Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-10
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
MUST Be FULLY SUSTAINED.
American Army Will Stay on Rio Grande
Boundary Until Peace Is Restored
or 1t Is Called Upon to March
into Mexican Territory.
WILL CRUSH THE REVOLT.

Washington. March 9-That the adj
ministration has decided to dissemble
no longer its reasons for the sudden
and unprecedented movement Of troops
to the Mexican border, is indicated by
the following dispatch, received tonight
from the staff correspondent of The
Associated Press, who is accompanying
President Taft on his journey t. At
lanta. The dispatch. dated Charlottes-
willie, Va, through which place the
Presidents train passed tonight at 10
is as follows:
All doubt as to the purpose of the
government in sending 10000 troops to
the Mexican border has at last been
swept away. The United States has
determined that the revolution III The
republic To the south must end. The
American troops have been sent L
form solid military wall along the
Rio Grande to stop filihustering an3
To see that there is 10 further snug
Cling of arms and men across the III
ternational boundary. Ii is believed
that with this source af eautraband
supplies Cut off the insurrcctionary
movement. which has disturbed eondi-
tions generally fer nearly a year with
out accomplishing anything like til"
formation of 4 responsible independent
government, viii speedily come Ia Il
close"
President Tart. on his WY ~ At
lanta and Augusta for l0-tdyS Naca-
tion. left here at 6.l6 O'clock tonight
He appeared we'll satisfied with III.
situation. There is a general belief
that the rapid movement of troops in
10 Texas and southern California will
50 speedily accomplish its purpose that
the net results will constitute lessons
in instantaneous mobilization of an cf-
fective fighting force, revelation to
the country at large and To the critics
of the army in particular and a iusti-
fication of tn" diplnmatically word"d
explanations which have been given
out from official sources in Washing
ton.
Fhere no longer is reason to doubt
that the sudden action on tie part
of the American government was the
result either Of unofficial representa-
tions by foreign governments regard
ing the situation in Mexico or the in
timation that several Of the European
powers Wer" sounding each other as
to the desirability of making repre-
sentations to the United States at an
early date. At any rate the matter
reached the administration in such
a way as to call for the most decisive
sort of action.
The Washington government unex-
pectedly found itself confronted by the
necessity of placing an army along
hn hIf dow ,afN
revolutionists' source of supply. and
to be in position to invade Mexico
at a moments notice in the event
of the death of President DiaZ or any
other untoward circumstances which
might precipitate general fighting or
rioting.
1t was represented at the state de-
partment that the United States mus
act and act quickly if the Monroe
doctrine was to be maintained For
cign interests in Mexico naturally
look to the United States for protec-
tion under that doctrine The for
eign interests in the Republic are not
however, to be compared With the
American capital invested there. so
that after all. the step to bring about
more tranquil conditions in Mexico
has to do principally with Americans
and American interests.
Just What part the Diaz government
has played in recent events has not
yct been disclosed. The Mexican gov
efnment, whether it asked help of this
government or not, has been given the
greatest assistance it could possibly
lave desired. The official notr from
Washington made public in Mexico
City last night assuring Cen. DiaZ
that there was nothing in the move
ment of troons that should cause un-
casiness on the part of the Mexican
government was more than justified by
the admission made today.
There is no telling at present how
long the big army sent OF htc Mexican
frontier will have to remain there. 1t
will not be withdrawn until the rcVo-
luticn has been crushed out and until
conditions in Mexico are much more
stable than they now are believed to
be. The situation in Lower California
is said 60 have caused more concern
to the United States than that at any
other point. 1t was reported that the
revolutionists We're exceptionally
strong there and threatened to set up
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