The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-09
OFFICIALS OFFER NO TAXATION
 FOR ARMY MOVE Mexican and United States Ambassadors Confess
 They Are Puzzled
LIMANTOUR DOES NOT
 DISGUISE ANXIETY
Worried Over Report That Mexican People Are Restless and Pug zled-Wilson Is Guarded
 and Reticent

| New York, March S.-The Mexican am | bassador of the United States and thu | United States ambassador to Mexico and the Mexican minister of finance and ths representative here of the Mexican insur rectos, all professed themselves unable tc offer any explanation today of the move ment to the Texas border of a formid- | able United States army. All alike were unwilling to believe intervention in Mex | leo is imminent.
 | Senor De La Barra, the Mexican ambas- sador, was cheery, if baffled. Ambassa- dor Wilson was guarded and reticent Jose Ives Limantour the Mexican min ister of finance, was terse and rather somber. He did not disguise his uncer- tainty and anxiety or the fact that his latest reports from Mexico brought word | that the people there were restless and puzzled. Gustavo Madero. brother to the provisional president, was vouble and ex- 1 cited.
 Senor De La Bnrra returned from | Washington today and was closeted with Senor Limantour until late tonight. Al | 4 o'clock he gave the newspaper mer | what he called "just a parenthesis" g | brief interview in which he outlined the matters discussed up to that time. "A' | 5 o'clock he said, "I am going back te Washington, but shortly after arrived | Cayetano Romero, the Mexican consu general, in a great hurry and bearing with him long dispatch in cipher. and when o'clock came, the Mexican ambas sador did not leave. Nor at 6, nor at [ and at 8 Senor Limantour sent down wort lthat he should be unable to grant thu evening interview he had promised anc 1 that Senor De La Barra did not know l whether he should spend the night her' ] or not In lieu of the promised interview | Senor Limantour gave out through his secretary brief statement. | No representations have been mad to the Mexican administration" ral | the statement, "by either Great Britain l or France that they would intervene il our affairs unless their property wa l better safeguarded, nor have there beer any intimations that they would appl. to the United States to intervene.
 Diaz in Good Health
 'I have heard again today from Pres ident Diaz and his health and appear | ance remain what they have been--ex cellent.
 "The announcement from Washing | ton that ZU,UVU AfneTlCdH tTOOpS were U l be sent to the boundary line has had disturbing effect in Mexico. where 1t 1 | not understood.
 | "Iust now have no plans. It Is still l my hope to start for Havana within tn lnext two or three days. returning thenc | to Mexico. It is possible that I ma, stop off in Washington, but I have no been asked to confer with Presiden | Taft" l no Io pa arro iu io n interview, said he had three reasons fo believing the explanations given out a l Washington on their face value Tn the first place. he explained the relations between the two coun tries have been most cordial for perio, | of years. 4 Tn the second place. the dealings be | tween the two administrations hay, been uniformly candid.
 Tn the third place, the insurrectiol in Chihuahua Is not important enougl to justify any such steps as some per sons would wish to infer.
 l This so-called revolution has beel confined to the state of Chin uahua. began on November 20. and during al | that time there has not been one deser | ton from the federal army nor one ac of invasion of the rights of those ar rested" He did not say taken prisoner There has not been one courtmartia | or one execution. Those arrested hay | had the right of counsel and the justic | of the federal courts.
 Is Not Revolution
 "This is not revolution. There 1 what I may call a great awakenin, among the middle and the intellectua classes, demand for a greater shar 1! in the activities of the state, and thi awakenment has been may say. mos convenient for the interests of democ | racy."
 The ambassador was not pressed fo | a precise explanation of this phrase an, he continued:
 During this evolution of a superio | popular intelligence there has been n hostility shown in the classes mentione | to the government or to President Diaz l Senor De La Barra confirmed Senor I.i mantours declaration that the Mexican l government has heard of no official de mand from any quarter for intervention either by the United States or any otho | power. Neither. he said, had there bee any protest against smuggling of arm and ammunition across the border b | Americans Herein he differed from Sen | or Limantour, who in a morning inter view said that smuggling both of me and arms was constantly going on: "tha this was not right" and that it cause l justifiable dissension.
 When did you first learn" Senor n La Barra was asked. that America, troops in force were to be sent to th border?''
 Not until yesterday afternoon he an swered.
 You did not hear until then. not of | ficially?'
 The ambassador hesitated for mo ment and smiled.
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 Taft Sent no Message
 Mot officially" he replied. Presiden Taft. he continued, had entrusted hin with no message and he and Senor u mantour had just discussed the genera situation.
 Gustavo A. Madero. the insurgen agent here, was another who could no televe that intervention will be allowed "The United States government" he said Has always been fair to the insurectos I Nor could the Diax administration re quest intervention It would be treason to the majority of the country for tn insurrection cmprlses s5 per cent of tn, nation.' p.3 s-4 ,,-
 Ambassador Wilson was asked abou the frequent rumors that President Dia
 Is on the verge of death.
 T can only tell what have seen.' h. said
 "President Diaz is s3 years old. but s' far as can observe, his mind is stil firm and keen. He IS little deaf ant when he mislnterprets a question. his re piles are soanetimes given . srstssqu