The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

THE MEXICAN SITUATION
1t is evident that the situation IN
Mexico is far more serious than any
ono could have supposed from reading
the public dispatches received. Inc
suggestion that Great Britain is re
ported to have conveyed TO tins coun-
trv the warning that that empire and
Germany are liable TO intervene III
Mexico if the United States does not
f-~ the enforcement of order and sup
preston of disturbances. is rcvc'
la;ion indeed Nothing that we have
received from Mexico i'll the public
dispatches would Justify any such q
warning as that from Europe. And
coming closer home. nothing that has
been printed would appear TO be suf-
the Mexican frontier of United
States army of twenty thousand men.
reinforced by tho presence of fighting
fleets on both shores
Tho recent dispatches which tell of
he fighting at Casas Grandes, where
a large Mormon colony is located, and
where doubtless many persons known
in Salt Lake, American citizens. are in
peril G. perhaps slain. is a startling
revelation of the activities Of the IN
sur ,tos, or bandits, or whatever
they may be called. 1t is clearly the
duty OF the United States TO take steps
for the preservation of the safety and
Of the lives of American citizens. and
the presence of heavy military forces
on the border will enable the Govern
mcnt to afford such protection as is
due
In the meantime the dispatches are
full of accounts Of trouble in the ranks
OF the insurrectionarics. The Mexican
leaders appear to be Jealous of the
Americans who have Joined their com
mands. Captain Stanley, one of those
Americans, has been put in irons and
thrust across the border. Prior to
that there were accounts of dissen-
sions among the insurrectionary Off.
GERS, and of mutiny here and there,
in the ranks of the insurgents, and of
divisions Of commands, small parties
breaking off and setting up for them
selves, as is customary in that sort of
gcther with the apparently careful sup
preston of the more important features
of the insurrection, which seem 10 have
led to the warning from Europe,
make the situation a most puzzling
one, and the difficulties of the
puzzle are added to from the fact that
mails from Mexico are received
promptly on time by people in Salt
Lake who have business relations in
different parts of Mexico. This, in
spite of the tales that we have from
day to day about trains being held up,
tracks destroyed, and bridges burned.
The whole matter is most confusing,
and the startling warning from Europe
is not in the least comprehensive;
all this does not fit with what has
been known of the Mexican situation.
We judge, however. that there is
good understanding between the Diaz
government and the United States; and
it is quite possible that an arrange
ment is on foot whereby the regular
troops Of both nations will be allowed
to cross the border in pursuit of bands
of insurrectos which are troublesome.
This sort of arrangement was made
a number of years ago with respect to
the Apache Indians, and was effectual
in quelling the Apache raids; and it
is likely that similar arrangement,
if made now, will be equally effective
in dispensing the bands Of insurrectos
that are making trouble in Northern
Mexico.
The dispatch which tells about the
attack upon Casas Grandes says that
Colonel Valdez, with a good force of
Mexican troops, is defending the place.
II so, the insurgents ought to be beaten
back without much difficulty. especially
as it is likely the colonists would join
in the defense of their homes