El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18
Details Are Meager.

IdIuOraS ana Lne INFERIOR
In response to inquiry, the consul at
Mexico City says that Horatio St. John
J Is reported safe at Veraeruz. Nelson
O'Shaughnessy, second secretary of the
embassy at Mexico City, returning to his
post from leave of absence, reports that
he was obliged to turn back at the Next
can frontier, as the rebels held up the
train service.
The Federal Story.
The Mexican embassy today gave out
the following official telegram received in
regard to the break of the armistice in
Mexico City:
''The cause Of the breaking of the
armistice was that the rebels took ad-
vantage Of it to try to install a piece of
artillery at the corner of Victoria and
Balderas streets. The federal artillery
men, through excess of scruples and gen
tlemanly conduct, did not reply to the
rebel IRE, out Of respect to the armistice.
The rebels opened fire Just as soon as
they had installed their artillery, in this
way violating all laws of war and honor.
For this reason, firing was recon-
menced and operations viii be pushed
until the rebels are completely sub
Army and Navy Prepare.
Further preparations for cO-opera-
uon between the army and navy for
any exigency in the Mexican situation
went forward today with the assemb-
ing Of 1000 marines at Newport News
and Philadelphia, from where thew are
70 be transported to a concentrated
mat the two regiments would sail to-
gay. At Guantanamo they Will be 20
hours from Veracruz-
To Mobilize at Galveston.
While a veil Of secrecy was thrown
ABOUT preparations for mobilizing an
army evolutionary force at Galveston
was known that troops as far north as
LeaVenWOrth, Kansas. had been ordered
IN readiness, The order last night to
send two OF the army transports at
Newport News to Galveston disclosed
thaI the general staff was actually
Organizing for the possibility Of a
movement from the latter point
To Use Merchant ships.
ms would leave the first brigade
OF the first army division, already un-
it is assumed that the war department
has arrangements with merchant lines
under a mail subsidy.
Officials were kept in SUSPENSE bv
the continued censorship at Mexico CITY
and official dispatches were brief
More Troops Get Orders.
Orders to hold the seventh infantry
and the first battalion Of the 18th in /
fantry in readiness for active service l
were sent to Fort LeavenwOrth today
from the war department The post .
Quartermaster Immediately arranged I
with railroad company to supply four I
troop trains on an instant's notice and !
began SUPPLYING the troops with field 1
Today's order affects 1923 men and /
81 oI1lcers In addition to company +, 4
corps OF engineers, company D, signal 4
corps. and Held ambulance company No.
), ordered held in readiness last night /
No announcement as to the probable /
destination Of the troops, should they
Tex would be the objective /
point
Taft Regrets Time Limit.
The president told friends Monday
that he realized what a difficult thing
II was for a new administration to
gather the reins of office and UNDER
stand the situation. in Mexico. for a
few months.
He is of the opinion that it will take
at least six months for Mr.. Wilson and ]
ms cabinet to grasp the details of Dip J
.omatlc negotiations of troop and bat ?
Lesnlp movements, and OF international
1icetles that he and his cabinet have
acquired in two years close study of a ]
condition that never ceased to confront !
them He has informed his advisors that
that he viii be president until Mr. !
Wilson takes the oath of office and il
intervention is demanded by congress
On his last day in office, ne would not
he will not have to act and then move
INTO the background, leaving a new
president and inexperienced admins
ration to struggle with the real prob
en-
No Night Cabinet Sessions.
Night sessions of the cabinet to con-
iider late developments from Mexico |
probably viii not be held in the future I
Several Of the presidents cabinet sug-
5ested 10 him that these meetings 1
night be misunderstood throughout the |
United States and in Mexico and thar ,
heir significance might be magniffed /
1he cabinet officers felt that the fire.
luent reports of these late meetings, /
which apparently brought little tangi- /
lie action. might lead to suspicion that ,
he lid had been clamped down; that |
he public was being misled and that
Jack of them many secret orders were /
,eing framed and issued from the state. I
var and navy departments.
Huerta's Attack Fails.
TreVinO's Attack Fails
Although consul Miller. at Tampico. I
epOrted conditions there apparently I
ranquil he added that Americans and I {
ther foreigners believe the battleship
7irginia would be a guaranty against I
.ttack on the foreign colony
Col. TreVinO. ar the head If am -.b