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U'IFFIIRES IT ONCE
Announcement Is Made on Good
Authority; Algara Wants
Passports
By Associated Press
Washington, April, 22. —Huerta has
requested the United States to with
draw Nelson O'Shaughnessy, American
charge D'Affaires at Mexico City.
This was stated here early to-day on
good authority but has not been offi
cially announced.
The reported action of General
Huerta in asking the withdrawal of
Mr. O'Shaughnessy, the American
charge of embassy in Mexico City,
and instructing Senor Algara, the
Mexican charge of embassy here, to
demand his passports, technically con
stitutes a complete breach of diplo
matic relations between the United
States government and the defacto
government of General Huerta,
though whether Secretary Bryan is
willing to regard It as more than the
act of an individual and not of the
actual government of Mexico, remains
to be seen.
There is no precedent for a refusal
to accede to the demand for pass
ports nor to fail to withdraw a diplo
matic representative upon demand of
an established government but the
present situation, involving as it does
a defacto government which the
United States has not recognized nev
er before has arisen.
Such ft severance of diplomatic re
lations. though not necessarily a pre
lude to war is one of the steps that
must bo taken if war is to be formally
declared and it is surmised that Gen
eral Huerta is now about to resort to
that step regardless of any constru
ction that may be placed upon the
United States and Mexico by the ex
ecutive of the former.
If this surmise is well founded the I
international relations of Mexico lie- '
cessarlly would be greatly affected
and be readjusted to suit conditions
of actual war, such as these arising
from a blockade and the necessity of
defining the rights of neutrals within
Mexican territory.
Piedras Negras Is
Evacuated by Federals
By Associated Press
Eagle Pass, Texas, April 22.—Pied-
Iras Negras, opposite Eajjle Pass, was
evacuated by tha federal garrison
early to-day after a night of wild ex
citement. This morning more than
two thousand refugees came to the
American side of the Rio Grande for
protection.
General Guaardes' forces are now
camped at Fuentes three miles south
of Piedras Negras. waiting for trains
to transport them to Satillo.
All federal forces have bee nordered
by general Maas to concentrate at
Saltillo "to repel the American inva
tion." Last night when the people
of Piedras Negras learned that Ameri
can marines had occupied Vera Cruz,
a dozen recruiting offices were opened
and arms issued to volunteer compan
ies as fast as organized. Mor than
1200 volunteers, it was said, enlisted
during the evening.
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TRAIN FILLED WITH
AMERICANS HELD UP
Belief Expressed That General
Maas Has Delayed Journey
of Refugees
Vera Cruz, April 22. The second
section of yesterday morning's train
from Mexico City rilled with refugee
Americans, and a special train of ref
ugees have both oeen held up some- .
where along the road to Vera CruE, |
presumably by Generai Maas.
Telegraphic communication with
Mexico City was cut last night and It
is assumed that the railroads are also
cut.
There are several hundred Ameri'
cans In Mexico City, including the
Charge D'Affaires, Nelson O'Shaugh
nessy, his wife and child.
Mexicans here protest vehemently
against the suggestion that the pas
-1 sengers on the stalled trains may be
! badly treated.
Natural Features 0/
Vera Cruz Responsible
For Death of Marines
By Associated Press
Washington, I>. C., April 22.—Nat
ural features of the city of Vera Cruz
and the character of the buildings
along the water front were largely re
sponsible for the loss of life of Ameri
can bluejackets and marines who land
ed there yesterday. This opinion was
expressed to-day by government offi
cials who are familiar with the cap
tured city.
Between the bay and the line of
two-story buildings which face It is a
vacant space of about 300 yards of
beach, open to tiro from housetops.
The. custom house, which can only be
reached by crossing the open space,
stands in this solid group of buildings
at the end of one of the two long
piers where the foreign merchant
ships land.
I-ike most of the structures in the
I southern countries, the flat-roofed
• buildings with their high coping form
a veritable fortification from which
riflemen may pick off those below in
comparative safety, sheltered by the
high wall which surrounds the edge
of the. roof. As the blocks are prac
tically solid, quite a formidable troop
can be mustered on the top of a
square of buildings.
It was from this protected position
that the Mexican troops opened flre
on the bluejackets and marines.
The scattered and disorganized re
sistance on the part of the Mexicans
is, in the opinion of these officials,
proof of the utterly helpless condition
of the Mexican troops.
The Mexican people as a whole, one
of these officials declared, were not
unfriendly to the United States sol
diers and the various demonstrations
which have occurred can be traced
directly to petty functionaries and
police.
Many of the inhabitants of Vera
Cruz, unlike most Mexican cities, carry
a strong taint of black blood and the
negro type Is common among the
citizens, though the negro himself is
rare.
