The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-21
TAFT PROHIBITS FIGHTING
NEAR BORDER, AND MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT so INSTRUCTED.
To Protect Lives of Americans and
Their Property His Determine.
tion-Condition Alarming.


can federals and insurrectos shall
not be fought on American soil. He
is equally determined that the lives
Of American noncombatants shall not
be endangered by the forces OF Presl-
dent Diaz and those of General Ma
dero. Future combats between the
rebels and the forces of the Mexican
government must not be fought so
close to the American line as to put
in jeopardy the lives and property OF
Americans.
Through the state department the
president Saturday notified the MeXl- |
can government it must see to II IN
the future that there shall be no more
such unfortunate affairs as that
which occurred at Aqua Prieta Fri
: day, near Douglas, Ariz., when TWO
. Americans were killed and eleven
, wounded.
+ Through the war department and
through the department Of justice the
!. president sent the same sort OF warn
ing to the leader of the insurrectos at
!. Aqua Prieta. The view was express
It ed at the war department that
/ these warnings will be obeyed to the
70 letter, an dthat no more battles Will
~ be fought in the vicinity OF the bound
airy.
}. Neither the president nor any OF his
I'll advisers whom he called into con
o. sultation was inclined to regard tn
LI ra incident at Aqua Prieta as lore
tn runner of anything more Serious pu
re-. thew did conclude that it must NO
en- be repeated.
The president knows that the pa
IN tlegronnds are not chosen like place
for holding athletic contests, put
$3.50 the same time he takes the posluo
that preparations for battle must
Is made nv the hostile forces in MeXl'
ice with due consideration of the ellie
ID" nm noncombatant Americans. II
president knows that some or U
ess. American spectators at Fridays
APPS fair near Douglas were eager 10
ed" the fight, and might have been
close to the engaged forces put
nsti- has been informed also that warm
many was given to the inSurrectos, at led
cure not to get too close to the UNI
States, Hereafter this goVerhm
hut expects both the insurrectos ana
hich Mexican federal troops W o'1
l. riers or make their line OF oatVle
~ enough away from American SOIL
make it certain that peaceful All
cans will not be harmed.
President Taft feels that MS OF
sending the troops to Texas mas
-. entirely justified by the developm
eai'A Of the last few days. He is more
ind VI 'iAe -'.o' o, +ho+ conditions in
Il 'lo Southern republic are, to say
vs. least alarming. He is hoping
Eli, Eli will he no need for any further IL
Ms Ana ment to the South, but If there sh
elieve be, ne KNOWS 'n ~ cronda
'S' +bat along that river and on the
rs can border itself is already
i .s that is not insignificant
- The presidents action 1ollo"
conference with Attorney &c
~ Wickersham, Secretary OF War u
.~~r''"N con and Acting Secretary OF
ffrsoS%bEk Wilson. Soon after the come
1 fe4. broke up the White House CAV
- - cow of a telegram sent by the
III a ident through Secretary Hliies
HWW p Grindall of the Douglas Cham
=, p 1Ss16s Commerce and Mines. MI vi
stCn, lex, had reported to the president y
- the casualties at Aqua Prieta an
X MAN ed, us there no way by when
Houston leans can be protected in the pe
e. nursuit of their affairs
MESS Reply to Douslasites'
w~ In reply Mr.. Hilles wired as f.
i S "Your telegram to the preslu
i - ooived He is much distressed
opvrights Situation as you have described
nventor's has directed the secretary .
$ at 1904 and the secretary of war TO tan
IN. Texas bv which such deplorap'e
ago: -~u rance as that of Friday at
I HEY nav be avoided in the future.
- in"' t:,o the president S