Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-03-27
TAFT PREPARED
TO INTERVENE
In Mexico For Protection Of
American Residents and
Interests
SHOULD DIAZ FALTER
Troops Were Sent to Protect
Property If Mexican Revolt
Should Grow
SHOULD DIAZ FALTER

CHICAGO, March 25.-The Trib.
wires:
ut now is admitted in administra-
tive circles that an extremely serious
condition of affairs prevails in Mexi-
co and that it may be necessary for
the United States to intervene for
the protection of American residents
and interests.
president Taft himself is reported
to have made statements today to
visitors at the White House which
bear out this view of the situation.
The president, however, said emphati.
cally that no move toward interven-
tion would be made by the admins
tration unless expressly it is directed
by congress after the latter is in
formed of all the facts.
There Is little effort on the part
of the high government officials to
conceal the fact that the dispatch
of 10000 regular troops to Texas was
caused by the growth of the revoiu-
tiOn in Mexico and the weakness in
the Diaz government in dealing with
the disturbances. 1t appears that
grave doubts are entertained that
Diaz can hold out much longer against
the rising tide of insurgency. 1t is
feared that the approach of the cris-
is is matter of months, if not weeks.
Reports Justify the Action
'It is said that the reports on the
actual conditions in Mexico which
are in the possession of President
Taft and his advisers amply justify
the steps that have been taken to
prepare the army for serious eventu-
alities.
"A mobilization of large part of
the army for a demonstration Of it's
fitness and for instruction had been
under consideration for more than
three months The president had de
cided to carry out the project some
time before the end of next summer.
Then when the alarming reports from
Mexico We're received and verified it
was suggested that if there was to
be a mobilization it would be wise
to have it at once and in locality
where the army might be needed for
work instead of play"
AT the same time, it was arg,l.
ed the government could do it's duty
in policing the border and preventing
tilibustering and the smuggling OF
arms and munitions to the Mexican
insurrectos
"While tactly admitting the seri-
Gus possibilities in the Mexican situa.
ton, the president has been careful
to insist that every move made should
be to carry out the theory of the
maneuvers for which the army osten-
slbly has been mobilized. Both he
and Secretary of War Dickinson, as
well as Gen. Wood, chief of staff. be.
lieve that the utmost good will re-
suit from the drill the troops will re-
ceive.
$50 it turns out that more or less
fiction attaches to the maneuvers.
One official observed that it what
might be called fiction founded on
fact
'"The president takes the position
that the carrying out of the maneuv-
ers is his business and that he is at
tending strictly to it. The question
of possible Intervention In Mexico
is the business of congress and with
which the president is not meddling
He again characterized the talk of
Intervention by the administration
without consulting congress as silly,
adding that he was bit of a consti-
tutional lawyer himself.
'If serious trouble should develop
the president said he would not waste
five minutes in calling congress to-
gether and laying the facts before it.
But congress will be in session with.
in fortnight anyway. Then, if it
does find that intervention is neces-
sary, the president will have the
troops on the ground and ready for
action