Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-08

\ "A this color to the sudden activity, bu these statements were accepted witl
 increasing reserve.
 There have been important join manoeuvres during the last few years
 but they have been planned far in-ad. vance and carried out without q ripple J of excitement or even of evidence ol interest at the White House. Today the executive omceo were steeped wttt mystery; the entire morning was giv- len over to conferences with officers o1 the war and navy departments. csneraI Wood Lsavss ky . Window
 This thick atmosphere of mystery
 and the xealous Sfforts to minimize the importance of the business lent cu- rious significance to the fact that Gen. eral Leonard Wood, chief of staff o1
 the army, in an effort to elude inter-
 viewers, slipped out of ono of the rear windows of the presidents office and beat masterly retreat through the secluded portions of the White House grounds to a rear entrance of the war department.
 Mexican Situation Believed to 1e Seri- | ous.
 1 The real significance of these activi- | ties. which have been confined appar- ently to the last forty eight hours or ] less is thought to relate very directly to the conditions in Mexico and to the
 
 is by no means so satisfactorX as the Mexican government would hav6 it be- lieved to be. There are persistent re- ports that the physical condition of President Diaz has lately become such as to alarm his adherents, and that momentous developments are to be pre- pared for. One report which was current hero today was that the Pearson syndicate, heavily interested in enterprises in
 
 British government for adequate pro- tection of themselves and other foreign interests in preparation for the chaotic conditions which would almost certain Ny follow any serious loss of prestige, to say nothing ot the collapse of the D1ax government
 European covsrnmsnts' Might Step In. It was said that the British ambas- eador had taken up the question with gestion that unless the United States took immediate steps to exhibit stE aifs- position and ability to protect fOrei&0 interests in Mexico, the European gov- ernments. more particularly Great Britain and Germany, would be com pelled to do 4o-
 Of course. no direct confirmation of this report was obt4inAIble. but the sudden burst of martial activity gave it color.
 Mexican Ambassader Ncn- committal. Ambassador De IA BarrA of tho re- public of Mexico, who has been in New York, returned to Washington tonight to fulfill social engagement and re- turned at midnight to New York He is never 1oquacfous about the affairs of hia government and professed en- tire ignorance as to the meaning of the mobilization of American troops. He disclaimed any knowledge of any change in the internal conditions of Mexico and as for the health of Presi- dent Diaz he ins1gted that nothing in the personal or ofllcia1 communications of the president indicated anything but his usual satisfactory condition of health. Moreover. he etatad that apart from sporadic disorders connected with the revolt in is0iatsd parts, the situa- tion in Mexico was normal. Insurreetes Annoy American Con. tractors.
 It was admitted at the White House this evening that the Mexican insur- rectos had been giving considerable trouble to the contractors engaGed on the work of damming the Colorado river across the line from the Imperial valley in California, and that Mexico was sending by way of tho Gulf of California a regiment of federal troonN to guard the work, which was under taken by the United States to prevent floods in the Imperial valley and the surrounding country. Two hundred Mexican soldiers sent through Yuma. Ariz., some time ago for this purpose were gobbled up by the insurrectos and never reached their destination.
 The president told callers today that ed an admirable field for manoeuvres at this time of year, but vouchsafed no further information. No such se- crecy ever before has marked the prep arations for practice manoeuvres.
 Mexico Nssds No Assistance.
 New York. March 7.-Mexico needs no aid in keeping peace or protecting the poinion of Jose I. Limantour. Mex ican minister of finance, who arrived here tonight from Europe after pIac- ing more than $50 0,000,0 900 of his coun- try's bonds in Paris. An to the out come of the insurgent struggle, he sure of ultimate success
 "The sending of American troops to the border has nothing to do with affairs in our country" said Senor Limantour. "Of course, the presence or sood gs mors nVI eect pon Tfsnt 4hs naTe gents, but the United States troops certainly are not going across the bor-
 As ons of the most influential men Tn MeXlEO,4 60IlOT AlIUAutOCT Q aET1Val here was interpreted generally as a signal for a series of conferences with prominent Mexicansf including Senor De La Barra, the Mexican ambassador. and Colonel Porfrdo Diax, IT,, son of President Diaz.
 Provisional Regiment in Readinsss.
 San Francisco. March 7.-Under telegraphfc ordefs from Washington, provisional regiment of twelve com panies of coast artillery to be known as the fourth provis1onal regiment, was assembled tod4y at tho Presidio probable service on tlhA Texas border.
 The orders from Wilmington are that tho companies. shah be filled to their naximtm strength. The field and stan 0fllcers are to be designated from Washington.
 Rockville Mil te Start Up.
 Rockville, Conn. March 7.-Feilow-