The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-10
.FEvER|SH ACTIVITY SHOWN
ON THE MEXICAN FRONTIER

continue their campaign. ihey VIII
be supported by the Atlantic and Pa
cific fleets.
From San Antonio troop columns will
penetrate Mexico at Eel Paso, Eagle
Pass and Laredo. while marines will
be landed at Tampico and Matamoras.
The first object will be the crushing
of the rebels in Chihuahua. Torreon
will be used as a base OF supplies,
with Monterey sub-base. for the
march clear to Mexico City. if that be-
comes necessary
This campaign will be at the insti-
cation of foreign governments who
have demanded protection from the
United States for the billions OF dol
lars invested in Mexico. 1t has the
sanction of the Diaz Government.
The American army in Texas is
there for five principal reasons, all OF
which would seem to indicate
speedy invasion of Mexico.
Five Principal Reasons.
These reasons are:
1.-The revolution is growing in
strength in Mexico with the possibili-
ty that ultimately a radical govern
ment will be established in Lower
California. Lower California COM
mands Magdalena bay. which the Uni
ted States would like for a naval sta
ton, being strategic point in the for
tification of the Panama canal.
2.-The United States military force
along the Rio Grande has been unable
To hA >s nd
ammunition across the border, cir
cum stance which has recently menac-
ed the diplomatic relations Of the Uni
ted States and Mexico. The present
demonstration is looked upon not on
ly as giving adequate support to neu-
trality. but to awe the revolutionists.
who have considered the United
States friendly to their uprising.
3.-The United States must protect
foreign interests in Mexico and be
ready for any contingency resultant
from the death or resignation OF Presi-
dent Diaz. Despite denials. it is def
nitely known that Diaz's health Is
failing and the loss OF his iron grip
upon affairs in his republic has been
evidenced in the present insurrection.
4.-The maneuvers were ordered
suddenly with the definite purpose OF
refuting the charges OF LIMOGES" in
and out of congress, who declared
that this country is unprepared for
war and that troops and naval forces
could not be concentrated in suffi-
cient force In time to repel invasion.
5.-Japan's long known wish to Sc
cure Magdalena bay as a naval sup
ply station forms an element in the
motive. American students OF inter-
national affairs in Washington have
long seen the desire of Japan for this
strategic point, which in the posses
sion of oriental empire would tighten
the Nipponese grip upon the Pacific
ocean and hinder the plans of the Unit
ted states in formulating Panama ca
nal defenses.
To End Revolution.
The military officials have little
hope of stopping the friends of the
Mexican revolutionists from obtain
ing supplies in this country and car
rying them across the line for the
support of the revolutionists. Even
shutting off contraband supplies might
. fail to end the revolution.
The army has special cause to fear
the formation of an insurrecto govern
ment in Lower California. With this
accomplished the United States would
be required to keep a continual watch
along the entire Southern frontier.
American interest in the Panama
canal zone demand that conditions
shall remain stable in Mexico. The
United States has been required by
the exigencies of the occasion o exert
| a moral protectorate over the smaller
| republics between the Southern Mexi-
can border and the Central zone.
Dispatches received in Washington
from the train on which President
Taft was speeding toward Atlanta
showed that the administration has
| decided no longer to dissemble it's rea-
sons for the sudden and unprecedent-
ed movement of troops to the Mexican
border.
Solid Military Wall.
| Conforming with the conclusion al
ready generally reached, the an
nouncement is made without equivo-
cation that the American government
has determined that the revolution in
| the republic to the South must end.
AS first step to the accomplish
ment of that end solid military wall
will be thrown along the Rio Grande
to stop filibustering and prevent the
further smuggling of arms across the
International boundary If this fails
invasion will follow. 1t is expected to
fail.
!, There no longer is reason to doubt
that the sudden move of the Ameri.
can government was the result either
of representations of foreign govern.
men.s regarding the situation in Mexi-
co Or the intimation that several of
the European Powers were sounding
each other as to the desirabiiity OF
making representations to the United
States at an early date.