The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22


Chihuahua fully occupied.
u. s. Troops Rushed
SAN ANTONIO. Nov. 21.-Troop X,
Third United States cavelry. Captain
Arthur Thayer in command, departed
tonight on a special train for Del Rio.
The troop is equipped for a stay Of a
month in the field. 1t is understood
other troops viii he sent from Fort
Sam Houston within a day or two TO
do duty along the Mexican border
Washington Is Hopeful
WASHINGTON. Nov. I'll Belated
teIegrams reaching the state depart
ment from the officials in Mexico men
tion various revolutionary disturb
ances at different points in that coun-
try. but all agree in one respect and
that.is that the Diaz government is
strong enough to repress the revO-
lutionists.
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson tele-
Ersphed the department under SatUr-
days date that he had been Informed
by the Mexican government that there
were revolutionary outbreaks at Puebla
and Juarez and that the government
apparently had the situation under
control
The newspaper Paix had been pub
fishing violent and incendiary articles.
the ambassador said. and it probably
would be suppressed. American Con-
sui Ellsworth at Ciudad POrfriO Diaz
crossed the Rio Grande to reach an
American telegra pl Office yesterday and
wired the state department that there
was .considerabl bic unrest along the bor-
der. but that the situation on the
American side Of the line was under
control.
WATCH FOR FTLIBUsTERERS
fhp
Mexican officials in the effort to dis
cover and thwart the attempts of mill
tary expeditions organized on the Texas
side Of the line from crossing the bor-
der into Mexico.
II is evident from the activity Of
American cOnsuls near the Mexican
border and other officials that the
United States government is doing
everything possible TO prevent viola
tions Of the neutrality laws.
Primarily this duty deVOlves on the
depa rtment OF justice, which is acting
through its marshals and sheriffs and
secret service agencies. The United
States district attorneys are also
charged TO make every effort to dis
cover and suppress any illegal eNpedi-
tions forming in United states terri
tory. The work of prevention Is at
tended with difficulty for the reason
that ii is not always possible TO inter-
fere with the activity Of the revolu-
tionists before they have committed
any overt acts.
In the case Of Francisco Madero, the
alleged head of the present uprising,
who is reported 10 have been buying
horses jim Texas and TO have crossed
the border line into Mexico, the officials
are not clear that they have any legal
right 10 arrest him before it has been
established he has been guilty under
rhp if~-- nf 0iZinR a
military expedition.
HARD To SEIZE ARMS
The mere accumulation of arms and
ammunition on the Texas side of the
line is not ia itself sufficient to war
rant their seizure unless il is clearly
manifest that they were part of the
tools Of an Illegal expedition.
Apparently the Mexican government
is highly appreciative of the efforts
OF our own government TO meet its full
obligations under international law
and IL is noticeable that Americans
who get into trouble in Mexico are
being treated with the greatest len
iency.
It is said at the war department
that General Hoyt. in command of the
department Of Texas has received no
instructions from the department for
the disposition Of his forces but is
simply acting under the departments
Instructions to rigidly execute the pro-
visions Of the neutrality laws.
Il is believed that federal troops in
Texas are ample to meet any emergency
that may arise along the border line
The soldiers available for immediate
service are stationed at the following
points:
Ten troops of the Third cavalry the
entire regiment of the Twenty
infantry and three batteries of the
Twenty-third infantry at each of the
following posts:
Forts Mcintosh. Clark and Bliss: two
troops of cavalry at Fort Huachuca.
Ariz, and one battalion Of the Eight
eenth infantry at Whipped barracks
Ariz.
Captain George Y. Vidmer. Eleventh
cavalry; Lieutenant A. r. Chaffee. Fif-
teenth cavalry: Lieutenant T. S Martin
Fourteenth cavalry; Lieutenant J. V
NJ. Andrew, Eighth cavalry; Lieutenant
N Andrew. eighth cavalry; Lieutenant
Gordon JOhnstone, Seventeenth cavalry.
Reyes Expected Back
EAGLE PASS. Tex. Nov. 2l.-"Gen-
eral Bernardo Reyes - coming
This is the whisper that has gone
with telegraphic swiftness up and down
the Rio Grande. If II is true, and many
MeXicans assert that II is, it means that
a man superior in military training
10 any other man in Mexico, not even
excepting President Diaz himself
General Bernardo Reyes. once a
business friend of President Diaz, is
now said TO be an exile from his
country. He was sent a year ago TO
Paris, France. on q military mission"
Since then no word has come from
him until today, when the cautious
words were sent from Matamoras to
Las Nacas.
It was reported among the Mexi-
cans that he had already taken pas
sage for New York and would reach
Eagle Pass within 10 DAYS REYES
was governor OF the state of Nuevo
Leon, that hOtbed Of revolution in Mex
leo. During the last campaign his
admirers proposed his name as vice
president
Subsequent events appeared to prove
that Reyes, while aNowing 'nerfeet !