The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-03-17
SOLDIERS WILL END
THE REVOLUTION IN
OLD MEx|cOQU|cKLY
PRESIDENT TAFT FINALLY Ex-
PLAINS UNPRECEDENTED
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
MONROE DOCTRINE COMPELs ACT
military Forces VIII Pc Ready, Should
Diaz Be ovsrthrown or Killed. 70
Restore Order From the Chaos That
VIII Follow Such Action. $50. -.


{, Restore Order From the Chaos That
VIII Follow Such Action. ..... -.
WAsHINGToN. March lo.-That
the administration has decided 10 dis
semble no longer it's reasons for the
sudden and unprecedented movement
Of troops to the Mexican border =
indicated by the following dispatch ~
ceived tonight from the stat CORES
pondent Of the Associated Press. who
10 accompanying President TAFT, on
his journey to Atlanta. The dispetch
was dated Charlottesville. Va,
through which place the Presidents
train passed through at 1910 o'clock.
and 10 az follows:
"All doubt as to the purpose Of the
government in sending 20.0o troops
to the Mexican border has at last
been swept away. The United States
has determined that the revolution In
the republic to the south must end.
Troops have been sent to form solid
military wall along the Rio Grande
to stop filibustering and to see that
there is no further smuggling of arms
and men across the international
boundary.
1T is believed that with this source
Of contraband supplies cut off the in
surrectionary movement which has
disturbed conditions generally for
nearly year without accomplishing
anything like the formation OF a
responsible independent government
will speedily come to a close"
President Taft on his way to At
lanta and Augusta for a ten-days' va
cation passed through here at 730
o'clock tonight. He appeared we'll
satisfied withthe situation. There Is
a general belief that the rapid move
ment of troops into Texas and South
ern California will so speedily accom-
plish it's purpose that the net results
in the end will constitute valuable
lesson in quick mobilization of an effec-
tive fighting force that will prove
a revelation to the country at large,
to the critics of the army in particu-
lar and justication of the diplom-
atically worded explanations that
have been given out from official
sources in washington.
There is no longer reason to doubt
that the sudden move on the part of
the American troops was the Jesuit
of either unofficial representation of
foreign governments regarding the
situation in Mexico or the intimation
that several of the Europeans powers
were sounding each other as to the
desirability of naming represents
lions to the United States at an early
date. At any rate, the matter was
put up to the administration in such
a way - to cal! for the quickest sort
of action. The necessity for this speed
of mobilization was seized upon by
the war department as a heavenlsent
opportunity to answer critics both In
and out of congress, and that in
depreciation was put upon the move
ment.
There was little doubt in the minds
of these officials that the true mean
ing Of the "maneuvers' soon would
be known and the logical interpreta-
ton so quickly put upon the move
ment Of the troops unquestionably
disconnected the administration off,
Gals from President Taft down.
The Washington government unex-
pectedly found itself confronted by
the necessity of throwing an army
along the border line of Mexico to
stop the source of supply of the re-
volutionists, and to be in a position
to invade Mexico at a moments no.
tice in the event of the death of Presi-
dent Diaz and of any other untoward
circumstance which might precipi-
tate general fighting or rioting.