Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-18

l Washington, Feb. 1.-Two thousand l United States marines from various l barracks along the Atlantic coast to-
 day were ordered to Cuba there to be l held in readiness for possible use in 1 Mexico. Half of them will leave to- ] morrow night from Philadelphia on l the army transport Meade, already on | it's way from Newport News for the l purpose. The second thousand will | start from Norfolk on the naval trans 1 port Prairie. which, it is expected, l will clear Wednesday,. The marines i will be drawn from the barracks at | Norfolk, Washington, Philadelphia, lf0ew York, Portsmouth, Boston and tCharleston.
 No Marines For Inaugural Parade. l Guantanamo is the present objective 1 point of the marines, who will be es | tablfshed in camp in connection with l the fleet under the command of Rear | Admiral Badger Whether these men l will get further than Guantanamo will depend on Mexican developments. l The withdrawal of this large number i of marines may mean that that branch ] of the defensive service of the country l probably will be obliged to go entirely unrepresented in the inauguration pa
 rade. It had been planned to have about 1000 marines in the line on that occasion. At the various Atlantic 1 coast barracks there are $500 marines. ] Army Transports to GalVeston. 1 {. Besides the movements of the ma l rines, two army transports were or | dered tonight to proceed at once from 1 Newport News to Galveston, Tex, | where they might be close at hand for | the movement of troops from the Dor | der should any unexpected emergency | arise. Early in the day the Third cav l airy at Fort Sam Houston was direct l ed to hold itself in readiness to entrain l for Galveston prepared for foreign ser l vice.
 Wilson Will be Handicapped. | 1S., 1 the fact that although he has only 1 fifteen more days to serve in the l White House. the situation in Mexi- 1 co shows little sign of becoming less l troublesome The president has no de l sire to leave 6ver for MT. Wilson the I settlement of this countryS relations with Mexico but he is decidedly oppos- | ed to taking any measures himself un- | less eXtrenfe proVoca ton and whole l sale murder of Americans drive him ] to it.
 The president told friends today that he realized what a difficult thing it would be for a new administration to gather up the retns of govern ment and understand the conditions in the southern republic in few weeks or in a few months. He is of
 the opinion that it would take at least
 six months for MT. Wilson and his cabinet to grasp details of diplomatic negotiations of troop and battleship movements and of international nice- | ties that he and his cabinet have ac- quired in two years close study of a condition that never has ceased to confront them.
 Hopes He Will Not Have to Act. He has informed his advisers that he will be president up until MT. Will
 son takes the oath of office and that if intervention is demanded by con-
 gress on his last day in office he would not hesitate to concur. But he hopes that he will not have to act and then move into the background, leaving
 new president and inexperienced ad-
 ministration to struggle with the real problem.
 The president has made no prepara- tions to send any communication to
 congress touching on Mexico. He
 hopes that he will not feel compelled
 to speak to congress on the subject
 but if a situation requiring his advice
 arose he would be ready in few
 minutes to dictate his suggestions and
 to lay before congress the vast fund
 of information on conditions there that
 is in possession of the state depart
 ment.
 No More Night Sessions of Cabinet.
 Night sessions of the cabinet to con slider late developments from Mexico probably will notSbe held in the future Several of the presidents cabinet sug- gested to him today that these meet ings might be misunderstood through out the United States and in Mexico and that their significance might be magnifed. The cabinet officers felt that the frequent reports of these late meetings, which apparently brought little tangible action, might lead to suspicion that the "lid'' had been clamped down; that the public was many secret orders were being fram cd and issued from the state, war and navy departments. The president agreed with his advisers and practi- 6n1 1lo3d .Ia conferences.
 Runors in Mexico of Intervention.
 Following President Taft's message to President Madero, disclaiming any purpose at this time to land troops in Mexico, further precautionary
 measures were taken to safeguard the lives and property of Americans in Mexico, so far as that could be done, without actually dispatching mili- tary force to the country This prob lem has been greatly complicated by the act of the Madero government of President Madero, in sending broadcast through Mexico news that armed intervention by America was about to occur, in the hope of induc- ing nalcontents to drop their tempor- rary quarrel with the government and respond to the patriotic call to head off the foreign invasion.
 False Reports Jeopardize Americans.
 It was for this reason that the state department was obliged late in the day to cable and telegraph directly to all the American consular officers who could be reached, an unequivocaI denial of any intention on the part of the United States to send troops into Mexico ,er of any change in policy on the part of this government. It waz felt that the safety of Americans scattered throughout Mexico was jeopardized by these false reports,
 
 President Madere referred to the re- ports that orders had been given to land ferees in Mexico as ''inaeeurate." it was noticeable that no pledge was