15. While Ilf the fighting ships of the Atlantic SIlL fleet were turning their prows toward 'fills Tampico today to enforce President 44nl Wilson's demand on Huerta for a pub- nSSI'v He salute to the American flag, sena- jfll; tors nnd representatives wore sum- 'MV- moned to tho White House to be In- '5c1j formed of. all phases of the situation " tliat congress might be prepared for T'C! 1 anv further steps. 'ikPi: Prcsideiit Wilson told the congress-men congress-men that he stood tirst for peace, but kflI1 that if Hiferta did not comply with ':ral tne American demands, tho first step 'pII to enforce them would be the seizure ' of Tampico and Vera Cruz, for which he considers there is ample precedent. 1531' Acting Chairman Shively of the scn- 'cair- atc foreign relations committee; Scna- , tor Lodge, the ranking Republican I- 1531" of tnat committee; Chairman Flood of II-xm the house foreign affairs committee, '"Wlif antl Representative Coo'ner, tho rank-'tflik- ine Republican of that committee, had 4KK; an hour's conference ,wlth tho presi- dent, at which Mr. WilBon outlined alJ flf the details of the now historic Tarn- MHBH plco incident, in wMth a Huerta coni- CnHf; mnnder arrested American blue jack jH. ets and refused tp salute the Stars jSSSgk' and Stripes as an apology. An official statMnent, setting forth g!gSKk the view or Prcs-jent Wilson and the 5'jf" administration, -liscloscd that the jfHK Tampico incldcrOB alone was not the K cause of the seiy ng of the fleet and "Sw the preparatlonc to back up the do- Sj'H-- mand for an ap'AIlgy. mBm' OtheiA'j A of Affront. nBK It disclosed t-J hitherto unpubllsh- jjB bd factJ tnat di3Patcnes fruin Washington to Charge O'Shaughnessy have been Intercepted and delivered to a Mexican censor: that a ship's orderly sent ashore for mall at Vera Cruz was arrested, although he was in full uniform and carried the government's gov-ernment's mail pouch on his back and that the succession of afronts to tho United States has convinced the Washington government that Its representatives rep-resentatives are being singled out for indignities. It pointed out that with other nations na-tions having representatives in Mexico, Mexi-co, none of them had found it necessary neces-sary to ask for apologies. Asks Congress to Prepare to Act. Mr. Wilson impressed on his- callers call-ers that while he sincerely hoped no occasion would arrive for the use of force, a contingency might follow as the result, of the American demand for a salute, and he wished members of congress to be prepared. All four men who saw the president said no steps would be taken of a serious nature, such as the landing of marines or the shelling of a town without authorization from congress. "Marines have been landed before," said Chairman Flood, "without- authorization au-thorization and towns have even been shelled, but inasmuch as congress I& In session, St would be more regular to get authorization from congress. The president gave us the history of the Tampico incident and explained just what had been done, but future developments depend entirely on the attitude Huerta takes. Congress, L am sure, will stand by the president." Senator Shively likewise described the conference as chiefly informative. Hope Huerta Will Yield. "There have been no overnight developments," de-velopments," he said, "and there is really nothing imminent as yet. We all hope that General Huerta will yield and remove a grave situation, but if he docs not, we are prepared to back up our demands. Before any marines arc landed or any bombardment bom-bardment or other serious steps aie taken, the president Intends to consult con-sult congress. We obtained from him today a complete account of what has taken place and his purposes so far as they have developed. Of course, future steps depend on Mexico City.' Senator Lodge said he was in accord ac-cord with what the president had done and expressed the view that the demand de-mand for the salute and the dispatch of the fleet was in accord with precedent. prece-dent. He said he supported the president's action and hoped that serious se-rious steps might not bo necessary. Senator Shively said congressional action would be based on a message from President Wilson. 1'WIll there be a message from the president?" he was asked. Will be Message. "t certainly will come to that it reparation does not come from tho Huerta government for the contemptuous contempt-uous attitude it has taken," said he- Senator Shively was emphatic in declaring ridiculous any idea that the United StateB was "bluffing." President Wilson, according to the congressmen who talked with him, declared de-clared he had given a reasonable time to Huerta and that while the time was without any fixed limit there would bo no quibbling and that prompt action would follow Huert.t's failure to comply. The oxact status of affairs today. Senator Shively characterized as unchanged, un-changed, "except that the United States will intjist with all tho power of this nation on reparation for the defiance of (.he Huerta government." Many Precedents for Action. Senator Shlvoly added there were many precedents for action In retaliation retalia-tion which would not be considered as actual measures of war, and that it was possible to seize the custom house of Mexico without a declaration of war. Before such an act was undertaken, un-dertaken, however, congress probably would be consulted, he said. "There is no first-class power in the world from which the United States would have withstood what it has patiently withstood from poor, ungoverned, divided and embroiled Mexico. It is like tho case of snapping snap-ping at the patient New Foundland dog who must eventually act and teach his tormentors a lesson." Huerta's Defiant Attitude. Some other senators expressed the opinion that Huerta had defied the United States In the hope of arousing arous-ing support to his regime. Villa's victory at San Pedro was pointed to as another element to emphasize the Imminent danger to the Huerta regime. re-gime. The senate foreign relations com mittee informally discussed the situation situ-ation today, but no action was taken general approval being expressed over the new turn in the attitude of the United States. Greytown Case. President Wilson refers to the Grey-town Grey-town case as a precedent for the demand de-mand for reparation made by Rear Admiral Mayo. In that demand for reparation for injury inflicted on the property or an American corporation, near Greytown Nicaragua, and an Insult to American Minister Borland because he had as sisted an American ship captain in resisting arrest. Secretary Dobbin, in June, 1S53, sent the United Statefa Steamer Cyane to Greytown' to ob tain redress and an apology. These were refused by the local officials and Captain Hollins, at the expiration of a time limit of 24 hours, bombarded the town, after taking away In a steamer such persons as desired '.o go. The bombardment was Intermit-j tent; an interval of several hours was allowed between fusillades for an apology. That was not offered ana a landing party burned the town without with-out loss of life and then withdrew. President Pierce, in his annual message mes-sage to congress, December 4, 1854, defended that action from foreign criticism as being more harsh than just. |