The Washington times., 1911-03-13
SITUATION
GROWING SERIOUS
Developments of Last Few Days Cause Apprehension and
Misgving-Insurrectos Insist That Diaz
Step Down.

| The Mexican situation today has
grown to proportions even more grave
and alarming than those of a week
ago, when the sudden order for
mobilization of 10000 troops on the
border startled the country.
The qualifications of the trouble con-
tinue to grow and instead of the way
having been paved for an adjustment
of the difficulties by the developments
! of the past week. the outlook is much
more calculated to cause apprehension
and misgivings.
Despite the denials of the War De-
partment today, the report persists
that the department has all plans
made for the mobilization of another
division near the Mexican border. 1t
is even reported that this force is
to be hurried to the front this week.
That there should be any need for
the Fastening of such a powerful
army to the Mexican border is deemed
incomprehensible in most quarters in
Washington. Should a second mobili-
zatiOn order come, it would be i'm
possible to reach any other conclusion
than that an expedition across the
border was imminent.
Centers of Activity.
Washington and New York alike are
centers of activity. Senior Jose Liman-
tour and Ambassador de la Barra re-
main in New York today and so does
Dr. Gomez, head of the insurrectionist
junta here. In spite of all denials, it
is known that in the last two days,
there have been conferences between
representatives. of the DiaZ govern
ment and the insurrectionists in New
York. Whether Senor Limantour and
Or. Gomez have actually met each
other or whether each has ascertained
the sentiments of the other through
third persons, is not known.
Good reason exists for the belief
that any efforts to bring about an
understanding between the two fac
tionS as the result of the New York
paTleEinE will fail. The understand
ing is that Senior LimantOur would
like TO use his good offices with DR..
Gomez to bring about an adjustment.
But the inSurrectionist leaders are
not keen for this, for the reason they
do not believe Limantour has any
thing to deliver. They fear that any
assurances he might give would not
be respected by the DiaZ government
What the insurgents are demanding is
fair elections. They are convinced they
can never get tneSe so long as l)ldZ re-
mains president, and while Ramon Cor
al vice president, is in authority. No
negotiations for an adjustment will
come to anything, it is said, until both
Dlaz and Corral are willing to step
down. LimantOur is not personally OBJ
jcCtiOnable to the insurgent party, but
a fuIl, free election is what the insur-
gent leaders say they must have under
any circumstances. and that they will
keep on fighting until they get it.
Revolution Spreads.
In the meantime, the flames of revo-
luton continue to spread il Mexico
Nothing has appeared to indicate that
the order for martial law will have any
other effect than TO make the struggle
IN Mexico more merciless.
startling statement was given out
here today by Senor Sanchez-Azcona,
Of the revolutionist junta here. He
declares that the recent order of the
Diaz government suSpending the opera
ton of the Twenty-ninth article of the
constitution, which amounts to ordering
martial law, means that the 5000 pris-
oners in Jail at Mexico City on poll
cal charges and thousands of political
prisoners in Jail in other parts of the
republic will be shot
1t is announced that on Thursday.
through the headquarters of the in