In honor the four marines who
we're killed and the twenty others In
jured by the Mexicans in Vera Cruz
yesterday, the Harrisburg Lodge, No.
107, Loyal Order of Moose, last even
ing decorated its headquarters with
American flags.
HOUSE CBS IN
RESOLUTION GIVING
PRESIDENT POWERS
On Viva Voce Vote "Ayes" Were
in Pronounced Majority;
Session Is Short
Washington. D. C., April 22. —With-
out debate and without the formality
of a roll call the House to-day con
curred in the administration's Mexi
can resolution as adopted by the Sen
ate which Justifies the President in
using the armed forces of the United
States in securing: amends for indigni
ties suffered by the nation in Mexico. _
On the viva voce vote the "ayes"
were in pronounced majority. A few
negative votes were heard here and
there on the Republican side when
Speaker Clark put the question. After
a thirty-minute session the House ad
journed until noon, when Speaker
Clark will sign the resolution. It will
go then the Vice-President Marshall
and should reach the White House
late to-day.
Representative Flood, chairman of
the House foreign affairs committee,
moved that the House concur In the
Senate Justification resolution when
the session opened at 10 o'clock. He
urged that there be no conference.
In addressing the House in support
of the substitute for the House reso
lution of justification Mr. Flood said
that when he introduced the original
resolution Monday he believed it was
in the proper form to carry out the
purposes outlined in the address of the
President.
"The original resolution made it
clear that this country was not hos
tile to the Mexican people," said Mr.
Flood, "and did not desire to make I
war on Mexico; the Senate amend
ment state this in so many words. The
substance of this resolution is, there
fore. unchanged. In this momentous
hour, and in the circumstances con
fronting this country, prompt action
Justifying and approving the course
of the President is of the utmost im
portance, and it would be childish to
quibble over the words of the reso
lution when the substance is the same,
and this is the view of the President.
I fear that an attempt has been made
by gentlemen on the other side to
make partisan capital of the present
unfortunate situation between this
country and Mexico. I hope the gen
tlemen have exhausted their misguided
efforts in that direction and that this
House will give its approval to tha
chief executive of this nation without
a single dissent."
"I do not believe that we ought to
engage In a war with Mexico at this
time for the reason suggested by the
President," said Representative Mann,
l who followed Mr. Flood.
"Mr. Speaker, if we pass this reso
lution we. have entered on war. Al
ready we have tired on and killed
Mexican citizens already involved in
war In Mexico. I believe we ought to
be patriotic enough to try to secure '
peace.
"I have believed 'watchful waiting' I
policy would involve us in war. I had
hoped to prevent it."
Tlje House recessed at 10.30 until ;
noon to allow time for the engross- i
ment of the Mexican resolution. It |
will be signed at that time by Speaker
Clark and will then go to the White
House.
Father of Dead Seaman
Proud of Son Who Gave
Life For His Country
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, April 22. —"It is hard,
to' lose a son, but it's glorious to know
that he gave lip his life for his coun-!
try," was the father's comment to-day
when officially notified of killing of
George Poinsett, a 2 2-year-old seaman
of the batleship Florida at Vera Cruz
yesterday. A letter written by the
young man's mother Is now in the
mails addressed to him, in which she
cautioned him to "be careful and don't
get hurt."
Eleven Foreign Ships
Scattered Along Coast
By Associated Press
"Washington, D. C., April 22. —
Eleven foreign warships, other than
those of the United States, are scat
tered along the Mexican coast, accord
ing to an official list made public by
the Navy Department to-day. They
have a total of 66,156 tons and a per
sonnel of 4,498 men. Four of *hese
vessels are stationed ».t Vera Cruz.
Plenty of Money on
Hand, Says Underwood
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., April 22. —Ma-
jority Leader Underwood announced
to-day that he did not expect the
House to act on any bill appropriating
money for war purposes ii> Mexico at
the present time. "We have plenty of
money now unless the President ex
pects to march to Mexico City," said
Mr. Underwood. "As far as I know,
the President has no such Intention."
Mexicans Know Little
of Strained Relations
Between Huerta and U. S.
By Associated Press
Mexico City, April 15, via Havana,
April 22. (The following dispatch
was set by mail to Havana in order
to avoid the censorship established by
General Huerta, which is more strict
ly observed now than at any time
heretofore):
Every telegraph wire out of Mex
ico City—commercial, railroad. or
cable—ls now watched over by a cen
sor, chosen from among the most re
liable and intelligent men in the gov
ernment telgraph service. These cen
sors frankly inform would-be senders
of dispatches that it is not a question
of the veracity of messages nor
whether they disclose military move
ments, but is merely a question of sup
pressing all news not favorable to the
government.
