The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-16
u. S. WILL STOP WAR
SECRECY ABANDONED AS TO
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO
MEXICAN BORDER.
STATEMENT FROM TAFT PARTY
American Soldiers VIII Stop FilIbus-
terIns and Smuggling OF Arms
Across Frontler-Situation In Low
er California Causes Anxiety.

Washington.-A correspondent, who
Is accompanying President Taft on
his journey to Atlanta, Ca, declares
In a dispatch received here Thurs
day night that the administrator mas
decided to no longer hold DacK lts
reasons for the sudden assembling OF
American troops in Texas along the
Mexican border.
The United States government pro
poses to see that the Mexican revolu-
ton comes to a quick end and peace
be established in the republic. The
dispatch asserts that all aid possible
for the United States government TO
give to Diaz will be given. Other
sources in Washington take an op'
posite view and declare 1t Is the In
tention of this government to over
throw the Diaz regime.
One report received declares that
Mexico City is hemmed in by rebels
and will be cut off from communlca-
ton with the outside world March IL.
The dispatch referred to, dated
Charlottesville, Va, through Whlch
place the presidents train passed.
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 in the republic 10
the south must end.
THE American troops have been
sent to form solid military wall
along the Rio Grande to stop tilibus-
tering and to see that there is no
| further smuggling Of arms and men
across the international boundary
1T is believed that with this source
Of contraband supplies cut off the in
surrectionary movement which has
disturbed conditions generally for
nearly year without accomplishing
anything like the formation OF a re-
sponsible independent government
will speedily come to a close.
president Taft, on his way to At
lanta and Augusta for a ten days
vacation. appeared we'll satisfied WITH
the situation.
There is a general belief that the
rapid movement of troops into Texas
and southern California will so speed
lily accomplish its purpose that the
net results in the end will constitute
valuable lesson in quick mobiliza,
ton of an effective fighting force that
will prove a revelation to the country
at large, to the critics Of the army
in particular, and a justification OF
the automatically worded explana-
tions that have been given out from
official sources in Washington.
There no longer is reason to
doubt that the sudden move on the
part of the American government
was the result of either unofficial rep
reservations of foreign governments
regarding the situation in Mexico OF
the intimation that several OF the Eu
ropean powers were sounding each
other as to the desirability of making
representations to the United States
at an early date. At any rate, the
matter was put up to the administra
ton in such a way as to call for the
quickest sort Of action. The neces
sity for this speed Of mobilization
was seized upon by the war depart
ment as a heaven-sent opportunity tc
answer critics both in and out Of
congress, and that Interpretation was
put upon the movement.
There was little doubt in the
minds of these officials that the true
meaning of the 'maneuvers' soor
would be known and the logical in
terpretation so quickly put upon the
movement of the troops unquestion
ably disconnected the administration
officials, from President Taft down.
There is no telling at this time
how long the big army sent to the
Mexican frontier will have to remain
there. It will not be withdrawn un
| til the revolution has been crushed
out and until conditions in Mexico
are much more stable than they now
are believed to be. I,
1.-THE situation in lower California
is said to have caused more concern
to the United States than at any
other point. 1t was reported that the
revolutionists were exceptionally
strong there, and threatened to set
up government Independent OF
either that of Diaz or of the revo
lutionists to the east. The line be.
tween the United States and lower
California. is but an imaginary one,
and a revolutionary government there
would be source of constant worry.