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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
3
The resolution authorizes the fleet to seize the custom houses in Vera Cruz and Tampico upon arrival. The House adopts the measure granting power to move on two towns simultaneously, signaling immediate action by naval forces to take control.
General Huerta tells The Associated Press he will guarantee safety for foreigners including Americans and vows to show the world Mexico is moral. He denies an American flag was aboard the landing boat at Tampico and says Wilson may be misinformed about the flag claim.
Washington reports President Wilson plans to seize Tampico and Vera Cruz if Mexico balks at unconditional salutes. Key figures discuss a possible landing as Huerta resists and Congress debates authority to use armed forces.
Nelson O Shaughnessy fails to persuade Huerta over Tampico salute. About 1500 cavalry and six batteries stand ready to entrain within 12 hours. First Cavalry Illinois National Guard could move on three days notice. American and foreign women urged to evacuate Vera Cruz on Ward Line ships. Maj Gen Leonard Wood named to command if hostilities erupt.
Washington reports the House passed administration resolutions backing President Wilson’s use of armed forces to secure full U S recognition from General Huerta. The vote was 337 to 37 after a two hour debate. Debate centered on timing and rule procedures as leaders urged immediate action.
Washington reports President Wilson sought congressional counsel for action to compel General Huerta to apologize, a grave international crisis not seen since the Spanish War. He spoke in solemn tones amid tense, patriotic crowds as Democratic cheers contrasted with Republican silence. In Spartanburg, Didge C. Clement and Laura B Pendleton face murder trial over alleged baby drowning.
Washington reports unprecedented U S naval force near Mexico with numbers by class including battleships cruisers and mine depot ships. East and west coast allocations list transports gunboats destroyers and support vessels with landing party totals and border troop reinforcement figures.
The report lists the Fleet with First Division commander Lieutenant M. K. Metcalf and destroyers Whipple Jones Perry Stewart Truxtom. Vessels at Acapulco and Mazatlan include armored cruisers California Raleigh and New Orleans with as supply Glacier Justin fuel ships and Yorktown gunboat at Topolobampo. Atlantic battleships New York North Dakota Delaware Kansas are noted as available in case of need.
President Wilson outlines U S views on Mexico noting repeated insults to U S rights. He cites Tampico incident and subsequent actions including arrest of an American orderly in Vera Cruz and withholding an official dispatch from Mexico City. He argues such offenses target the United States alone and demand remedy.
On a Tampico mission, a U S Navy boat's crew led by Assistant Paymaster Copp briefly landed ashore and were arrested for an alleged insult. Rear Admiral Mayo demanded their release and was met with a formal regret as reparation.
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