Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-10
ARMS Sent TO
MEXICO HAVE
Been HELD Up
Guns Sent to Americans in
Danger From Cananea
Rebels Held to Prevent
Failing IntoWrong HANDS

F,alllng into Io1AS AAAA-Ao "'
washington. D. c., Sept. 9.-Arms
and ammunition which President 1Al1
authorized exported to Mexico LOT use 80
of Americans In danger from reoeis ~
Cananea have been ordered helu up
/ 1t Douglas, Arizona, until tnere ale
4 assurances that they will not Iall lhlo
the bands of the rebels.
The arms Will be held at douglas
until The railway south as Iar 40
Nacozari is clear of rebels or untll .lt'
M~-sIonn government Is able to f'lrnlsn
Z : emard to insure the safety OF tne
arms. ;,na
a, Il, is expected here that the lmme'
diate effect Of rebe! interference VIII
the railroad will be- TO hasten the eAe!a
session OF the Mexican senate 70
authorize the sending OF troops oue =,
MEXICO and across New Mexico anu
Arizona to chihuahua and sonora:
General Steever, in command ol the
American border patrol, reports nis
forces now sufficient to repel any
raiders.
Intervention Plans Discussed.
intervention in Mexico and the pos
sibility Of President Taft calling spe-
cial session Of. congress to determlne
whether American troops shouid %
sent across the line were widely ols-
cussed here by public men ana III
diplomatic circles.
It is known that the government mas
been pressed on many sides TO taKe
auch a step and various accounts OF
what Influences were being brougnt 10
hear and the objects sought to be &C
complished are related among those IN
tarested on both sides OF the question
Nav Call Congress.
President Taft and the state de
nartmant however, are holding to the
nrYncfnle that no such action snoul0
~ taken without authorization OF con-
srees. That American soldiers nave
heen sent into China or that American
NAVAL forces are actively engaged IN
Nicaragua without authorization OF
cnnpress ia held not to be precedent
fnr sending; troops to Mexico. In emma
American missionaries were being pe-
siarad and IN danger of torture ana
death In Nicaragua the rebels hao
shelled the American legation and en-
danpered the lives of American citl.
,ans Nv hombarding an unfortif1ed CITY
= vioiation of the rules OF 1nterna-
tional law. No such sltuatloh nas 49,
reported in Mexico
Tnan Didapp. who claims to repre-
sant the revolutionary actions here,
that Zanata leader Of the rebel bands
q @ tha stata Of Morelos, threatened
."u, "a a,,res of reprisal' if the United
ctatas were to intervene ION the
rrnnnd that It would be impossible Tor
eoY,, manding officers to restrain their
snldiers from doing acts never done
before"
No Americans Present.
Representatives Of the Madero gov
ernment declare there are no amer
cans In Morelos to suffer from "a.
natista. hands and that the relation OF
Zapatista forces to the city OF Mexico
r the same as would be the relation
If washington to marauding Dands IN
North Carolina
Cant. s. G. Hopkins, who was legal
adviser to the Madero revolution When
n overthrew Diaz( likened the situa-
tinn in Mexico to that in the United
states from 1861 to 1865, when this
government was resentful Of prospect
I've interference by Great Britain ana
France. The Madero government, ne
declared. was amendable for damages
under international law for injury 10
Americans or their property, while dls'
posing Of it's own civil war
Rebel Raids Across Border.
Early dispatches to the war depart
ment today reported Salazar, the
Mexican rebel leader, encamped across
the Arizona line opposite the Lang
ranch, threatening raid into Ameri-
can territory. One of his troopers, cap
turad N 4 skirmish, has told American
soldiers that raids upon American
ranches were upon personal orders OF
salazar who wanted beef for his men.
In anticipation OF a RAD Dy saiazar a
Major Rice with three troops OF caval-
~. is encamped hear the rebel leader.
Outposts have been established by
both sides. Major Rice is concentrating
his command but the border is being |
patrolled by armed cowboys acting as
ann1fs ! : +.