The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-25
SECRET TREATY
SHOWN TO TAFT
Cause Of Hasty Movement
Of Troops to Border.
ULTIMATUM TO MEXICO

Which the Latter Country Was Civ
en- a coaIing Station and other Con-
cessions-Diaz Government Meekly
Complies With Demands.
New York, April 1.-THE Sun prints
lhe following from the City of Mexico:
Facts of the most significant char
acter bearing upon the reason for the
sudden mobilization month ago OF
10000 American troops at three points
within striking distance of the Mex
lean border have become known here.
Henry L. Wilson, United States
ambassador to Mexico, many months
ago realized the strong antipathy OF
MexicaDs of all classes toward the
United States and he began a quiet
investigation.
Gle learned through certain steam
ship end railroad officials that for the
last eighteen months every ship of the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha coming into
Seattle, and of the Togo Kisen Kaisha,
into San Francisco, was carrying from
20 to $50 Japanese, passage paid, all
of whom were bound for Mexico,
where they had been granted tracts
for cotton and corn raising.
During February the ambassador
obtained the original OF secret treaty
between Japan and Mexico. He kept
1t long enough to have a photograph
made of 1t and then it was returned to
it's place in the archives of the Mex
lean state department.
Japan Secured coaIing Station.
"The clauses of the secret treat,
gave Japan lease of coaling station
and maneuver grounds in Magdalens
bay with the alternative of coalins
station at one other Of the few scat
tered ports down the main coast
also gave Japanese commercial linz
of steamships permission to have it
own coaling station at point on tn,
Pacific coast and granted certain othe
colonization rights in the state alon.
the western coast. The treaty, Will
not STIMULATING an offensive and defen
sive alliance, gave in diplomatic wa.
Japan's keen interest in the protection
of Mexico against aggression.
"The treaty had been ratified, not b.
the Mexican senate, but by Diaz ant
his cabinet.
''The day after he had obtained tn
photograph Mr.. Wilson took the trail
for Washington He wired to the stat
department of his coming and of tn
urgency of his mission. When he al
rived in Washington the cabinet wa
already in session with the president
The ambassador laid before the presi
dent and his advisers the evidence b
had brought with him.
Rapid Action Is Taken.
"That was in the morning. 1t nool
Chief of Staff Wood received an i'm
perative summons to the White Hous
and he interrupted his lunch to obey
He was closeted with the pre- -iden
and cabinet for several hours.
THAT night the building of TIE wa
department was ablaze with lights an
orders were going out for the mobilize
ton which has excited so much specu
lation ever since.
Then Mr.. Wilson hurried to Ne7
York to see Senior Limantour, who hac
just returned from Europe The Mex
can finance minister was informed tina
Mexico had just six days in which t
abrogate the secret treaty and that
this was not done the United State
| government would take whatever az
ton it should see fit to defend itsel
against the unwarranted action Q
both Mexico and Japan.
within week of Limantour's re
| turn to Mexico the order went fror
Washington recalling all America
warships from Mexican waters. Thi
was the only outward sign that Mexic
had complied with the demands of tn
American government"