The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-13
Thirty-Five Thousand
Men Can Start at
Moments Notice.
RESPONSIBILITY
UP TO CONGRESS
Taft Will Not Authorize Inva.
sion Without Shifting Burden
to Other Shoulders-Foreign
Element May Be Asked to
Evacuate City Of Mexico.
Intervention Probable.


Washington, February i..-Prexi
lent Tart md the Cabinet arc In ae
.ord that Congress shall share the re
for amy Intervention !
'Ies leo.
President nnd his advisers ended wit
Inc understanding thar should condl
lions I'm Mexico city become so muc
worse to demand tho landing q
4 merican troops. Mr. Taft will lay he
lore both hOuses of Congress the fm
facts OF the situation Ia n special mes
saEe.
All Arms I'm Rcadfness.
To-day every preliminary wss M
ranged for the action which might FOL
low such n course. Ihirty-Gyc thou,
corps were put In readiness for Il,
The First brigade Of the First
Army Division. just created in the
reorganization. 5000 men in ali,
and the nucleus Of an expedition
AIRY force OF 5000. was put on
marching orders, ready to entroin
for Newport News. Va, where
army transports wait under steam.
OF the Atlantic battleship fleet. al
the Guantanamo naval station.
were prepared for Immediate move
inent to Vera Cruz. where the,-
might he kept aboardship. ready
for landing 10 blaze an avenue OF
escape from Mexico City for
foreigners. as they did at peking.
Six Drcadnoughts. with approXi-
mately 5000 jacltIcs and officers.
Il.
for Mexican ports-four on the At
lantic and TWO on the Pacific. The
first should arrive at her destina-
tion Friday; the last Sunday.
Ten other crnck fighting ships
OF the Atlantic battieship feet.
swinging 1T anchor seventy hours
OIL at Guantanamo. are ready for
sea. They have approximately o.
600 officers and men.
Five other smaller craft In Cen
trail American waters are within
call OF the wireless. The navy's
plans to-day show:
Georgia, l5.0o0-ton battlesnip.
Captain Marbury Johnson. due at
Vera Cruz Friday.
Vermont, l6.0O0-ton battlcship.
flagship of Rrar-Admiral Fletcher.
commanding the Second Division OF
the Atlantic feet. Captain Harry
Mel. +. Huse. due at Vera Cruz
Saturday.
Nebraska. l5,Ooo-,on ba,tleship
Captain Spencer :. Wood. due at
Vera Cruz Saturday.
Virginia, 15,000-ton battleship.
flagship OF Rear Admiral Usher,
commanding the Third Division.
Captain John ID. Mcdonald, due at
Tampico Saturday.
Colorado. l;.000-ton armored
cruiser, flagship OF Admiral
sutherland, commander in chief of
i'acihc fleet, Captain William l..
Gilmer, due at MaZatlan Friday.
South Dakota, I4.000-ton armor-
ed cruiser. Captain Charles =.
Ilunkett, due at Acapulco Sunday.
Within call to supplement this
force are the cruiser Denver. en-
route to Acajutla. Salvador: trans
port Buffalo. at Corinto. Nicaragua;
cruiser Dcs Moines, en- route to
Bluciields, Nicaragua, and due
there Saturday; and gunboat Nash
Vile. en- route to Puerto Cortez,
Honduras. and Eunboat Annapolis.
en- route to Amapala. Honduras
The bnttlcships Wyoming. Utah,
Florida, Arkansas. North Dakota,
Michigan. South Carolina, Mime
sofa. idaho and Ohio, seventeen
torpedo boat destroycrs and many
auxiliary craft OF the Atlantic
fleet remain with Rcar-Admiral
Badger, commander of the Allan
tic feet. at Guantanamo.
All That Can He Done Now.
II is the feeling of the administra
lion that these plans are all that ca
be done at this time and that a sui
icient number of warships have bee
dispatched. not only to observe de
relopments, but practically to Great
neutral zones at ports where they Ii
IN which Americans and other foreign
:rs i'll Mexico may find safety
III has been suggested in some quar-
fcrs that to land troops in Mexic
would be such an act OF war as ca
be justified only by resolution
Congress. Many military officers IA
to see any distinction between sue
landing OF troops on foreign soil
Ease OF anarchy anu the employmer
Df marines. for the Same purpose. =
was done in Nicaragua recently
TIC meet the constitutional objection
in case the transports were sent
Vera Cruz. IL is understood that th
officers would be instruct
ed not to land troops except upon cor
gresstonal authorization. Their pres
cnce on the coast, IT is felt. woul
have strong moral effect upon til
1octlOhS IN MEXICO, an
more than weeks time would /
saved In placing the soldiers ju.
where they would he needed in cas-
danger to foreign lives and propert
should become more imminent
May Abandon City.
Unless one side or the other gains
decisive victory In tho city of Mexic
within the next day or two. it Is prol
able that Ambassador Wilson Will J.
instructed to try to induce the Amer
can citizens of the capital to go to til
ports. or other places OF safety, an
the representatives of other foreig
nations are expected to do the sam
One great element OF danger in tn
arises from the presence |
the city OF Mexico of about 17.ot
foreigners. whose home government
are known to be in receipt of man
heartrending appeals for assistance.
united % States States eoyepI,nent 20. SentA' to exten N
the same protection to these European