The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12
SECRET HISTORY
| Of WAR ORDERS
IS LEAKING OUT
Just w h at G au se d
Hurry Call Not IS
Yet Known.
| WILSON is HELD
r ESP ON.S. IBL "a
Ambassador to Mexico Had MadM
Gloomy Reports Of Conditions. j
|! in Southern Republic, and i
Inability of President 4
Diaz to Control Stu i
alton.

Washington. d. c. March 11--ThaS
secret history of tho orders to- 40, oop M
United states troops TO guard thegs
Mexican border Is gradually unfolding
at the state Department and the war Is
| Department.. isSs
It is stated that diaquieting an&.g
alarming dispatches were being rel
ceived from time to time from AmbasI
sador Henry Lane Wilson In Mexico. #
and he himself stated this morning
that he was summoned TO Washingto1i.,
| On his arrival here all the officials.H 81
| from the highest TO the lowest, do
| clared that lie came homo entirely foH
| personal reasons. although he stated
| tho opposite himself in tho Interview II
! given out last night ut indianapolis. Nj
Called to Conference. SSs
Mr. Wilson was called into confer-a
| ence at tho state Depa rtlnent on Mon-i Z
| day, he day before the orders wereis
| issued for the troops to move. His
| conferences was with Huntington VIII III
son. the Assistant Secretary OF State.
On that day tho result OF the talk 3
between An,ba ssador Wilson and the.
| state Department was communicatedt i
| to the Secretary Of War, and the SEQ Il
i rotary ordered the ouartermaster's de- n
| partmcnt and tho comnissary depart-SE
| ment To get ,ip n plan In conjunction y
| with the chief OF staff and Cieneralt5
/ Wotherspoon. the head OF the war col Il
leSc, for The mobiIlzat lon of a division
1 or the army. Instructions were also X
J sent 10 the Navy Department to pre-
4 pare tentative orders for the mnediate
sailing OF the cruiser squadron from
! New York. tissE
No orders were issued for the nove-ASSS
ment Of troops on Monday. The Cab
met meeting WAS to be held on the FL
following day Atii o'clock, tho time \
! FOR The nceting of ;he Cabinet, tha&
Ier, eft 1,-if Ia a1y II ba
the troops to move. Secretary Of War
! Dickinson wont 10 Tic White House e.
! IL o'clock. but ho returned In haste <
10 the War Department and sent or
| Huntington Wilson. with whom ne had !.
! half hour conferences. Mr.. Wilson
/ also saw General Wood. the chief of 4
staff.
/ After This conference Dickinson res
turned TO tic White lFousc a midday
the hour To which tho Cabinet msetinsJ
had hcen postponed General NVoodj
\ ana his staff remained ut their posts.
ready TO send the orders. and fewis
minutes before the adjournment OF thst
| Cabinet. Colonel Bailey, who Is now
with IL regiment at Galveston. rushed
over to The War Department officials E
and said: Let her so!, and It went u q }
/ Made Glooniy Reports.
Later In tho day IT. was buzzedH
around that Ambassador Wilson had !
& continuously made very gloomy reports (
about the conditions III Mexico and the |
ability OF Diaz 10 control the situa-
/ ton. II Is understood that all Amer
4 lean officials were disinclined to sayl
l, publicly that Ambassador Wilson waa;
! the authority for these alarming res |
ports, which reflected on the Dia1 adj !
ADMINISTRATION, for the reason that thHyfi
1 would naturally make him persona nor't
/ Erata. either at this time or In the FIJI 4 !.
4 ture. 5s6,
~ &c n no ell a az
listed from Monday until Tuesday at ~
o'clock Is what was the additional tn- ]
formation received specifically between,
4 IL a. NJ. and u midday on Tuesday.l
i which Secretary Dickinson took With
4 him TO tho Cabinet meeting. and onH
which Colonel Bailey predicated his3
famous order Let her co. rs,
1T VIII, OF course require the pro-:
duction OF the off1cia! correspondencass
10 determine whether Ambassador VIII \
sons reports and the daily reports from
! consular offices were alone sufficient tcl,
Justify the hurry orders to the troops.
/ 1t will also require these documents to-
determine whether Ambassadors Wilson
II brought any personal requests from ]
! President plaz.
The message OF President Taft tHY
" President Diaz. In which he says 1t in8
the duty OF tho American governments
to maintain the sovereignty" OF thai
4 other republic. is regarded here aa,
Tafts definition OF the Monroe Doc
L trinc
To sust ain Sovereignty. 81
! II has been taken TO mean that Pres-A
ident Taft Is TO sustain and maintain
the present sovereignty Of Mexico al
against any attempt from the outside
to Interfere with It's internal affafrgsg
A This is. however. only another way Of
defining the Traditional policy of the
4 United states with regard to the rap,lb-S
i lies on the Western Hemisphere Tn
quoting President Taft's language, A ~
= hassador DC La Earra animated yeryss
,strongly that the United States would
apply This doctrine with intensive forca
R 10 McNico against interference by for-sI
cign movers. iess8
Renorts from Mexico arc that the
ambassador mss not been popIiIar
lamong the American residents there:S
+. Though accredited 10 Spanish spea -fj
Il Ing people, he does not understands tho
f Spanish language. an impeachment, 4. AZ
may be pointed out, against a thoro,iFy ~
and complete understanding of tho Aif-SS
uation in the country to which he is ac.sS
. credited.
Killed nj Casas Crandes sss
Especial TO The Times . DIS patch, n s5 NH
i I'll Paso, Texas, March q l-z,r4, Il Z b I
members OF tho Foreign Legion ki.lnn 81
!. at Casas Grandes on Monday d We 49,
4 Raoui Made-o. brother OF PKesidef,1S
f'ranrisco !. Madero; r, a. fiarrfrisf al, Il
captain ~ American Leg ion, eefdfeS sySs
\ fortune, former resident OF Nc yySTseFEt5j