The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-08
GREAT MOBILIZATION
j. S. ARMY AND NAVY
ON MEXICAN BORDER

/ mentous developments are preparei
, for.
One report which was current here
today was that the Pearson Syndicate
heavily interested in enterprises in
Northern Mexico, has appealed to
The British government -or adequate
protection for themselves and othel
foreign intmests in preparation fol
the chaotic conditions which would
almost certainly follow any serioui
loss CT prestige, to say nothing OF
the collapse of the Diaz government
Almost IN Ultimatum.
1t was said the British ambassa
dor had taken up the matter with the
state department here with tie sug
gestion that unless the United Sta-es
took immediate steps to exhibit .
disposition and ability to protect for
cign interests in Mexico, the Euro
pean government, more particularly
Great Britain and Germany would be
compelled to do so.
OF course no direct confirmation of
this repolt was obtanable, but the
sudden burst of marital activity gave
ii color.
Ambassador De la Barra, of the Re-
public of Mexico, who has been n
New York, returned to Washington
tonight to fulfill social engagement
and returned to New York at mid
night. He mover is ioGuacous abou
the affairs of his government an
professed entire ignorance as to the
meaning Of the mobilizing of the
United States troops Ua the Mexican
border.
He disclaimed any knowledge
any change in the internal conditijr
York tonight was to meet Senor Ii
President Diaz he insisted that noJh
ing in the personal CIR official com
munications indicated anything bu
mis- usual satisfactory condition OF
health.
Says All is Normal.
& Moreover, he said, that apart from
sporadic disorders connected witH
the revolt in isolated parts OF Mex
ico the situation was formal. 1t was
sad that one reason for the retu.1
of Ambassador De la Darra 20 New
York tonight was to meet Senor Lii
mant3ur, the Mexican minister OF
finance, who arrived tonight from
France.
1t was said that another party to
the meeting would be Hcrfrio DiaG
Jr., son of the president, who is sad
to be on his way north from Mexico
City for that purpose.
Henry L. Wilson, the American
ambassador to Mexico, VINO has beer
in the United States on ieave for
about ten days, departed today fol
CrawfordsWlle Ind, TO visit his
mother, who is i'll. He has talk2t
more or less about the general con
ditions in Mexico, but on the sub
jcct of most interest at this junctlre
he has been dumb to interviewers
As to what he may have told MS
superlors at the state department
about the rumored crisis in the health
of President Daz not one syllable
could Re ascertained.
Assistant Secretary Wilson woulf
not say word as to what Ambassa
dor Wilson might have said to hin
en- that subject.
Rebels Giving Trouble.
1t was admitted at the White
House this evening that the Mexican
insusectos had heen giving consider.
able trouble to the American con
tractors engaged in the work of dan
ming tie Colorado river across the
line in California and that me Mexi
can government was sending by way
OF the Gulf of California a regimen
Of federal troops to guard the work
which was undertakeu oy the United
States TO prevent floods in the val
ley and surrounding country.
Two hundred Mexican soldiers
sent through Yuma, Arizona, som<
time ago for this purpose, were zap
tured by the insurrectos and have
never. reached their destination.
The president told callers today
that Texas and the adjacent country
offerel an admirable field for maneu
vers at this time of year, but vouch
safed no further information.
No such secrecy has ever markell
the preparations for practive maner
yers. Quite to the contrary, at othei
times participating officers had only
heen too glad to draw public atte1
tion, and arouse public interest iu
the work Of the army and navy.
ManeNer Money Used Up.
Even more, 1t was freely said to-