Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1908 — OUR BOYS OK GUARD [ARTICLE]

OUR BOYS OK GUARD

United States Troops Ordered to Patrol the Mexico-Texas Boundary Lino. OUR LAWS MUST Bl OBEYED Patrol Established at the Request oi the Mexican Government May Be Called on to Arrest Men Raising Cain in the Dias Republic Disorder la Subsiding. Washington, June 30. —By direction of President Roosevelt Secretary Taft has issued orders to the commanding general of the department of Texas, at San Antonio, to send a sufficient number of troops to Del Rio, EX Paso and other points in Texas to aid the civil authorities in preserving order. This action was decided upon as a result of the request from the Mexdan government that the United States do its utmost to prevent any violation, of the neutrality laws. The request of the Mexican government was referred to the attorney general by the state department, and the governor of Texas in the meantime was asked to aid in compelling obedience to the law. The order of the president sending troops to the border is understood to have been made upon the recommendation of the attorney general. Troops May Arrest Revolutionist?. There is a possibility that United States troops may be called on to arrest any of the Mexican revolutionists •who may cross the border in the effort to escape from the Mexican authorities. It cannot be learned that any actual orders to this effect have been given, as none of the officials having to do with the matter is willing to discuss just what, is being done, except that every step possible is being taken to see that the neutrality laws shall be enforced. The United States authorities are sincerely working to this end. and assurances have been received from the attorney general of the United States and Governor Campbell, of Texas, that everything will be done to compel a strict enforcement of the law.

Mexico Reports All Quiet.

City of Mexico, June 30.—Up to this writing, no news of any sort has been received at the capital that would indicate that there has been a repetition of the disorders similar to those which occurred at the towns of Viesca and I-as Vacas. On the contrary, at the departments of the interior, war and state there comes the report that absolute quiet reigns in the regions where the two small bands of malcontents have been operating. Through private telegrams of inquiry received here, it has been made evident that untruthful and sensational reports relating to alleged captures and assaults are in circulation in the United States. ~

IT IS NO FAKE REVOLUTION. Say. a Man From Mexico Worse Coming When Diaz Die.. Dallas, Tex., June 30.—Carrying his arm in a sling Sam P. Harrlsbn, for the last five years a resident of Blanco, a small town about thirty miles from Cnidad Porflrlo Diaz, on the line of the Mexican international railroad, arrived in Dallas with his family on route east to visit relatives. Harrison got his wound from a shot that was fired through the window of his home after nightfall three days ago. He says, however, that it was a stray bullet, and that United States citizens who have not Interfered in the affairs of the revolutionists have not been bothered. “That is not a fake revolution.” said Harrison. “It is a dead-earnest affair. I am Inclined to think that the soldiers of the president pre aiding and abetting the revolutionists. I personally know that the president is greatly worried.” Asked his opinion of the ability of Presiden Diaz to cope w ith the situation, Harrison replied that he believed the present president would manage the affair. “But when be is dead." added Harrison, "and that will not be very long now, the Diaz regime will be at an end. When Diaz dies I look for a general uprising, and the revolutionary element will take the lead in affairs.”