The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-04-13
JAP TREATY MADE
Mexico Had Given CoaIing Station
IN Lower California.
American Envoy Discovers Document,
Photographs It. and Hurries to
Washington With Copy.

Mexico City, April 10.-President
Taft gave President Diaz of Mexico
six days to abrogate treaty he is
said to have made with Japan
The hidden treaty was discovered by
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, who
photographed it, returned the original,
and proceeded post haste to Washing
ton to inform the State department
/ The treaty is said to have contained
clauses that gave Japan coaling sta
tion privileges and other big conces-
sions on the coast of Mexico, including
the right to use Magdalena Bay for
target practice.
Taft's order mobilizing troops at
the border followed promptly.
These are startling disclosures made
here by an apparently authentic source
today and which, as recited in MARIA
tive form, are given as the cause of
the hurry order that rushed 20, 900
troops to the border. The relations
reported to have existed between Mex
leo and Japan are said to have prevail
ed prior 10 March i.
Ambassador Wilson, of the United
States, so the story goes, had occa-
sion many months ago to feel that
strong antipathy of Mexicans of all
classes was shown toward the United
States. In the celebration in honor OF
the foundation of the republic, when
many japanese of high rank came as
81 boo 4t...e,- 80
to the Mexican capital, the ambassa-
dor noticed that there had been priv
: ate audiences between Diaz and few
of his more influential ministers and
the Japanese delegates.
To Ambassador Wilson it was re-
ported that for Is months every ship
of the Togo Kisen Kaisha, whose port
is San Francisco, were carrying from
20 to $50 Japanese, passage paid, be
sides cargoes of agricultural machin
cry, household goods and genera
stores. At San Francisco these Jap
anese were transshipped to steamer
of the Pacific Mail line plying be
tween San Francisco and Mexican
ports.
In February Ambassador Wilson
was busy cultivating every source o
information in the higher circles o
, the Mexican government. Very nea
the end of the month, from a certain
: source in the government, Mr.. Wilson
it is said, obtained for few hour
the original of secret treaty betwee
: Japan and Mexico. He kept it lon
I enough to have photographs made 0
it. Then it was returned to its plac
u in the innermost archives of the Mes
! can state department
The document, the report here il
: dictates, was in the shape of severs
clauses which were TO be a part of
, formal agreement on the part of tn
Mexican government to allow the jar
/ anese commercial line of steamship
{ to have its own coaling station at
9 point on the Pacific coast and to graz
certain other colonization rights j
U states along the Western coast
; The secret clauses of the treat
d those said to have been Photographic
D by Mr.. Wilson, the report continue.
gave Japan lease of a coaling st;
d ton and maneuver privileges in Mas
q dalena bay, with the alternative of
coaling station at one other of fe
scattered ports down the Mexics
s coast.
Clauses also set forth Japan ar
Mexico's mutual interests in the p
cifc, and while not STIMULATING ;
Il offensive and defensive alliance, ga'
e in diplomatic way Jspan's keen i
IT terest in the protection of Next
a. against aggression. The treaty hi
ID been ratified, not by the Mexican Sc
ate, but by Diaz and his cabinet.
IT The day after he obtained the ph
IL tograph of this treaty, Mr. Wills.
" left for Washington.