Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-08
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dition of health. Moreover, he said,
that apart from sporadic disorders
connected with the revolt in isolated
parts OF Mexico, the situation was
normal.
1t was said that one reason for the
eturn of Ambassador de La Barra to
New York tonign- was TO meet there
omorrow Senior Limantour. the Mex
can minister of finance, VINO arrived
tonight from France. ii also was
said here that another party to this
meeting would be Porfirio DiaZ, Jr.,
son OF the president, who was said
20 be en- his way north from Mexico
,ity for that purpose.
Henry Lane Wilson, the American
ambassador to Mexico, has been in
he United States for about ten days
.snd today departed for Crawfords-
yiae, Ind, to visit his mother, who is
H. He has talked more or less about
,eneral conditions in Mexico, but on
he subject of most interest at this
iuncture be has been dumb to inter
levers
AS to what he may have told his
superlors at the state department
ibout the rumored crisis in the
health of President Diaz, not one
yllable could be ascertained. Assist
mt Secretary Huntington Wilson
would not say a word as to what
ambassador Wilson might have said
to him on that subject
V.ac admitted a tho Whfta
House this evening that the Mexican
nsurrectos had been giving consid-
erable trouble to the contractors en-
gagged in work of damming the Colo
ado river across the line from the
Imperial valley in California, and
that Mexico was sending by way of
the Gulf of California, regiment Of
federal troops to guard the work
which was undertaken by the United
states to prevent floods In the valley
md in the surrounding country. Two
hundred Mexican soldiers, sent
through Yuma, Ariz.. some time ago
for this purpose, were met by the in
urrectos and never reached their
destination.
The president told callers today
that Texas and the adjacent country
offered an admirable field for maneu
vers at this time of year, but vouch
safed no further information.
No such secrecy ever before has
marked the preparations for practice
maneuvers---quite the contrary; at
other times the participating officers
have been only too glad to draw pub
lie attention and arouse public interest
In the work of the army and the navy.
Furthermore, II was freely said to-
day that the appropriations for army
maneuvers for the current fiscal year
are all but exhausted and IL is point
ed out that In ordinary circumstances
no such movements as those sprung
on the army and navy during the last
fortv-four hours would be thought of.
Hence II was inevitable that Wash
ington should be skeptical toward
he explanations given officially and
should look to conditions in Mexico,
known or suspected, as explaining
this concentration of an army close
10 the border, with goodly portion
of the navy at hand in either ocean.
The movements of troops viii take
an entire division of the United states
army to Texas and along the Mexican
border within five days as the result
of the orders given by wire from
Washington within the last twenty
four hours.
In command Of a force approXimat-
ing 90 goo men or more than a quar-
ter If the entire army of the United
States, will be Major General Wllliam
|H Carter, who ranks as assistant 10
Major General Leonard Wood chiet
Of staff He occupied a similar POSI-
ton as principal assistant to Adjutant
General Corbin during the Spanish
American war and since that time ne
has he'd much experience In the fieid'
General Carter will leave washing
ton tomorrow night by way OF 81
Louis to open his headquarters In
Texas. He could depart earlier but
prefers TO make sure that the troops
now converging upon Fort Sam Hous-
Ton are entrained and likely to reach
their destination without delay
lie win have q full divisional starr