Code messages are absolutely pro
hibited, with the exception only of
bank telegrams. The bankers of Mex
ico succeeded in having the embargo
on these messages raised, but only
after they had proved that the deten
tion of the dispatches would seriously
! embarrass the financial department of
the government.
Warn Newspapermen
Newspaper correspondents were
. given to understand that if they were
detected in using subterfuges to evade
the censorship they would find them
' selves in jail.
While Nelson O'Shaughnessy was
acting as the messenger of the United
States government to Provisional
• President Huerta In the endeavor to
' .avert war between the two countries,
[ more than 99 per cent. of the Mexican
( residents in the Federal capital went
f about their affairs In total Ignorance
> of the crisis.
1 General Huerta and his official fain-
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until these good. are CVtVIDTIT /V !»
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ily cleverly concealed even from their
Intimate friends all knowledge of
strained relations between Mexico and
the United States. The general pub
lic was even more in the dark, since
the newspapers published columns of
glowing accounts of victories by the
Federal armies in the North.
Reports of Federal successes said to
have occurred at places far beyond the
limits of the telegraph lines were
printed broadcast. One dispatch an
nounced with great display that Gen
eral Villa had been captured.
Railroads Closed
The railroads closed some time ago
carrying freight to the north, as the
limited supply of fuel oil on hand
made It necessary to conserve It for
the movement of military trains.
Considerable apprehension has been
aroused in the capital by the move
ment of Emiliano Zapata, the rebel
leader in the south, who, after gain
ing undisputed possession of the State
of Guerrero, with the exception of the
port of Acapulce, has shown indica
tions of moving northward. The
southern rebels have recently gained
considerably in numbers, and it is
feared they may become formidable
enough to venture an attack on the
Federal capital.
Wilson Administration
Attacked in Senate
Speech Made by Root
Special to The Telegrafh
Washington, D. C., April 22. ln the j
course of the debate in the Senate dur- |
ing last night, interrupted only for the j
dinner recess, grave bitterness develop- j
ed. A disturbing cause was furnished j
by the attack upon Vera Cruz. The ;
news of the killing of American sea- i
men and marines in the streets of Vera
Cruz served further to intlame the
members of the Senate.
The amendment offered by Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts, gained sup
porters. It expressed in a new pre
amble the feeling that It was not BO
much the course of the de facto Gov- '
ernment of ...exico as the deplorable
general conditions in all parts of the i
stricken republic, the killing and de
spoiling of Americans and the state of !
aanrchy there existing, which made
necessary such action on the part of j
the President.
At the same time it is evident that
regardless of the protracted discussion
of the resolution It will bo the resolu
tion as prepared by the Senate commit
tee on foreign relations and not. the
personal attack upon Victorlano Hu
ertu framed at the White House and in
troduced yesterday in the House of
Representatives by Chairman Flood, of
the committee on foreign affairs, which
eventually would pass.
The delay of the Senate «as proving
of grave embarrassment to the admin- i j
istration. '
The most striking speech of the whole
session of debating was made by Sena
tor Root, of New York, who attacked !
the administration's foreign policy in
harshest terms.
The speech of Senator Root held the
attention of the Senate for more than
an hour. As he proceeded railing at (
the Democrats for conspicuous uertici- !
ency and deplorable ineptitude, .11 their ]
handling the international relations of <
the United States, the Democratic
members of the Senate squirmed in
their seats. .
The speech was wormwood and gall
to the men who have followed the ad
ministration blindly from triumph to
triumph in the course of moving
through the halls of Congress the
earlier administration measures of the
Wilson program.
Following upon the speech of Sena- ,
tor Lodge, in which the Wilson-Bryan !
foreign policy was warmly attacked,
the Root speech came as salt In a raw
woundl
Mr. Hoot'a Prediction
Mr. Itoot declared that when the Sen- ,
ate had acted on the resolution report
ed yesterday by the Senate committee 1
on foreign relations the country would 1
be plunged into a war with conse
quences that no man could foretell.
In withering language Mr. Root de
nied that the Tampico incident men-
I tioned in President Wilson's address
was the provocation for the adminstra
tion's rushing to arms. He declared '
i with emphasis that the real cause back >
: of the President's action was the de
struction of American lives and prop- :
erty long months that anarchy and
riots prevailed in Mexico. ,
| The New York Senator intimated in
I language that was not lost on Secre
! tary Bryan or other Democratic leaders
I present that in employing the armed
| forces of the Government against the i
I Mexican republic the administration
i was attempting to lull the American ,
i people into a state of forgetfulness that
the policy of "watchful waiting" had
j proved an utter failure. 1
| Protesting against the "war" resolu
tion reported by the Senate committee :
! at the instance of the admlinstratlon, I
Mr. Root declared that it was itiade- {
quate in its statement of the reasons ,
given for turning loose the dogs of war J
against Mexico.
