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ATLANTIC FORTS ARE
UNNAMED TOSWElL
TROOPS FOR MEXICO
Before in History
of the Country Has
This Been Done.
EMERGENCY SEEN
Persistent Reports Of Death
of President Diaz Denied
by Minister.

by Minister.
New York Nty.-Mulions OF del.
lars worth Of big guns In tho forts
along the Atlantic coast, have boen
abandoned BY the coast .ardllerv,
which is acting as infantry and Is a.
the way to the Mexican border.
This is the first time in tho history
of the country that these forts have
been abandoned In this way, and this
Is taken to mean that the authoeities
believe a grave emergency exists.
An important conference was held
at the Plaze hotel today. between j.
II. Morgan, jr., and Senior Joe Linn
ant0ur, Mexican minister of finance,
but no statement was given out. The
stock market opened steady today.
The Mexican securities showed no de-
cline.
Calling Out National Guard.
Denver, OoiO.-The Colorado Ma
tional Guard is preparing to join the
regulars On the Mexican border. The
company is being recruited to full
strength. This is the first indi.
cation that the government would
call upon the militia to swell . the
number of troops on the Mexican
border.
New York City.-Taking direct is.
sue with President Taft, Jose Linn
antour, Mexican minister of finance,
today declared there is no possible eX-
cuse for American intervention in
Mexico. He asserts that President
Diaz is in good health and that the
government is able to protect all for
eign interests in Mexico.
Lmantour is much concerned by
the admission that the United States
interfere in behalf of the GOV.
eminent of Mexico against the insur-
gents.
Limantour today issued a state
ment that the Mexican government
resent Intervention, and in
fact would not submit to it. He ey-
EN- went SO far as to say that all talk
Of such a thing is offensive to the
Diaz government.
Washington, ID. C.-That Presi-
lent Diaz of Mexico not only wants
Intervention, but that he
may resort to q trick to get it, is the
made today by tho revolution
ary leaders here. They say they ex-
pect some Americans to be assaulted
in Mexico by order Of Diaz and the
blame laid ON tho insurgents, giving
an excuse for Intervention.
Washington, d. C.-That the adj
ministration had reasons for its de-,
cision to issue orders for the sudden
and unprecedented movement of
to the Mexican border is indi-
Gated by the following dispatch re-
ceived from q correspondent accom-
panying President Taft on his jour-
ney.
The dispatch dated Charlottesville.
Va. through which the presidents
train passed last night. is as follows:
"Al doubt as to the purpose Of the
government in sending 10000 troops
to the Mexican border has at last
been swept away. The United States
has determined that the revolution
the republic to the south must
end. The American troops have
been sent to form a solid military
wall along the Rio Grande to. stop
filibustering and to see that there is
no further smuggling of arms and
across the international boun-
There no longer is reason to doubt
that the sudden move on the part of
the American government was the
of either unofficial representa-
ton of foreign governments regard
ing the situation in Mexico. or the
that several Of the Euro
pean powers were sounding each 9TH
err as to to the desirability OF MAX
ing representations 20 the United
States at an early period. At any
rate the matter was put up to the
administration in such a way us to
call for the quickest kinl OF mobili-
The necessity for this scheme
was seized upon by the war depart
ment as a heaven sent opportunity to
critics in and out Of congress,
and that Interpretation was put on
the movement.
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