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gies of General Huerta and his repre
sentatives should go much further,
that they should be such as to at
tract the attention of the whole pep
ulation to their significance, and such
as to impress upon General Huerta
himself the necessity of seeing to it
that no further occasion for explana
tions and professed regrets should
arise
Asks Xproval of Course.
“I therefore felt it my duty to sus
tain Admiral Mayo and the whole of
his demand, and to insist that the
flag of the United States should be
saluted in such a way as to indicate a
new spirit and attitude on the part
of the Huertistas.
“Such a salute General Huerta has
refused, and T have come to ask your
approval and support in the course 1
now purpose Lo pursue.
“This Government can, I earnestly
hope, in no circumstances be forcel
into war with the people of Mexico
Mexico is torn by civil strife. If wne
are to accept the tests of ils own
constitution, it has no Government.
General Huerta has set his power up
in the City of Mexico, such as it is
without right and by methods for
which there can be no justification.
Only part of the country is under his
control. If armed conflict should un
happily come as a result of his atti
tude of personal resentment toward
this Government, we should be fight
ing only CGeneral Huerta and those
who adhere to him and give him their
support, and our 9bject would be
only to restore to the people of the
distracted republic the opportunity
to set up agzq;] their own laws and
their own Government.
No Desire to Rule Mexico.
“But | earnestly hope that war is
not now in question. 1 believe that I
speak for the American people when
1 say that we do not desire to conirsl
in any degree the affairs of our sister
republie. Our feeling for the peopie
of Mexico is one of deep and genuine
friencship, and everything that we
have so far done or refrained from
doing has proceeded from our desire
to help them, pnot to hinder or em
barrass them.
“We would not wish even to exer
cise the good offices of friendship
without their welcome and consent.
The people of Mexico are entitled to
gettle their own domestic affairs in
their own way, and we sincerely de
sir> 1o respect their right. The pres
ent situation need have none of the
grave implications of interference il
we deal with it promptly, firmly and
wisely.
“No doubt I could do what is neces
sery in the circumstances to enforce
respect for our CGovernment without
recourse to the Congress, and yet not
exceed my constitutional powers as
President; but 1 do not wish to act in
a matter possibly of so grave conse
quence except in close conference
and co-operation with both the Sen
ate and House. :
“], therefore, come to ask your ap
proval that I should use the armed
forces of the United States in such
ways and to such an extent as may
be necessary to obtain from General
Huerta and his adherents the fullest
recognition of the dignity of the
United States, even amidst the un
happy conditions now obtaining in
Mexico.
“There can, in what we do, be no
thought of aggression or of selfish
afifirandizement. We seek to main
tain the dignity and authority of the
United States only because we wish
always to keep our great influence
unimpaired for the United States and
of liberty, both in the United States
and wherever else it may be employed
for the benefit of mankisd.”
Canceled All Engagements. .
On account of the gravity of the
present situation, the President can
celed all his engagements for the day
except the special Cabinet meeting
this forenoon. A score of Senators
and Represenatives who had intended
to visit the White House were in
formed that the President could not
see them. He had completed an out
line of his message when the Cabinet
gathered shortly after 10:30 a. m,
and this was laid before the members
for their approval.
The members of the Cabinet
reaohed the White House in time for
the extraordinary Cabinet meeting at
10:30 o'clock. / .
Postmaster General Burleson, rec
ognized t)» be one of the most war
like spirits of the Cabinet, was the
first to arrive. He entered the execa
tive offices at 10:25 o'clock, followed
closely by Secretart of (ommerce
Redfield and Secretary of War Garri
son. Necretary of the Navy Daniels
came to the White House directly
from a conference with his mnaval
aides, and Secretary of State Bryan
hurried over with a large bundle of
paners under his arm.
None of the Cabinet membears
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THRK GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS.
U. S. Has 750,000 Rifles
And 700 Cannon Ready
It is understood that it has be2n
concluded by the Administration that
if there should be cembined resisi
ance to the United States by Carran
za, Villa and Huerta, an army of 500,-
000 men would be needed within the
firgt six months of the war.
To meet the exigencies of such an
army, the United States has 750,000
rifles, with plenty of ammunition for
that number of guns for six months.
There will be needed for such an
army 1,300 field guns, of which there
are in stock only 700, with ammuni
tion only for that number. In order
to supply the deficiency in field guns,
the manufactories of the United
States would have to be taxed to their
limit, together with the Government
manufactories and the private manu
factories for powder.
The quartermaster's department re
ports that one of the principal needs
of an increased army would be
horses, mules and water transporti
tion.
The land transportation has already
been provided for. It was stated by
a competent authority after the con
ference to-day that the quartermas
ter's department at New York, Phila
delphia and generally along the coast
would be authorized by Congress 1o
“hire all the merchant vessels they
could get and to run them into the
nearest shipyards for conversion into
transports.”
This (GGovernment has now four
transports on this coast and three on
the Pacific Coast. The three on the
Pacific Coast could be ready in a
month.
The Commissary Department and
the Quartermaster's Department will
‘nm make any purchase of .supplies
‘until they have the money in hand,
because it is illegal to exceed the
| present appropriations.
