Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-14
Mexican Govt ReaSSured
By State Dept. Action.
Telegram with Open Sailing
Orders for U. S. Warship.
Agents Declare Diaz Competent 10
QueII the Disturbances.

New York, March l3.-The Mexican
ambassador here and the Mexican min
lister of finance received assurances
from Washington tonight which con-
WINGED them there is sincere cooper
alton between the admins tratiOn of
President Taft and that of President
Diaz. 1t is not professed that all ten
sion has been slackened and while
American troops remain in force on
the Mexican border. it is admitted that
some tension will continue, but the
edge of apprehension was appreciably
hlunted tonight by two capital pieces
of news.
First, in Importance was a long tel
egram to Ambassador De Lat Barra
from the state department at Wash
ington announcing that the United
States warship assigned to patrol duty
on the Pacific and Gulf coasts of Mex
leo had been ordered to call at Mex
lean ports only for coal and then
promptly to withdraw. This action
is deeply reassuring to Senator Il
mantour In recent interview he
sad he could only consider the pres
ente Of American men of war in Mex
lean waters so far distant from their
base at Galveston. as part of an I'M
necessary effort to impress ON Mex
leo the power of the United States
Ambassador De Id Barra said that
this action of our government was
highly satisfactory to his government
and that perfect understanding eX
lists between the two governments.
The second development was the
publication here today of an author
lied interview with Jacob NJ. Dickln-
son, the secretary of war, in which ne
denied that this government contemp-
lated Intervention or that any orders
had been issued to mobilize second
army corps on the frontier. Secretary
DickinSon's assurances that the pres
ence of SO many troops on the IRON
tier was to be explained by deter
mination to enforce rigidly the law OF
neutrality across Il great Stretch OF
international boundary, Scnor Liman-
tour said. lis gratifying to my coun-
try"
OF all the long line of important fl
nancial visitors to Senior Limantour
not one has yet had a single word to
say. Weight is therefore to be attach
ed to a statement issued tonight from
the offices of Ladenburg, Thalmann a
Co, fiscal agents here for the MeXi-
can government and associate in the
hctation of the National Railways Of
Mexico to their foreign correspondents;
After a most careful investigation,
runs the statement in part. I'VE can
say on best authority that the MeXi-
can government feels absolutely safe
to handle the internal disturbances,
ard that steps are being taken not
only to dispose of this situation. bat
that intention exists to carry through
certain administrative reforms which
should mean much for restoring polit-
ically satisfactory conditions in the in
terror. Public sentiment both here and
in Mexico has been much cased dur
ing the last few days by the publiCa-
ton Of diplomatic exchanges"
An interesting confirmation Of The
Associated Press dispatches from
Mexico City came tonight from an UNI
expected quarter. DR.. +, NasqucZ
Gomez, now the Insurrecto agent at
Washington, said he was conyino ed
that rumors of President DaZ's failing
health and powers had been greatly
exaggerated.
Tho iunta here had no news from the
front today and Senior Limantour in
dignartly denied this morning that
there had been any negotiations be-
tween the juEta and the accredited
Mexican representatives or that there
could be any such.