SuiiortH I.odice'a Substitute
He insisted that if the resolution was
to be passed it should enumerate
i causes for war that would appeal to the
| judgment of the civilized world. Mr.
Root urged the adoption of the Lodge
I substitute, which sets forth that the
1 President Is justified in using force
! against Mexico on the ground that
American lives have been taken In
Mexico and numerous affronts offered
to the dignity of the United States Gov
ernment.
Senator Root reiterated time and
again that if the administration resolu
tion was reported Congress by giving
assent could never Justify itself before '
the people of the United States or of |
' the world.
' Secretary Bryan moved uneasily in I
i his seat from time to time ns the Sena j
(tor from New York lashed the adminis-I
tration.
Pope Pius Interested
in Present Situation
By dissociated Press
Rome, April 22. —Pope Plus Is
evincing great Interest In the Mexican
situation and to-day requested the
Papal Secretary of State to keep him
informed.
I'm Sorry, Terribly Sorry,
Says President Wilson
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. April 22. —"I'm
sorry, terribly sorry," were President
Wilson's first words when news of the
loss of life in taking Vera Cruz first
reached him. To-day the President
was sad and disheartened. As he
walked slowly to his office through
the White House his head was bowed
and his face a study in deep feelings
and gravity.
The President is trying to avert
war to prevent further blood shed.
I For the present the United States
will content itself with holding the
customs house at Vera Cruz, collect
ing duties and preventing shipments
of arms from reaching Huerta. Tam
plco is the next objective point. It
has not yet been decided whether a
blockade alone would be maintained
there or the custom house seized.
Secretary Bryan was the President'*
first visitor early to-day. He, too,
howed a change in demeanor. His
eyes were sleepless and his face ashen
white. No disturbances In Mexico
City or a demonstration against Amer
icans had been reported, he said. He
said he thought O'Shaugflnessy's dis
patch was filed yesterday afternoon
ate.
Officials in Hiding!
Fletcher's Note Not
Presented by Mexican
By Associated Press
Vera Cruz, April 22.—Hear Admiral
Fletcher's note sent to the local otfi
cllas .calling on them to co-operate
with the American officers in the re
■■ storation of order by calling off sharp-
I shooters and by resuming the local
iKovernment could not bo delivered.
Julio Franco, the Mexican chosen
I by American Consul Canada to be the
i hearer of the warning, was unable to j
| communicate with nny of the federal
joffii-iols and only the mayor, Robert |
| Diaz, vould be located,
j When Franco triitd to communicate j
with the mayor he was refused ad-
mission by Mexican guards stationed
at the door. Franco then crawled over
the roof of an adjoining building into
the court of the Diaz residence but he
did not succeed in seeing the mayor.
Senor Diaz refused to leave his bed
room so Consul Canada's messenger
shouted the contents o. Rear Admiral
Fletcher's note to the mayor and per
sonally appealed to him to yield in
order to save the city from bombard
ment by the American ships, remind
ing him of the grave risk to the fami
lies of Mexicans and otherss in tho
city.
Communication Severed
Communication between the port of
Vera Cruz and the federal capital lias
been entirely sovered. All the tele
graph and the cable wires are down
and E. F. Hundley, superintendent of
terminals, has been unable to ascertain
what has become of the trains that
were on their way here yesterday from
Mexico when the landing of American
marines and bluejackets took place.
At the terminal here there are eight
locomotives and several hundred cars.
The unwillingness of storekeepers
to keep their places open and tho
almost total depletion of supplies at
the restaurants where the proprie
tors continued doing business made it
difficult for any one except the Amer
ican fighting forces to obtain anything
to eat. Tobacco is another commodity
of which the supply has practically
become exhausted.
Missionaries Ordered
to Hurry to Vera Cruz
By Associated Press
New York, April 22. American
missionaries in Mexico have been or
dered to proceed with all possible
speed to Vera Cruz by the Roard of
Foreign Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. A large number
have already gone to the coast.
i "
By Associated Press
Washington, April 22. —Speaker
Clark signed the joint resolution justi
fying the President in using armed
forces in Mexico at $12.03 o'clock.
As Speaker Clark at 10.30 stood
with poised hand about to attach his
signature to the resolution, Represen
tative Mann made the point that he
was acting without authority as It was
necessary for the Senate to be Inform
ed that the House concurs in Its sub
! stitute.
j The Speaker replied that he had no
doubt. Mr. Mann was technically cor
rect and thereupon Representative
Underwood said he would move, that
I the House recess until noon when the
Senate wouid convene.