...Cruz. On April 20 President Wilson read a message to Congress asking it to approve the use of " the armed forces of the United States in such ways and...to obtain from General Huerta and his adherents the full recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States." This, he said, would not mean war...

...intention 'to utilize the armed forces of the United States in such ways and to such extent as might be necessary to obtain from General Huerta and his...recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States.' The resolution was passed by the House with little question. The Senate objected to the naming of Huerta...

...20, 1914, stating that the American flag had been insulted. "I therefore come to ask you," he said, "that I should use the armed forces of the United...Huerta and his adherents the fullest recognition of the rif/hts and dignity of the I'nited States." The very next day, April 21, before the resolution was...

...Cruz, and requested authority from Congress to use the army and navy " in such ways and to such an extent as may be necessary to obtain from General...the rights and dignity of the United States, even amid the distressing conditions now unhappily obtaining in Mexico." The House promptly passed the necessary...

...ask your approval 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 recogiiitipn of the rights and dignity of the United States, even amid distressing conditions now unhappily...

...the United States in such ways and to such an extent as may be necessary to obtain from April, 1914. General Huerta and his adherents the fullest recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States," and on April 22 a joint resolution justifying the use of force was adopted by Congress. On April 21,...

...ask your approval 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...or of selfish aggrandizement. We seek to maintain the dignity and authority of the United States only because we wish always to keep our great influence...

...apology was not forthcoming. A military and naval demonstration was at once prepared against Vera Cruz. "There can in what we do be no thought of aggression or of selfish aggrandizement," said the President as he announced the intervention to Congress on April 20, 1914. "We seek to maintain...

...ask your approval 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...or of selfish aggrandizement. We seek to maintain the dignity and authority of the United States only because we wish always to keep our great influence...

...ask your approval 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...or of selfish aggrandizement. We seek to maintain the dignity and authority of the United States only because we wish always to keep our great influence...