Evening star., 1913-02-17

cdDlnet. Inc effect Of these meetings IS
to give the impression that important
things are being held back, and that the
administration regards the whole situa-
tion as much graver than it really is.
The Presidents attitude Is well
known that the night cabinet meetings.
held mainly because the advices from
Ambassador Wilson are received at the
close of the day and in the evening
ought not to produce excitement. but the
statement is made by many persons that
the effect of these meetings is unQues-
tionably to impress the country far more
seriously than almost anything else that
could be done.
In everything that has been done so far
by the administration. except the first
night meeting. when orders were given to
prepare for contingencies. the meetings
might Just as well have been held in the
early morning and late afternoon and
probably would have taken place at some
other hour had the President thought that
a mistaken impression would be created
by them.
Mexico Not Discussed.
There were no cabinet conferences at
the White House today. and Secretary
Knox had not even visited the executive
offices up TO an early hour this afternoon.
Senator Cullom, chairman Of the foreign
relations committee of the Senate, called
at the White House early today, but he
said that he did not talk Mexico with the
President, but did talk about the Lincoln
memorial with Mr.. Taft. The senator
said that his attitude of non-intervention
i'm Mexico has by no means changed: that
he sees no reason for Intervention at the
present time and does not believe it will
be necessary.
Senators Crane, Smoot Oliver Warren
and Stephenson were at the White House,
but had other matters than Mexico to
talk about.
Censorship Isolates Capital.
Mexico City was virtually cut Off from
the outside world today by the imposition
of an iron censorship.
With direct news dispatches from there
under censorship and only one official
dispatch from Ambassador Wilson, which
simply said fighting had been resumed
and that the armistice had been broken.
President Taft and officials waited in
suspense.
Madero telegraphed close friends in
Washington today that he expected def
nite results very SOON" These dispatches
came through promptly. The Mexican
embassy declared that no dispatches
whatever had been received there and
| that 1t was depending upon press dis
patches for its information of the fight
ing IN MeXlCO City.
Army Is Marking Time.
The army has gone as far as il can
| under present arrangements for poss-
BILE troop movement to Mexico. The plan
| to send an expeditionary force from Gal
weston has been confronted with some
difficulties in securing merchant ships.
The quarteImaster general has An oppor-
| tunity to get some cattleships, but ii
would take a week to fit them out. II
may be fnaiJ decided to send some OF
the transports at Newport News around
| to Galveston.
Meanwhile the navy continues to move
| into position to do instant work.
| The battleship Georgia already is al
Vera Cruz, the Virginia is at Tampico
both on the Atlantic side; and the big
/ dreadnought cruiser South Dakota is al
Acapulco. and the cruiser Colorado moved
! from Mazatlan to ManzanillO, where an
anti-American demonstration was report
| ed.
| The Vermont. 16-0OO-ton dreadnought
1 the flagship of Rear Admiral Fletcher
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