Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-02-27
SITUATION / I
IS GRAVE ; :.
The Gravity Of the Situation is
Increased by the Killing Of the
Deposed Mexican Rulers.
ENGLAND URGES INTERVENTION
Immediate Result Expected to be to
Hasten the Military and Ma
val Preparation.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The killing Of
Francisco l. Madero and Pine Suarez,
deposed president and vice president
of Mexico, after Provisional President
General Huerta had assured Amer
lean Ambassador Wilson of the safety
of his prisoners from just such at
tacks, created painful impression in
administration circles here.
When the first feeling of surprise
had passed it was realized by officials
that this last tragic event had added
greatly to the gravity Of the situation
and undoubtedly had placed an addi-
tional strain upon the already tense
relations between the government and
that in the Mexican capital.
Probably the immediate result will
be to hasten the military and naval
preparations in order to have the SOL
diers, sailors and marines ready
to answer a call for instant embarka-
ton if further developments in Mex.
leo should demand their employment
One Danger Feared.
The one danger to be apprehended
which almost certainly would result in
the launching of an army of invasion
would be the commission of some act
or acts in Mexico that would endanger
the lives of foreign citizens and Amer.
| leans, for, having assured the diplo
matte representatives in Washington
of she disposition and ability Of. this
government to protect their nationals
in Mexico in the same degree as Am
+ orleans, the government has assumed
an obligation that cannot be ignored
Therefore any attack upon the Amer
leans or foreigners by the tacit con
sent of the Huerta government. OF
even the exhibition towards them o
mob violence clearly beyond the abil
ity Of the provisional government tt
prevent. probably would be the sigma
for an Intervention.
Only Congress Can Order Invasion.
The administration officials feel the.
have discharged their full duties an,
exhausted their constitutional power
in the orders they have given or plan
ned for the preparation of suff1
cient military and naval force to in
sure successful entry to the Mexican
capital in case of need. 1t practicall
is certain that on this point the es
ecutive would not proceed except O
instruction from Congress, as the 81
hibition of military force beyond tn
: seacoast towns of Mexico might b
regarded as an act of war which III
der the Constitution can be directe
only by Congress.
To secure this direction it probabl
will be necessary for President Tai
] to communicate with the Congress
: through a special message, recitin
: the recent events and existing cond
7 tions in Mexico and asking for II
3 structions. The President, thoug
/ having considered the preparation {
. such a message, has been reluctaI
to forward it and probably will nc
. do so unless still graver events ha
g pen in Mexico in the remaining day
|. of his administration.
e Secretary Stimson and Major Ge
d eral Wood made no change today
l. the program Of concentration of trooI
l. at Galveston, which is now smooth
working out in conformity with ye
n terdays orders to Major General w
e liam H. Carter, commanding the Sc
y one division of the army at Chicag
The soldiers called for by these Q
l. ders to be dispatched to Galveston a
= the elements that make up only OF
e brigade of troops-namely: The fiji
n brigade, Second division. commando
IS by Brigadier General Frederick .
n Smith and comprising the Fourth, Sc
e enth, Nineteenth and Twenty-eigh
If regiments of infantry; Company
Second battalion of engineers; fle
hospital and ambulance corps No.
T. one signal company from Fort Leave
e worth, the Fourth mountain bate
ID Of field artillery and three pack train
al These troops should all be in Galve
d ton before the end Of the week.
y. Two other brigades of troops a