The Durham Recorder

FOREIGN INTERESTS IN
Said to be Vast Interests and Are a
Factor in Sudden Determination to
Make Demonstration - Demand at
Extra Session for Facts From Ad-
ministration.
Developments of the Day in Mexican Situation.
Intimations received
from
European governments that if
United States does not maintain
order in Mexico they will step in.
Extra session of congress
probably will be asked to dupli-
cate Teller resolution, which de-
clared American intentions in
invading Cuba.
Two billions
of dollars
of
American capital said to be in-
volved in the zone of possible
strife.
Second battalion,
Third field
artillery, left Fort Meyer yes-
terday to join mobilized forces
in Texas.
Private
Hogan was
thrown from horse and injured
while troops were on way to
Union station.
Three companies of coast artil-
lerry were ordered
from Fort
Washington yesterday, leaving
Washington partly defenseless.

Washington, March 9. - A powerful force of American troops is being massed on the Mexican frontier along the Rio Grande and to the west, and American battleships are hurrying to Gulf of Mexico waters under full steam.

If American troops again cross the Rio Grande they will never return, according to the view generally entertained. It is widely accepted that the crossing of the border will be a step toward the annexation of the republic. The events of the next few days probably will decide whether that Rubicon is to be crossed.

The army is hurrying to the Mexican border with all possible speed. Sensational stories are afloat, and every important capital of the world is watching hourly developments.

It is said that President Diaz, who for nearly a generation has stood for stability and security in Mexico, is in extremis. More than eighty years old, he may relinquish the reins of government at any time.

Whether he dies of old age, his government is confronted with a most serious revolt against its authority.

European governments have intimated strongly to the United States that if Washington does not maintain order and security of property in Mexico, then it must relinquish that responsibility to governments willing to execute the work. The result of these intimations is that the United States is going to the front in force. The Monroe doctrine is to be sustained at any cost.

Right here the significance of the mobilization of troops is forcefully shown by the fact that Mexico was apprised of the plans before they were put into effect. Ambassador de la Barra, of Mexico, in Washington yesterday, made a statement saying he and his government had been consulted about the proposed "maneuvers," and that Mexico had approved them.

It is well known among diplomats and students of international law and custom that this means the maneuvers are not held for the purpose of giving the army and navy experience in emergency, though mimic, war. If any other evidence were lacking this would stamp the movement of troops what it undoubtedly is: A demonstration by the United States of a determination to preserve order in Mexico and to uphold the Monroe doctrine.

No Protest From Mexico,

If Mexico were at peace, if its own revolution were not serious, it is certain it would resent the mobilization of such a large force of troops on its border. Protest would have been registered within twenty-four hours. But no protest has been made, and today it develops that the mobilization was ordered with Mexico's approval.

Mexico faces the condition that has long been inevitable as a result of its policy, under Diaz, of encouraging the invasion of foreign capital, and of maintaining conditions which justified that movement.

Diaz has been the guarantee of security in Mexico. Diaz is passing. Madero, rich, influential, his coffers filled with treasure, which came to him as the result of sales of vast oil properties to Standard Oil interests, is heading the revolution.
Proceed to Mexican Border

NAVY TO CO-OPERATE ALSO

Purpose of Mobilization Claimed to be to Train Officers and Men, But This is Doubted--Rumors of Imminent Trouble in Mexico--Troops Equipped for Field Service.

Washington, March 9.--The most extensive movement of troops and war vessels ever executed in this country in time of peace is now under way by order of the president as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, the objective being the country north of the Mexican boundary and the waters of the two oceans at either end of it. Twenty thousand soldiers, more than one-fourth of the army of the United States, of all arms of the service, are moving toward the Mexican border; four armored cruisers, comprising the fifth division of the Atlantic fleet, have been ordered from northern waters to the naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba, and most of the Pacific fleet is, or shortly will be, on its way to assemble at San Pedro and San Diego, Cal., and 2,000 marines are preparing to make the Guantanamo station their headquarters.

Official Announcement

It was officially announced at the white house and at the war and navy departments yesterday that the purpose of this great mobilization, unprecedented save in war time, is the training of officers and men under service conditions and practice in co-operation between the land and naval forces. Unusual pains were taken by all officially concerned in the matter to give this color to the sudden activities; but these statements were accepted with increasing reserve.

There have been important joint maneuvers during the last few years, but they have been planned far in advance and carried out without a ripple of excitement or even of evidence of interest at the white house. Today the executive offices were steeped with mystery; the entire morning was given over to conferences with officers of the war department. This thick atmosphere of mystery, and the zealous efforts to minimize the importance of the business, lent a curious significance to the fact that General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, in an effort to elude interviewers, slipped out of one of the rear windows of the president's office and beat a masterly retreat through the secluded portions of the White House grounds to a rear entrance of the war department.

Real Significance.

The real significance of these activities, which have been confined apparently to the last forty-eight hours or less, is thought to relate very directly to the conditions in Mexico, and to the growing belief that the situation there is by no means so satisfactory as the Mexican government would have it believed to be. There are persistent reports that the physical condition of President Diaz has lately become such as to alarm his adherents and that momentous developments are to be prepared for.