The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13
Will Restore Order in Mexico
if United States Fails
to Act
EUROPEAN POWERS
PREFER L. :. TO ACT
England Invaded Country on
Previous Occasion and
Technically Violated
Monroe Doctrine

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ell IS in
;irnsted in official circles today that II
The United States fsIs t. send troops
into Mexico and restore order in that
republic. as many Of the powers are
now ureirg this country TO DO. that
,rcat Britain vii, take the situation
,oto her oMu hands and land troops.
Wheu the Madcro rev clutoB grasp
ID the whole c1untr! a year ago and
President Taft declined to offer pro-
tect}on to American and foreign in
teresfs. Great Britain sent 4 fleet TO
MeNi,an oaicrs and landed marines
This at did more to establish or
5er IN Mexico than al the mohtlizA-
atom IL troops On the American sid
~ Tia. frontier The Mosicans APP
7arentiy found thai the EnsIishm"n
meant business and they Mt once
shaw Cd proper respect, tor BRUSH IN
,erestS-
Il was predicted st the time that
hc Mczicsns would 80 resent the
British invasion that they would rise
~ and slaughter all the English sub
Iects in the republic. but they did
lot
England Violates Monroe D'strine.
While such an Intervention on the
lart Of Great Britain Was technically
Violation Of the Monroe doctrine
he rotation ~ss not objected to by
the American government. but was
rather weiC 5med,
1t Is well known. however, that Eu-
ropean powers. Germany In paruc-
uiar. would prefer to have the United
states interfere in Mexico rather than
he forced To the necessity Of landing
troops from their own men f-~ar,
The murder of Hans Angelman, a
prominent German ranch owner4 AZ
RI ProNcntr, yesterday by Mexican
IA ndit9 may precipttatc a crisis In tn"
sltustioti earlier than MAS expected In
Washington.
II y fsarcd in official circles that
-linrmafa& n.ll demand thai thu
limited States step in and put an enc
"a all the lawlessncss. There Seems
10 he no established authority IN Mex
leo any longer. and II the German
government insists upon the Initet
States intervening without further de
lay this government would he sorel,
embarrassed.
WhatcNer may he the substance O
official statements In Washington. tn
ready furcsee American interventio
ard arc preparing for st. The act
ing president Of Chihuahua. Seno
Gonzales. has already s~ued proc
lamst3en TO his people telling ther
10 look out for an invasion and urg
!ng them tn resist
T@r Intervention as Scare.
To this Vice President Susrez hs
replied. saving that the Mexican gov
eminent still has faith In the friend
ship of the 'nited States and still he
lieves thai this government Will nc
complicate Maderos position by er
Couraging the intervention talk. Their
IL "a strong feeling In Washington this
the Mexican officials are using the ir
torvenHon idea Ia scare the Mex
cans into line. They discussed tn
very effectively a year ago.
The State Department continues
receive disquieting reports from cor
suls- general in Mexico. The mo.
serious trouble today seemed To Ger
ter in Coalhuia The rebels hav
captured the city of Matamoros an
have burned the railway bridges nes
Torreon. Other revolutionary activ1
ties in this State continue and IN
Federal government remains power
}ess To restore order.
In Vera Cruz there have been tw
more outbreaks and the governm er
fears serious uprisings along the er
tire east coast. The only encouragin
news comes from Durango. which no
seems free from organized distu'
Dances There il brfgandage eve
here. however. which Madero has s
far been unable TO put down II
also reported today that the FED
erals have won several minor viz
tories in the south.