Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-18
TROOPS ON MEXICAN BORDER
 TWICE BEFORE IN HISTORY
Present Force Exceeded in Numbers in 1S4S and
 Again at Close of the Civil War

Only twice in our history have we sent to the frontier of Mexico an ar my as large as that which will be assembled in Texas when the bodies of troops now under orders have pro. ceeded there. In the war with Mex leo, from 1S46 to 1S4S, our troops. in cluding all branches of the service, numbered 112,000 At the close of our Civil war, emphasizing by mill tary demonstration the diplomatic pressure which, with increasing UT gency we had brought to bear upon Napoleon III to secure the withdraw al of the French troops from Mexico, the end desired, and within short time the trumpery empire was over we massed upon the Rio Grande some 70.0O0 troops. It accomplished thrown and the government of Mex leo was in the hands of it's people. We are now sending to Texas 20.000 troops. and naval vessels are under orders which will concentrate near the Mexican coasts a sen force Of comparable magnitude
 The administration has chosen to lea-e the public without information as to the purpose of these demon strations. for demonstrations. not maneuvers, they plainly are. The public is not at all in the dark as to the large general reasons for this movement of our land and sea forces. Plainly it has to do with the dis turbej internal conditions in Mexico Specifically it is reasonable to as sume thaS the government is in posses sion of news Os some impending crisis ia Mexico which mSkes it desirable that we should have nea~ at hand a force sufficient to insure the protection of the life and property cf Americans now in Mexico. and to safeguard the very large investments of Amrican capital, possibly, also, of foreign cap itaI. Ambassador Wilson, during his stay in this city. said that there are some 75,O00 Americans in Mexico. 10000 of them in the City of Mexico; and that a billion dollars Of American. capital is invested in Mexican rail ways, mines and other enterprises. England has a great amount of cap carried to success a bond conversion plan involving the placing of S55,000, 900 of securities. Germany has also a stake in the preservation of order in Mexico.
 As to the nature of the crisis, if a crisis be imminent. there is some room for conjecture Evidently it is not altogether a question of the health of Presidnet Diaz. The Times correspondent in the City of Mexico informed us that during his visit to the aviation field the other day the aged president seemed hale and hearty" The insurrection, which a great deal of disturbance in Mex ico, it has been prolonged for many months, and the government troops have thus far not made satisfactory headway in their attempts to sup ital invested in Mexico, and France, also, where Mir Amantour has just friends of the Diaz administration speak of as brigandage, has caused press it. There have been rumors- we do not know how well founded they are-that there was dissatis- faction even among the federal troops. However this may be. what ever may be the immediate cause of anxiety or apprehension, it is evi- dent that the Diaz administration is in the midst of difficulties, possibly very grave difficulties Tn the natu raI course of human events the end of that administration cannot be very far of. The Mexican people are preparing for this end, some oi them by insurrection. Porfirio Dial has been a wise and constructive president. His power has been veTy great: he has been commonly spo ken of as a benevolent despOt. wise and benevolent despotism, while it lasts. may be one of the best ot human governments. The fatal de feet is that the qualities of the be neyolent despot cannot be transmit ted to a successor. With the end o the despotism comes trouble. If Dia' has anywhere shown a want O wisdom it has been in his failure tc prepare for a succession and to pre- pare his people to accept it. Louis Philippe, guided by the bad advice of his minister, Guizot. made tho revolution and change of government of 1s4s inevitable. Guizot. with al his political philosophy. was too nar now and blind to see that it was s part of wishom to yield to the uni versal demand for q broader sui frage, for more equitable repre- sentafion in the chamber. There