Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
Extra Precautions to Guard
Meeting at Border.
SECRET SERVICE AT WORK
Will Not Discuss Finding of Bomb
at Juarez.
BAD MEN IN NEIGHBORHOOD
Mexican Detectives and Troops In
tent on Afording Adequate Pro-
lection for Executives.

| Secret service officials evade discussion
OF dispatch from Ell Paso. Tex. telling
that a bomb had been discovered II
Juares. Mexico. Just across the Ameri
can border a few feet from TIL
| stand upon which President Taft ant
President Diaz OF Mexico will stand Oc
tober Is, when President Taft sets aside
all precedent and puts foot upon foreign
territory. Dispatches state that ovel
| thirty arrests have been made.
Despite the retcence Of the secret serv
ice. 1t IL known that the greatest pre-.
Cautions have been taken by both gov.
ernments to guard the two executive,
when they meet Mexico will send tc
Juares and Ell Paso her greatest detec.
tives, and the secret service will have or
hand the best men in the American
| service.
Men on the Ground.
Some OF these men are already on dut,
| in the two cities watching every suspi
cious person and running down all re-
ports as to the possible presence Of bad
men around October 49,
| Ell Paso Is in the United States. JUS
across the narrow Rio Grande river
sometimes dried up during the summer
and fall is the Mexican town of Juar
ez, formerly put down In the old geog
| raphies as Paso Del Norte.
The program for the meeting OF thu
two presidents. most carefully arranged
between the state departments of botf
countries. is for President Diaz to drive
across from the Mexican town and bt
| received by President Taft in Ell Paso. Or
American territory. After brief visit
to this side Of the border President Dia.
Will return to his own country. accom-
panied by President Taft.
1t will be the first time that an Ameri'
can President has ever put foot on for
eign soil. tradition being against this
President Mckinley visited FL Paso ir
1901, but went no farther than the mid
die Of the bridge across the Rio Grande
Special Precautions to Guard Stand.
A stand has been erected on the Mexi
can side for the reception to President
Taft. 1t is this stand that will'be guard
ed with the greatest care.
Internal troubles in Mexico and threats
of bodily harm to President Diaz deter
mined that government to exercise un.
usual precautions for his protection. al
we'll as for the safety of President Taft
Not for anything in the world would The
Mexican authorities allow the American
President to be harmed on their territory
The same feeling animates this gov
eminent In caring for President Diaz
when he is in the United States. That
explains the extra efforts to insure
that everything shall turn out all right.
There are q good many bad men
around the border of the two countries
at this point. The Mexicans maintain a
strong garrison Of troops in JuareE
This garrison will be heavily rem
forced so as to handle all emergencies.
Most dependence, however. will be
put upon the secret service men OF
both countries. They will mingle with
the crowds Tor days before the 10th.
and on that day will be everywhere.
watching every move.
Secret Service Methods.
The American secret service has for
years taken steps to fully protect travel
ing Presidents. One OF the best men on
the force Is sent two weeks ahead OF the
President SO as to acquaint himself with
conditions in every city, town and Stop
ping place. If he hears the least informa-
ton that arouses suspicion he instantly
communicates with Washington and in
vestigation is made.
Two first-class men accompany the
President on his train and watch the
crowds at every stopping place. They
ride Immediately behind the President in
all professions, parades. etc. and at the
depOts keep right at his side. In the
large cities other secret service men work
through the crowds on the streets, keep
ing particularly close to the element from
which danger might come.
President Taft, like President Roose-
Welt, dislikes this constant attendance
upon him. There are times in Wash
ington when he goes for walk or drive
without the secret service men know
ing anything of his purposes.
Both Presidents. though. have real
lied that in a measure the espionage
cannot be avoided. The President is
generally on friendly terms with the
men who are daily and hourly at his
side or within earshot.