The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-09
MORE MARINES
GOING TO MEXICO


diplomatic channels to restore order in
Mexico.
Members Of Congress lately have ex-
pressed Impotence over the Administra-
tons Mexican policy and Representative
Edward W. Townsend of New Jersey, a
member of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs. recently made the state
ment that unless President Wilson soon
brought an end to the intolerable condi-
lions that obtain across the southern
! border Congress should act on its own
motion.
Beyond the statement that the shifting
| Of the marines was decided upon with
| out any suggestion from either the Pres
dent or the state Department, Secretary
| Daniels had no explanation to offer con-
| corning his action. II had been announced
| previously that the marines at Panama
would be withdrawn and would be sent
| to stations along the Atlantic coast Of
, the United states but no reason WAS Of
| fercd to-day for the radical change in the
plan.
| That this action was decided upon on
short notice was obvious from the fact
that the battleship Minnesota, which left
for Mexico early in the week. is to be
| DETECTED from her present course by wire
less and will proceed instead to Colon.
| Panama There she will take on board
the 400 marines and convey them to
| Vera Cruz. where they will be distributed
among the battleships at that point and
| at Tampico.
The total force OF the marines on the
east coast OF Mexico available for land
ing parties at short notice will be about
$50 men. there being about $50 already
present on the ships. The latter number
is the normal complement OF the ships
now on Mexican duty.
The war Games.
On Saturday OF this week, however, all
| battleships now in commission and not
either in dock or already in Mexican
| waters will sail for Culcbra, =. r.,
for the. annual winter war games and ex-
ercises The fleet will cooperate with
marine force now en- route to Culebra
This marine force consists Of about p
600 men, or practically all those available
for such duty on the Atlantic coast.
The exercises TO be conducted off the
south coast of Cuba after the work al
| Culebra is completed will continue about
| six or eight weeks under normal condi'
tons SO that even II no change is made
in the present plans practically the en-
tire naval force of the Atlantic coast viii
be concentrated either in Mexican water:
or very close thereto.
The announcement that the marines a
Panama will proceed 10 Mexico has givef
rise to the belief here that the larger
force to be assembled next week in th'
Caribbean is berg sent south with tbs
| very d stinct notion that II may be needed
In Mexican waters before spring. Thu
Navy Department certainly would no
consent to crowd the battleships with
double complement of marines unless
there was likely to be urgent necessit.
for their presence in Mexican waters. &C
| cording TO we'll informed opinion here.
The impression has been growing here
that John Lind made "a pessinistic re
. port on conditions in Mexico on the occa
sion of hts recent conference at sea will
President Wilson.
II is understood that the conference
, was sought by Lind because he had a.
cumulated during his long exile in Mex
leo a very definite set of ideas as 10 ~
nature or the situation and the way tn
United states should treat II and becaus
I he was growing impatient FOR an oppor
tunity to place these ideas before Presl
dent Wilson.