The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-24
WAR CLOUD ENLARGING.
Insurreeto Oisplomat Declares Taft
VIII Order Invasion.

VIII OTucT lNNd9iN''
San Antonio, Tex. March 23.-With
the new demand for 5000 or 1000
recruits. the issuance Of an order
by General Carter making provisions
for a sudden move, should 1t be re-
auired. and a statement by Or. c. F.
Caricristi, one OF the dominant hg-
ures in the Mexican revolutionary
mnta. that the United States would
intervene in Mexico unless there was
a definite show Of tranquility by
May /, the recently diminished war
doud looked large today.
Dr. Caricristi felt sure enough OF
his facts to embody them in re-
port TO Francisco /. Madero, the rev
olutionary leader, who at the last
report was within thirty miles Of the
city OF Chihuahua. Dr. Caricristei
urged the insurrecto chief TO achieve
a decisive victory at all costs by
May !. for he wrote, President Taft
will not wait longer than that for
quiet to be restored, business re-
sumed and traffic over the railroads
TO be secure. The courier departed
from here today.
lnsurrecto Diplomat.
DR.. Caricrisu Is one OF the directing
minds OF the revolutionary junta, Is
a lawyer, physician and a world
traveller, and probably their best
trained dlplomatlst. The letter is not
An order for Madero Is the supreme
leader, but Is in the nature OF q
report on the meaning OF the mobili
zation OF American troops at Fort
Sam Houston.
Most OF Dr Caricisti's investigat
ing was done at Washington, all
though ne has been on the ground al
El Paso and Laredo, and is at pres
ent in this city. An inkling o.
something unusual afoot reached hin
some time before the famous Paris
interview with Jose Yves Bimantour
the Mexican minister OF finance and
ne pTOCceu'u At once 10 NdSHlHS
ton. In an interview today he said
'iOf course complete federal tri
umph in Chihuahua, the restoration
OF communications and other bust
ness likewise would avoid intcrven
tion. But | do not know absolutely
that President Taft is determined
h,1I
quickly. by one side or the other in
Mexico, with the alternative of in.
tervention.
Urges Haste.
In my report to Senior Madcro
point out the necessity OF capturing
and holding the state OF chihuahua.
II this can be accomplished. | am
convinced the reyolutionists will be
recognized as bcliEcrents by the
United States and other governments
Il have reason to believe that May
/ is the date set for the termina
tion OF President Tatts patience
with the disorder south OF the Rio
Grande Neither side wants inter
vention and believe firmly that
federals and rcyomtonsts would
make common cause against an in.
vadcr.
The financial interests Of the
United States in Mexico are i'm.
mense and with that of Europe Is
greater in a money sense than
that Of Mexico. Recently | compiled
statistics which show that there is
billion dollars of American money
in that country, and that the In.
tcrests OF Europe is about half that
sum
1T is a fact tha. - per cent OF
the credit in Mexico is in the hands
of Americans and Europeans.
American Interests Busy.
Just how much influence has been
exerted in Mexico by certain great
interests, / cannot say. can swear
that the revolution started within
its own borders OF its own force, for
j helped TO start 1t. But 1t gives
food for thought to know that one
OF the big interests which has mil
lions invested has always been on
the friendliest terms with President