The War and Navy Depariments
expect (ongress to make an appro
priation of at least $25,000,000 as a
beginning of the war fund. %
The War Department expects to
would make any statement or com
ment upon the situation, and Secre
tary Bryan said that he had no late
news from Mexico City.
After the Cabinet meeting had been
in session fifteen minutes, Secretary
Bryan hurried to his office in the
State Department, having received
word that some important dispatches
were coming in from Mexico City.
The Secretary of State returned to
the Cabinet meeting about ten min
utes later, carrying a number of tele
grams with him.
Lind and Wilson Confer.
After being closeted with the
President for two hours and a haif,
the members of the Cabinet left the
White House at 1 o'clock. They de
clined to make any statement con
cerning Mexican developments.
John Lind, the President’s former
personal representative in Mexico,
came to the White House just as the
session broke up. He entered the
President's private office, where he
remained some time.
Secretary Bryan announced that
Charge O'Shaughnessy had been in
structed to inform all Americans in
Mexico “just what the situation is.’
This is taken to mean that all
Americans in Mexico again will Dbe
warned to !esave the republic within
a short time, with the addition that
the Administration will not be re
sponsible if they remain.
“There is absolutely no change in
the Administration policy and no ad
ditional orders will be sent to the
American fleet untii President Wilson
communicates with Congress,” said
Giant Flower Basket
To Weigh 100 Tons
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—John
Monk & Son, local contractors, have
just completed the largest flower basket
in the world and next week will set it
in place on the dome of the Palace of
Horticulture of the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition.
The basket will be 26 feet high, 100
feet in circumference and will weigh 100
tons,
Dear Old Lady.
Twenty thousand dollars- such was
the value of the unexpected legacy
which Smith inherited. Needless to say,
it made a very considerable difference
in his affairs. Hitherto he had been
earning only 320 a week. But now —
‘Well he proceeded forthwith to change
his name to Smythe, and to do every
thing in tip-top style; such style, in
fact, that his poor old mother-—to use
her - own expression--didn't know
whether she was standing on her head
or her heels. But never one word of
protest did she make—till the telephone
appeared. Then she struck.
**No, Albert,”" she said firmly. “One
of those things shall not come into no
house in which 1 live—never! [Look at
them poor Hindoos it killed last year!
Why, we might—-"'
“‘Mother, mother, mother -my dear
o!d mother,"” began the exasperated Al
bert, “you're muddling up telephones
with typhoons!
The old lady shook her head.
“I'm doing nothing of the sort,”” she
said. *‘You can't fool your old mother!
She may never 'ave 'ad none of your
higher education, but she knows as well
as you do that a typhoon is the Emperor
of Japan.”
They'd Mourn Their Loss.
A college gentleman, on trial for hig
life in a remote Tennessee town, asked
by the judge if he had anything 1o
cay, whereupon he repiied:
“All 1 has to say is this, judge: If
you hangs me, you hangs’ the bes{
bass singer in Tennessee.”
have to make provision for a first
draft of not less than 250,000 volun
teers for immediate equipment,
There are about 117,000 national
militia in the United States.
There are about 42,000 of the Fed
eral army, including the coast artil
lery.
Horses and Mules Lacking.
According to the statistics furnish
ed to-day by the Ordnance Bureau,
the country has sufficient fieid urlll-i
lery, small arms and ammunition for
such an army to be mobilized. What
is lacking are the horses and muies,
which could be gotten in sufficient
quantity in the United States,
There is no question that the plan
of invasion of Mexico, if ordered by
Congress would be the launching of
200,000 of the army from a point on
the Rio Grande direct to Monterey,
and thence through to Mexico City.
~ On account of the lack of water
‘supply, the War College has decided
‘that no other route would be practi
cable. This was decided when Major
General Wotherspoon was head of
the War College at which the plans
were made,
| The preliminary arrival of Federal
troops on Mexican scil would be at
Vera Cruz and Tampico. At both of
these places the way would be cleared
by the navy.
Instructions have gone to Admiral
Fletcher to take care of refugees who
are said to be arriving from Mexico
City. It is expected he will utilize
the Esperanza for this purpose.
Reply Due at 8 O’clock.
The reply of Huerta to the uiti
,Pfllum of the United States will be
orwarded to President Wilson to
morrow ot White Sulphur Springs
immediately upon being received
here.
It is announced by the State De
partment that the “six o'clock” in the
President’s dispatch means 6 o'clock
p. m. Mexico time. That means 3
o'clock Washington time.
Secretary Daniels after reaching his
office.
Confers With Bryan. |
Promptly upon his return to Wash
ington frem White Sulphur Springs
President Wilson went to his desk in
the White House and began the final
work on his message to Congress
Secretary of State Bryan and other
(Cabinet members were summoned
and held consultations with their
chief. Kvery angle of the Mexican
situation was studied, and a possible
eleventh-hour withdrawal by Huerta
from his refusal! to salute was dis
cussed.
