The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-07

soil to protect American lives or prop-
erty Is. Of course. gratuitous. because |
seriously doubt whether have such
authority under any circumstances.
md II had | would not exercise I,
without express congressional approv.
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I'm the first place. | want to make
the mobilization Il first class training
for the army and | wish you would
give your time and that of the war
college to advising and carrying out
maneuyers of a useful character and
plan to continue TO do this during the
next three months. by that time we
may expect that either Ambassador
Wilson's fears will have been realized
and chaos and its consequences have
ensued or that the present government
OF Mexico will have so readjusted mat
ters as to secure tranquility. result
devoutly TO be wished. The troops can
then be returned to their posts un-
derstood from you iu Washington that
General Aleshre said that you could
! probably meet all the additional ex.
/ pense Of this whole movement out of
| .he present appropriations IL the troops
continue in Texas for three months
! sincerely hope this Is so. observe
from the newspapers that you have no
| blank cartridges. but | presume that
this is an error or that It will be easy
to procure those for use as soon as
your maneuvers begin.
N'Second. Texas is state ordinarily
peaceful. hut you cannot put 10000
troops into It without running some
risk of Il collision between the people
| OF the state and especially the Mexi-
cans who live in Texas near the Dor.
der and who sympathlze with the in
surrectos and the federal soldiers. For
that reason ! beg you to be as careful
as you can TO prevent friction of any
kind.
"Thlrd.-Onc Of the great troubles in
the concentration of troops Is the dan
ger of disease, and ! suppose that you
have adopted the most modern meth
ods for the preventing and IL necessary
for stamping out epldemics. That is
so much a part of campaign that it
hardly seems necessary for me to call
attention TO II.
Finally. ! wish you TO examine the
question of the patrol of the border
and put as many troops on that work
as Is practicable and more than are |
now engaged in It In order TO prevent |
the use OF our borderand for the car
rying on Of the insurrcction. have |
given assurances to the Mexican am
bassador on this point"
l am more than happy to here record |
the fact That all apprehensions as to
the effect of the presence Of so large a
military force in Texas proved ground
less. No disturbances occurred. The
conduct Of the troops was exemplary
and the public reception and treatment
of them was all that could have been
desired. and this Notwithstanding the
presence OF large number Of Mexican
refugees in the border territory.
From time TO time communications
were received from Ambassador Will
son. who had returned to Mexico, con
firmlng the view that the massing OF |
American troops IN the neighborhood |
had had good effect. BY dispatch of |
April Q. 1911. the ambassador said
THE continuing gravity of the sit
uatlon here and the chaos that would
ensue should the constitutional author
tiles be eventually oyerthrOwn. thus
greatly increasing the danger to which
American lives and property are al
ready subject. confirm the wisdom Of
the president in taking those military
precautions which. making every al
lowance for the dignity and the soyer-
elgnty Of friendly state, are due to
our nationals abroad.
Charged as am with the responsl.
bility of safeguarding these lives and
property, am bound TO say to the de-
partment that our military diSposi
tions on the frontier have produced an
impression on the Mexican
mind and may at any moment prove
TO be the only guarantees for the safe
~ of our nationals ana their property.
If II should eventunte that conditions
here require moro active measures by
the president and congress sporadic
attacks might be made upon the lives
and property Of our nationals. but the
ultimate result would be order and
adequate protection"
The insurrection continued and re-
suited in engagements between the
regular Mexican troops and the insur.
gents, and this along the border. so
that In several instances bullets from
the contending forces struck American
citizens engaged in their lawful occu-
pations on American soil.
Proper protests were made against
these inyasions Of American rights TO
the Mexican authorities On April II.
1911, received the following telegram
from the governor of Arizona:
"As a result of today's fighting across
The international line. but within gun
shot range Of the heart Of Douglas. five
wounded on this side of
the line. 1t is impossible TO
safeguard the people of Douglas un-
less the town be vacated. Can any
thing be done to relieve situation, now
lcuteY
After conference with the secretary I
II state the following telegram was
sent to Governor Sloan on April 49,
1911, and made public
Your dispatch received. Have made