The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-29

on hoard President Tafrs train.
Rochester. y. Y, Angus, President
Taft tonight rescinded his twelve
hour-old order directing the immediate
dispatch from Panama 10 Nicaragua
OF tho Tenth Infantry. From his pri-
waite car in the Rochester yards the
President wired to the acting Score
tary OF War to recall the order A
sufficient force Of marines. tho Presi-
dent said tonight. would be in Mana
qua, the Nicaraguan capital. and Cor
into. its principal seaport. early next
week. to insure the safety OF American
lives and property
The Presidents action tonight came
At the close Of a day spent largely in
considering the telegrams from state.
war and Navy Department heads in
Washington The President expressed
tonight to friends on his car the be-
lief tina, there would he more than
2.co0 United States marines on Nicara-
guam soil by Tuesday
\ long telegram tonight from the
commander of the United states gun
boat Denver in NicaraEuan waters dc
clared that the insurGcnt leaders had
given assurances that they will soon
open tho lines Of communication from
Corinto To Manasua. Tho Nicaraeuan
government itself asked for assistance
from tho United states and stands
ready TO aid In opening tho railroad
line to the coast from the capital
The message 10 the President said
that tho rebels possess I'VE locomotives
and tho government I'VE All ten of
these may he put at the disposal OF
tho United states II necessary. The re
call OF the order for tho dispatch Of
the Tenth Infantry followed the re
ceipt Of this telegram from the Denver.
Doesn't Conceal Anxiety.
Tho President did not conceal his
anxiety tonight over conditions in the
central American republic In Mana
qua and Corinto and other towns the
situation is not now especially danger
Gus 10 Americans but in other parts
Of the country the revolutions is not in
hand and piliaging Of all sorts has
been going on The citizens Of Mic
aragua are suffering untold horrors.
and Americans are suffering in many
instances with them.
To friends tonight Mr. Taft de-
clared that II the Senate had agreed
to the proposed treaty with Nicaragua
which he advocated on his long trip
last fall. the misery existing 10 day
would never have arisen Under that
treaty the United states. he said would
nave ADMINISTERED inf customs OF Nlff -
ragua. and since tho customs are about
tina, countrv's only source of revenue
there would have heen little to attract
a rcvolutionist who would not care to
tackle tho United states
During tho day the President 70
ceivod several long messages from
Acting Secretary Of state Huntington
Wilson in Washinston HIS order to
the Tenth Infantry TO advance on Mica
raeua was issued in Beverly Just ho-
fore he left for columbus. O where he
speaks tomorrow Messages from Mr.
Wilson were received at Albany \ Y.
and Other points cast of Rochester. and
kilograms from the Navy Department.
also kept coming to Mr. Tafts private
car
Neither tho state nor Navy Depart.
ment wished TO SOC United states
troops sent into Nicaragua. The Gus
tom in similar cases has been Ia land
marines The President said TO-DAY
that while the sending Of regimen,
Of infantry would not he an act 81 war.
he would prefer h use marines il an
available force could be found quickly
His kilograms to Washington evidently
we're fruitful, for he was Of The opin
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