Work on the details of a possible
invasion of Mexico went forward in
the War and Navy Department of
fices throughout the night and morn
ing. There were the hum and rus'
of messages, orders and conferences
while the operators at the great wire
less towers at Arlington on the bank
of the Potomac flashed out across the
continent and the gulf the commandis
that prepared the battle line, If war
is to come, it is certain that tae
American forces will 1 » ready. ‘
At the Capitol great crowds stood
in the rain while wailing admission
to the gallery and talked of the days
of the Spanish War. Desoite the news
that the President’s visit had been
postponed until late in the day, the
spectators stayed on. They wanted
to hear.the signal for war from the
Chief Kxecutive's own lips.
President Wilson reached Wash
ington at 8 o'clock to-day, three
quarters of an hour behind schedule
time.
.
Kiss Among Loot
L.OS ANGELES, April 17..—-A woman
footpad held up James O'Hara and
Walter Close rom the former she
took a watch and $2.40 and from the
tatter she stole a Kkiss.
She returned 40 cents to O'Hara, say
ing she didn't want to leave him broke.
BOYS ROUND UP CREW.
NEW ORLIANS, April 16.—When
a hurry order came last night for the
'nited States supply ship Culgoa io
proceel to Tampico half of the crew
were ashore, The commander called
several bicyvele messenger boys and
instructed them to round up the blue-
Jackets, v
The boys completed the task quick
ly and the Culgoa sailed at dawn. .
i QUEEN QUITS CARDS.
LONDON, April 16.--The gambling
craze Is more prevalent in London so
ciety at present thar ever before, and
this is why the Queen has given up
playing the rubker of whist of which
she used to be so fond.
The keenest of all players are wom
en, and the greatest plungers, and even
quite voung girls now Kknow all about
“spotting.”
STEAD BUST UNVEILED.
THE HAGUIE, April 16.—1 n the pres
ence of Dr. Henry Van Dyke, the Ameri
can Minister to the Netherlands, and
lother notables, the bust of William T,
Stead, the English journalist, who lost
his life in the Titanic disaster two vears
ago to-day, was unveiled in the Palace
of Peace.
POLICE FORCE FIRED.
LOCKPORT, ILI., April 16.—The po
lice force was discharged as a result of
the curtailment of the city's revenue by
the vote Tuesday which barred saloons
A contest election was discussed by
liguor dealers.
~ MADE HER SWALLOW PAPER.
| NEW YORK, April 16.—Suing for an
nulment of her marriage., Mrs. Sophie T
| Krber charged that her husband tore up
his former decree of divorce and made
| her swallow the pieces
i
J. E. Sommer, 43 years old, a
bookkeeper for the Stafford Pub
lishing Company, committed suicide
Monday by shooting himself throuzh
the head ip the hathroom of his home
at No. 32 Kuhn street. He was the
last of three brothers who have takon
their own lives
Mrs. Sommer had risen before her
nusband Monday morning, and about
6:30 o'clock was in the back yard of
their home, looking after some flow=-
ers. She recalls having heard a muf
f.ed, jarring sound, like a door slam
ming, in the heuse, but paid no at
tention to it.
| Finds Bullet as She Sweeps.
‘ \ few minutes later she was
sweeping in the hallway of the house
'when something bright and shiny at
'll'al(‘!t‘(l her attention. It was a bule
let ying on the floor, and she won
'dt-red where it could have come from,
siiil without a premonition that thers
}wu.s anything wrong.
When she went to rouse her hus
bahd, he was not in bed. The bath
room door was nearly closed, and
there was no response to her knock,
0 she entered.
Her husband's body lay on ths
floor, A revolver was near by.
“My husband's health had beea
very bad,” said Mrs. Sommer. “Ha
had been ill for some time, though he
kept at "lis work. But he was very
blue and despondent, and all Sunduy
I could see that he was suffering
mentally. He was the third of his
family to kill himself. He told me
a number of times of two brothers
who had taken their own lives”
May 7 Date Set for
White Hous '
eWedding
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The
President and Mrs. Wilson to-day an
nounced that the wedding of Miss
Eleanor Randolph Wilson 1o Secre
tary of the Treasury William G. Me-
Adoo will take place on Thursday,
May 7.
“In accordance with the wishes f
Miss Wilson and Mr. McAdoo, th=2
wedding will be very small. Only the
Vicq@President and Mrs. Marshall, the
Cabinet and the immediate members
of the two families are to be pres
ent,” the official announcement stated.
The Corpulent Fairy.
The stout man had turned up at a
“ragtime tea,” to everybody's con
sternation.
But the daughter of the house rose
to the oMasion in great style, and, to
the charming melody of “The But
ler's Daughter” —did her best to pre
vent him killing any of the guests as
he lolloped round the room with her.
After the second round, however
by which time her little feet had
been stamped almost out of existence
—he gave it up.
“It's most awfully god of you o
dance with me!” he panted, mooving
his bulging forehead. “I'm sure T
must be the worst dancer in the
room!"”
Kven then, though her injured feet
were causing her unspeakable agony,
her tact did not leave her,
“How can you gay that, Mr. Top
waite?” she answered, smiling a 1
feel as though you hardly touched
the floor all the time!”
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