Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-11
Constitutional Guarantees
Suspended in
Country.
LOOKS LIKE REAL WAR
Adds 10 Significance of the AS
SembIing of U. S. Troops
at Border.

Mexico City, March IL
The government today decided
to suspend constitutional guar
antees through the republic.
This means a mild form of
martial law.
NO CIVIL TRIALS.
The civil trial of those &C
cused of the destruction of
railroads, electric light plants,
telegraph lines and of raiding
plantations will cease. Instead
of the ordinary procedure, sum
mary military action will be
taken in these cases.
SOON AT "wAR" SCENE.
Washington. March 11.-At the rate
the mobilization Of troops in the de-
partment of Texas is now proceeding,
according to estimates of the general
staff, all soldiers from the other de
partments which were ordered to
Texas should be at their destinations
tomorrow or Monday.
TO HAVE BUT 10000.
While forces under Major General
Carter. will number almost 10000
men, it is said the full strength of his
actual division will be only 10000
men .-.----.-.-
This excludes the coast artillery
and troops of many other detached
commands which are still within the
departments of Texas but technically
part of the division which was order
ed to be mobiliZed.
MANY GO BY BOAT.
The only news that reached the war
department today Of any considerable
movement of troops was from Fort
Monroe. whence the big transports
Eilpatrick. Mcclellan and Sumner sail
ed for Galveston at 5:3 this morning
with "a companies of coast artillery
from New York. Philadelphia, Baltl-
more. and Washington
SCOUTS INTERVENTION.
Naw York March II.-Mexican Fl
nance Minister Limantour, who al
present is in New York, stated today
he thought the United States had no
idea of intervening and there had been
rotbing of an authoritative character
10 indicate that Intervention was con
tempIated by any other foreign power
having interests in Mexico.
JAP STORY ABSURD.
TO my mind" said Limantour. the
association of the government OF ia
nan with the government of Mexico IS
absurd Official denials have been Is
sued by both Japan and Mexico that
Mexico has given privileges to Japan
that should cause apprehension on the
part of other governments.
1900 AT FORT CROCKETT.
Galveston March 11.-Twelve hun
dred soldiers are now encamped at
Fort Crockett ready for the next move
in the army maneuvers. They comprise
u companies of coast artillery.
CARTER ARRIVES on SCENE.
San Antonio, March 1.-THE boom
of Is guns announced today the arrival
here of Major General Carter. The
general Immediately assumed command
of the maneuvers of the division
WILL RESENT INVASION.
Washington. March l1.-Mexic7
will resent intervention by the Unit
ed States or any other country in
Mexico. In a statement yesterday
Senior de la Barra, Mexican ambaS-
sador to the United States, declared
Mexico was competent TO protect all
interests in the country, not only its
own but those of foreigners.
The statement made by Ambassa-
dor de la Barra was as follows.
The conditions in Mexico are nor
NAL. with the exception Of small
portion OF the state OF Chihuahua,
where a little body OF seditious men
is carrying on a guerrilla warfare
that l hope Will end in the near fu-
ture
The Mexican government IS
strong enough to protect properties
and lives of its own cOuntrymen and
those from foreign countries and TO
maintain peace.
BEST ELEMENTS Peaceful.
The best elements of Mexican
citizenship are in favor Of maintain
ing peace and order, and that eX-
plains why the sediJious movemen mt
has been reduced to the guerrilla a
warfare Reports published about the
growth of the seditiOus movement
have been untrue and exaggerated
The constitution OF Mexico for
bids the government officials, Who