The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-09
ARMY TO MASS ON
MEXICAN BORDER.
Taft Sends Soldiers and Navy to
Texas.
GO FOR MANEuvERS, He SAYS
Believed, However, Land and Water
Forces Are Assembled to Protect
American Interests in
DIaz's Country.

New York, March Especial: Two
provisional regiments of coast artil.
lery to serve as infantry have been
organized by Major General Fred ID.
Grant and sent from here to Fort
Monroe, Virginia, where they are TAX
ing transportation.
London, March Especial: The
British officers are pleased with the
attitude the United States is taking
with their demonstrations along the
Mexican border. 1t is admitted here
that the British government warned
the United States that unless she
sent her troops when needed that
England would do so. English Opin-
ion is that this movement marks the
beginning of the absorption of Mex
leo by the United States.
Washington, d.. c., March S.-Spe-
cial: The war department has order
ed material for the construction of
bridges to be sent on special trains
from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to
be put across the Rio Grande if the
present bridges are destroyed. The
demonstration along the border is to
serve as warning to Japan, which is
making close quarters with Mexicans,
who have many colonies of Japanese
who were joining forces with the Mex
lean soldiers. The fear that the Jap
anese may carry out the desires Of
her war party and strike before the
completion of the Panama Canal ex-
plains the concentration of the Pacific
feet at San Diego. The cruiser Des
Moines was ordered there today I'M
der sealed orders.
Washington, d. g., March S.-Spe-
cial: Minister of Finance Jose Limon-
tour of Mexico has been invited by
President Taft today to come to
Washington at once for conference
on the Mexican situation. He will
be accompanied by Ambassador De
La Barre, who returned to New York
today. Limontour arrived in New
York from Paris today. He has been
abroad negotiating loan for Presi-
dent Diaz. Confirmed reports come
today that the Presidents health is
growing weaker every day and his
death is expected at any time.
San Diego, Cal, March 8.-Special:
1t is reported here that eight vessels
of the torpedo fleet have been ordered
to sail at o'clock tonight for Salina
Cruz, Mexico. The submarine Gram
pus and Pike have been QUILTED to-
day and ordered to sail with the fleet.
Galveston, Texas, March S.-Spe-
cial: Major George p. Howell, head
of the engineer corps of the U. S.
Army, employed hundreds of men to-
day preparing for 5000 troops ex-
pected here tomorrow. The Southern
Pacific railroad is laying side tracks
for the convenience of the passage of
the troops.
Washington. March S.-An army OF
approximately 10000 men, represent
ing all branches OF the service, is mob
lliZing along the Mexican border OF the
United States.
1t is officially stated, and the admin
istration made special efforts to sub
stantiate the statement, that the sole
purpose of this unusual mobilization
was maneuvers on grand scale for
the training of officers and men.
While every effort was made in Off
cial circles here to give this great
movement the appearance of simple
preparation for maneuvers there were
persistent rumors that the government
was preparing for more serious eventu-
alities.
Mexican Conditions Unsatisfactory.
Confidential reports from Mexico OF
late have encouraged the belief OF
many that conditions in the Mexican
government are far from being as sat
isfactory as official assertions seek to
indicate. Immense foreign interests
are at stake in Chihuahua, for exam
pie, and their owners have been very
uneasy as to what would happen to
them in case of widespread disorders.
There was a report In Washington
that urgent representations had been
made to the state department that un-
less the United States government i'm
mediately made adequate preparations
to protect American and foreign inter,
ests in northern Mexico appeal would
be, III III had not already been, made
to Great Britain to do so.
The report could not be definitely
confirmed, but 1t was simultaneous
with the official announcements that
an army was already concentrating
within striking distance of the Mexican
border.
Statement From White House.
The White House itself gave out a
statement after the meeting of the
cabinet, In explanation of the massing
of troops, and reading as follows:
THE war department is mobllizing a
division at full strength at San Anto
MO, Tex. for the purpose of field train
ing of officers and men, and for the
further purpose Of holding Inaneuvers
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