Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-24
Request That American Troops
Be Immediately Dispatched
to Juarez Turned Down By
Secretary Of War Stimson.
OROzCO REPORTED GONE
OVER TO INSURRECTOS
Dispatch Declares He Has
Joined General Trevino, Diaz
Adherent, and Hitherto Loyal
to Madero Government.

nv Morning Journal special Leased wire.I
Washington, Feb. 2s.-rwo devel-
opnlents In the Mexican situation. each
taken To he loaded with Significance,
were recorded here today,
A request for American Intervention
In Mexico was made upon the war
department when Mayor Kelly and II
delegation Of citizens of El Paso urg
entity asked Secretary Stimson to send
American troops into Juarez to pre-
serve order and 10 protect Americans.
Secretary Stimson replied Il was inn
possible under present conditions.
In a dispatch from government
official on the border. one not IN the
diplomatic service. II was reported
that General Trcvino In Chlhuahug
had turned To the aid OF the insurrec.
tionists The dispatch read
Have reliable information that
General prozco will join the forces
of General Geronimo Trevino and has
agreed To accept provisional presi-
dency OF Mexico
This dispatch which speaks OF the
revolutionary forces of General Tre-
vino. is the first Information that the
state department has that the general
who stood by President Daz when his
reign was tottering. had turned 20
the insurrectos
The Mexican ambaSsy had no ad-
vices and no Official there cared 10
make comment The state department
received no CONFIRMATION "nu was
Inclined to trent the dispatch as a
report, or a ruinor
A coalition between Generals Oroz-
60 and TreVino is lookcd upon here as
frahght with great ronNedtfenceS. Cen
erai TrcNino was last reported IN
Monterey In control of the military IN
the northeastern part of Mexico, while
General DrCzoco WAS operating IN IN.
northwestern part. These Two gen
erals, hitherto controlling all federal
troops In the northern half OF the
country might It Is believed. cut OFT
the south, isolating Mexico City ana
It's Immediate vicinity from comnuni-
cation with the United states.
The rather ambiguous wording OF
The last clause Of the dispatch re-
garding the provisional presidency
WAS interpreted among LATIN Amer
leans here two ways. The majority
declared 1t was intended 10 mean that
General Trevino, rather than orozc".
had agreed to accept the PROVISIONAL
presidency
Mayor Kelly Of I'll Paso, Winchester
cooley, an hi paso banker, and three
other citizens OF that place, told Sec
retary Stimson that Juarez with H.
Oop population. linked to III fass
by "a international bridge hnd a
trolley line. virtually was part ci
rl paso. Nightly robberies, hold-u
ana assaults in JuareE In which Amer
leans were victims and In which tne'r
business houses were looted. had ne
come intolerable. He asked that sol
dirrs he sent Ia patrol the city unul
the Mexican government could con-
moi The situation. ily the Withdrawn
or Madero's troops. the mayor si,lu'
Juartz had been left 'lefcnseless
Secretary Stimson pointed out the
I'nit.d states troops could not be sent
into foreign territory under IN" pres
ent situation and said that d"partui"
from this governments present pou'N
would not he warranted So long "s
life and property In El Faso was nov
ENDANGERED 10y operations "'r"ss '"'
river.
The El Paso delegates protested
against any reduction OF the b"rher
patrol. \ large cavalry iorce w"s
The delegates ais" pleauen
for leniency In the ease OF Lieut.. i.h
NJ. Fields. who took "A detachment lnlo
.Jiarez on a trolley car S"cftu"I,
:, imSon declined to int'firr" win
colonel stecver's order for court
orficers of the war department are
aVaiiiug with the keencst interest con-
ct the reported drtccu"h 81
Drozco. Al that is known here was
contained Ia a brief Telegram from
rnlonci St,rvcr at iil Paso in whlch
he said II is reported that Mudrro
nue-time righi-hand man aud the
leading general la his army during IN
rsVolnfinn had decided To- quit MS
AUS. and tu head .ioa reNoiutioni-'n
WIN were rcportvd to bc marching on
chihuahua.
while such an attitude gn the part
If Drozcn accompanied hy growth
pf the rebellion perhaps would justiiN
an Increase Of the American troops on
IN. frontier. II was pointed OUT tnit
his assumption of leadership tcssilF
would diminish the cause for interns-
Iianat friction. As Madcro severely
enforced disciplin. among his reNoiu-
iionarv troops ami protected ioreisn.
ars and their property. IL ia expected
mat orozco viii do the same ana
Iher.is, the safety OF Americans IN
Ihr troubled zone would be much I'M
proved
u was reported from Vera cruz thst
small hands 81 rebels OF marauders
suafmed that ueighborhood. but no
An. ricaus complained OF misireai-
nent al their hands.