Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-03-17
WILL STOP WAR
SECRECY ABANDONED AS TO
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO
MEXICAN BORDER.
STATEMENT FROM TAFT PARTY
American Soldiers Will Stop Filious-
tering and Smuggling OF Arms
Across Frontier-Sltuatlon in Low
err California Causes Anxiety.

Washington.-A correspondent, VINO
IL accompanying President Ialt on
his Journey to Atlanta, Ga, declares
in a dispatch received here lhurs-
day night that the administration mas
decided to no longer hold back It's
reasons for the sudden assembling OF
American troops in Texas along the
Mexican border.
The United States government pro-
poses to see that the Mexican revolu-
ton comes to a quick end m peace
be established In the republic. Inc
dispatch asserts that all aid possible
for tho United States government 10
give to Diaz will be given. other
sources in Washington take an OPP
posite view and declare it is the IN
tention Of this government to over
throw the Diaz regime.
One report received declares that
Mexico City is hemmed in by reoeiS
and will be cut off from
ton with the outside world March IL.
The dispatch referred to, dated
Charlottesville, Va, through "hicil
place the presidents train passed
follows:
"All doubt as to the purpose OF the
government in sending 10000 troops
to- the Mexican border has at last
been swept away.
1.-THE United States has determined
that the revolution in the republic 10
the south must end.
"The American troops have been
sent to form a solid military wall
along the Rio Grande to stop INDUS
terlng and to see that there Is no
further smuggling Of arms and men
across the international boundary.
1T is believed hat with this source
of contraband supplies cut Off the IN
s~urrectionary movement wnlcn mas
disturbed conditions generally Tor
nearly a year without accomplishing
anything like the formation OF a re
sponsible Independent government
will speedily come to a close.
president Taft, on his way to At
lanta and Augusta for a ten days
vacation. appeared well satisfied with
the situation.
There is a general belief that the
rapid movement Of troops into Texas
and southern California will SO speed
lily accomplish It's purpose that the
net results In the end will constitute
a valuable lesson In quick mobiliza
ton Of an effective fighting force tina
will prove a revelation to the country
at large, to the critics Of the army
In particular, and n justification o.
the automatically worded explana
| a 1L ~ N--.- 1880 tyN o1Jt fro ~
official sources in Washington.
There no longer is reason to
doubt that the sudden move on the
part of the American government
was the result Of either unofficial rep
reservations of foreign governments
regarding the situation In Mexico OF
the intimation that sever OF the Eu
ropean powers were sounding eact
other as to the desirability OF making
representations to the United States
at an early date. At any rate. the
matter was put up to the administra
ton in such n way as to call for the
quickest sort OF action. The neces
sity for this speed OF mobilization
was seized upon by the war depart
ment as a heaven-sent opportunity tt
answer critics both In and out o
congress, and that Interpretation wa:
nut upon the movement.
.There was little doubt in the
minds Of these officials that the true
meaning of the 'maneuvers' soor
would be known and the logical in
terpretation so quickly put upon the
movement Of the troops u%nquestion
ably disconnected the administrator
officials, from President Taft down.
"oThere is no telling at this time
how long the big army sent to tn
Mexican frontier will have to remain
there. It will not be withdrawn un
til the revolution has been crushed
out and until conditions in Mexico
are much more stable than they nov
are believed to be.
"The situation in lower Californi;
is said to have caused more concerl
to the United States than at an.
other point. 1t was reported that thu
reyolutionists were exceptionally
strong there, and threatened to Sc
up a government independent o
either that of Diaz or of the revo
~lutionists to the east. The line be
tween the United States and lower
California is but an imaginary one
and a revolutionary government there
would be a source Of constant worry.
Let Contract for N. Y. Postofice.