South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-10
Sending of 1000 Coast Ar
tilierymen to Border Like
ly to be Followed by
More ReinfOTCementS.
GOVERNMENT BESlEGEO
WITH MILITIA REQUESTS
National GuardSmen Anxious
For Chance F4r Field Ser
vice = ArredOndO'S EX-
PLANTATION Discounted.
International News Service


wAsHINGTON. May 10.-Con-
WINGED that a break with Carrauza
inevitably must come. even though
the parIeys between scott ANA O5re-
gcn should result in an agreement
army officers are perfecting all pius
Tor the sending of additional forces
10 the border. Last nights order To-
some 1000 coast aruuerymen 70 re-
port 40 san Antonio as infantry IS
believed 10 be the forcrunner Of
orders TO the available force OF
1900 men OF that branch of the
service TO proceed TO the border.
lu addition. it IS considered certain
that within "a very short time, adj
ditioual national guards viii be or
CcTod out tor service
Already the white house and war
department is being besiege1 with
IsquCsts from the organized mili,.l
fr "a chance for field service u is
understood that for tho present no
sICcre e-iil Zoe issued until after Gen.
Funston has had an opportunity to
adjust stations for the troops placed
az his disposal yesterday. Bar AS
soon as these men are at their stu
t,ons. orders for reiuforccn1ents viii
e. issued as fl is now the intca-
ton Of the administration to make
1hC border bandit proof"
To Prevent Surprise.
Incidentally officials are closely
watching The Carranzista troops who
are along the lines held by Gen.
I-crshing They are not being TRUST
cG 10 any extent and IT is known
taat Perish ne has ordered that cvery
POSSIBLE precauti0n be taken to pre-
sent a surprise attack al amy poWt.
ARMY officers believe that the Mt
tuck on Glen SPRINGS was ordered
lly "a Carranza officer.
The denial by Ambassador-pesis
nate Arrredoudo is not accepted by
the army officers. who know just
hat is -oing on on the border.
They declare that the effort 90 blame
ais OF the trouble on the Nag1ouis
tas. who are known chiefly as the
Mexican T. ". W." was fOrecasted
rs official statements recently gll IN
cat i'm Mexico City And i'm tl.s
connection attention is ugain di-
rected to the fact that AmEassador-
Designate Arredlndo himself lis ad
mittedly strongly anti American.
Although it is known that he
president is very anxious to- avoid
general Intervention i'm Mexico ana
is prepared 20 make as many cou-
ccssions AS possible 10 give CarraEz8
his opportunity 10 demonstrate that
he can control the situation. the eel-
Cral feeliug i'm cmcial circles todav
was that ali that win ne obtauc Z
IL Obregon and scott reach an aEre.-
ment viii roe a postpouement of The
time when THIS country must restore
order south of the Rio Grtude.
Doubt CarTanza's Power.
II is expected that should an
agreement Dee reached between ORE
son and scott. then the American
troops viii Zoe massed aIone the hov-
der and preparations quietly con-
tiuue for the time when drastic
action viii Doe forced.
Very fcy officials here believe that
Carranza VIII Ice able 10 control
matters very much longer and when
the break comes conditions SO
chaotic as To force action 10y the
United states are certain 90 result
There still is much mystery SOM
corning the whereabouts OF Felix
Diaz. He is somewhere i'm the south
q Mexico and officials would not
be surprised 90 learn at any time
that ne had started his march
rorthvard against Carranza Ii IS
Understood here that Diaz has prac-
ticalrv unlimited financial resources
and that ne has suticient arms and
munitions to maintain a very Co.
midih1e evolutionary movement
There are MANY officials IN Wash
inston. especially in CONGRESS, tsho
favor the Diaz movement as they
claim hc would Dee able o. command
TIC financial support. which Car
rama has failed 20 get. and thai d
he gets control OF the government
be- would be able 90 maintain IT, And
officials very frankly state that tie
great danger OF the Carranza rule Is
his utter inability 90 raise money
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