The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-11
THE TEXAS
. INVASION
Scene Now Shifted From
Washington to Field
CLOSE WATCH ON BORDER
The Plans Are All Laid for Interven-
ton if Necessary 1T Is Regard
ed as Not Unlikely
Eventuality.
CLOSE WATCH ON BORDER

ment Of troops completed and the scene
Of activity quickly shifted from Wash
ington to the field, the headquarters
Of the army is awaiting compliment
/ IL the arrival Of tie units Of the moy-
ing commands at their objective points
! Major General William H. Carter,
commander Of the division which is
concentrating at san Antonio, will at
rive at the Texas post to-day.
Reports to the war department in
dicate that by that time nearly all Of
the troops which will form the division !
will have reported.
OF the posts from which the soldiers I
are being drawn % make up the divi-
sion. Fort D. a. Russell, Wyoming, is
the farthest removed from the places /
Of rendezvous 1t is thought that the
troops from that fort will reach San
Antonio BY Sunday and certainly not |
later than Monday.
Major General Leonard Wood, it was /
announced Mt the war department YES /
terday, probably will 20 To the border (
ia April. in order 10 inspect the camp /
and commands thrown along the from /
tier.
Navy Does Its Part.
The navy is carrying out its part in
the operations lust as II the sudden
and extensive preparations Of war YES
sells for active duty were a part Of this
humdrum OF livery day life. Three
ships Of the fifth division Of the At
lantic feet are now en- route to Guam
tanamo. Cuba The armored cruiser
Washington, the remaining unit Of the
division. which Is undergoing repairs
at the Portsmouth. n H., navy yard,
il ready for duty, and will be sent to
join her division
The admissions 10 administration cir
cles that the military activity is in
spired by conditions in Mexico were
read with deep interest yesterday by Of
ticers OF the army and navy, q major
ity Of whom had accepted the earlier
explanation that the operations were
technical exercises and drills in the art
OF warfare
Japan Not Involved.
Japan has never made the slightest
effort to obtain from Mexico any con
eession for a coalmg station for naval
uses at Magdalepa bay. All Saints bay
or, indeed, at any point on The Pacific
coast OF Mexico"
This was the empkEtic declaration
Of Baran tehida. Japanese
ambassador to Washington, when his
attention was called TO published state
ments that through secret treaties or
other arrangements with President
Diaz's governments Japan either had ae-
quired Or was about to acquire a coal
ing station or naval base on this side
OF the Pacific
Abiding to the fact that new line
Of japanese steamers Is to ply between
Mexican ports on the north and Peru
on the south, the ambassador stated
for taking coal for its !.
vessels in Mexican territory which nat
prally would be necessary, of eoursc
such an arrangement was on pure
Ia business basis ana was like those
into by commercial lines Of I
nations The Japanese gov. !
eminent had nothing TO do with the !,
he said
Government Not Concerned
The ambassadors attention was di.
rected TO a charge BY Mexican revou- =
tionary agents in this country that y
President Diaz had sought to secure a
Japanese support by making traffic ar Q
with Japanese steamship / q
ines. These arrangements, il was said, q
would give the lines practical control
)f the Tehuantepee railroad, that val '
liable connecting link between the Gulf i
lf Mexico and the Pacific ocean
Baron Uchida promptly denied any
OF any special arrangement {
between his government and the Mex s
can government to the Tehauntepec
It was fact. he said, that Il
he japanese spinners and weayers were +
Juying great quantities of American cot a
on and this was being taken in part
rom the gulf states by the way OF Il
he Tehuantepec railroad to the Pacific.
ghere it was loaded into Japanese y
steamships The Japanese government, b
however was not concerned in this mat o
er. which was a purely business ar.
he declared n
The conditions under which AIagdalena II
,ay was abandoned by the United Ii
states navy as drill ground during
he winter months were readily dis II
losed by officials OF the state depart d
nent when il became known that the al
had been terminated early g
n the winter.
Several years ago when the naval v
unners were not nearly SO proficient T.
= they are now, it was regarded as Il
ecessary by the navy department to ~
onduct the target practice in some m
heltered bay Il was necessary to 20
outh on the Pacific coast because the
ractice is usually held IN the late fall
r winter and early spring. Magdalena
ay was found to be admirably adapt
d to the purpose and the Mexican gov r
mment readily assented 70 its use and
ven granted permission for the blue
lckets and marines to land on the
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