The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-08
HAIRLESS DOGS
GROWL TOO MUCH
Situation In Mexico Has Become so
Grave That Special sessIon Of
Congress May be
Called.
TAFT GETTING WORRIED
Under the Responsibility of the Mon
roe Doctrine, Uncle Sam VIII
Just Have to
Wade in.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
BEVERLY, Mass, Sept. IA crisis
involving special session of congress
seemed imminent today, in view of the
increasing gravity of conditions in
Mexico. The situation as made known
at the summer capital this evening is
as follows:
Under the responsibility of the Mon
roe Doctrine, it deyolves upon the
United States to bring about protec-
tion not only for the lives and prop
erty of Americans in the southern re
public, but of the similar interests
there of Great Britain, Germany,
France and other European powers.
Their investments in railroads, mines
and plantations, and other enterprises
in Mexico runs into hundreds of mil
jlions of dollars. Pressure has been
brought to bear upon President Mad.
gro to protect American lives and
property but it has been without effect
| American colonists have been rob
bed and driven as fugitives across the
Rio Grande.
! A serious feature of the situation IL
in the conditions in southern Mexico
Madero has gone to the limit of mill
itary strength at his command in con
! tending with the rebels in the north
lern states of the republic. Meal.
time, Americans in the southern
states are at the mercy of rebels. an,
bands Of bandits and even IN Mexic,
] CITY they are ii grave danger
i Far removed from the Americas
border they seem to be unconsciou,
lof the Indifference to the strength o
the United States and regard them
selves free from attack. 1t is report
ed by friends of President Taft that h,
realizes that conditions in Mexico
have become almost intolerable ant
that heroic measures will have to b,
adopted to safeguard the lives ant
property of Americans, and foreign
residents in Mexico.
j While President Taft was in Wash
iington few days ago, he conferre.
with officials of the state and war de
partments, and learned that there wa
little prospect of improvement in tn,
turbulent state of affafs in the re
lpublic. 1t is stated that he also called
lin Manuel Calero, ambassador from
Mexico, and impressed him with tn,
urgent necessity for the establishment
of order in Mexico.
/ President Taft is above all man o
4 peace, his friends say, and will d.
Everything possible to bring about {
peaceful solution of the problem /
that cannot be accomplished however
he will call special session and la.
More Troops Ordered.
i WASHINGTON, Sept With TIL.
ordering today of the Ninth cavalr.
from Fort d. A. Russell, Wyoming
and the Thirteenth cavalry from For
Riley, Kansas, Uncle Sam within tn,
next three days will have 5000 regu
liars guarding the Mexican border
/ Even more troops may be sent t.
patrol the LOO miles of information
al boundary, army officials declared
tonight.
1t is known that the administrator
has been slow in sending additiona
troops to the border, fearing that
military demonstration of large siz,
would encourage the Orozco-Saiaza
revolutionists, who are anxious t,
cause American intervention in cas-
they cannot overturn the Madero gov
ernment.
AS soon as Major General Wood
chief of staff, learned today from Gen
eral Steever, In command of the bord
er patrols, that Salazar was at Inter
national boundary monument numbe
62." with 1000 mounted followers, h
lost no time in getting President Tai
len the long distance telephone at Bey
Ierly, to get the presidents approva
for sending more troops. The pres
: dent quickly assented. Then tele
grams were sent to Steever, askin
where the troops should be sent. Men
bers of the general staff were awaitin
tonight reply from Steever. A
soon as this reply is received, tn
, troops will be loaded on trains an
, sent to the border. With them viii
: go several pack trains.
il The Ninth cavalry is a negro reg
4 ment. There are already betwee
| 900 and 5000 cavalrymen on TIL
border, with something over 1000 il
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