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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS Th military and naval uddn mo-ra-mnta ara dsarua-d. Mw Tnrk TrlHun: "If Ihls military d mftn tf.i inn nmr ( rvc Rfn Oraaft hotjld prK?)tHi and prvnl attarlts upon Am-ri-n and other tnrminn railaRta In Mexico and thdr prnpsrty It might n worth to ua many tlmas Its prnUry xst. In sny raa w may rest assiird that th ad-mtnlstrallou ad-mtnlstrallou at W'ashlnston ha th kt.wle-eiax, tha ability aibtl tha will to, dal wi t h hnt h prnt ana prospec-tl va phases of tha raa." Clersland sanr: It Is quit safe tn say that St th MKlcaa vnvrhmnt wrrs Shis, hsyond dotiht, to pt-otvK't th property prop-erty of Amrians who nav tnvstmnts In thst rmmtry and omitd b eountsd upon to maintain law and order and meet all of Its International obllitstrona. thers would h no such sxtenslv move men t of United Htatsa troopa to th Mem Iran hrmler or Its vldnMy as th fedaral authnrill hav orrtersd. Jt cannot b a fbers coincide coinci-de nc." Naw Tork Warldr "It make a differ nr who does thtnjrs- President Tsft hastily orders tha rofrren tret Ion of a rortnidahla mlHtary and naval fore within with-in strlkfnc dlstsnos of Mexico snd im vrsst excitement follows. Hurprlss and rurlnatty are sxpressed. but there, la Httle isrm and Mruilco itself Is not profoundly dUturtwd." Cherleaten Kewa aad Courier: 'Certainly 'Cer-tainly II la not Intendsd that our armies shall Invade atcxlco. -Jn more carefully guarding the frontier they will at tit. same time he rioae at hand to 'protect American Intarests Just across ths frontier, fron-tier, through moral susflton. aa It were. s x measure to prevent war, not a war meaaure, haa been taken." miadelphla Press: "The foiled State, haa a clear duty In Mcslca and It la acting act-ing on It. The mobliisatloa oa tha ates-k-an frontier of nearly a third of the active army and the movement of tlte cruiser enuedron n the gulf toward lies-tcaa lies-tcaa ports with a brigade of martnee on board are clear preparatlone to preaerve oroer In Mexico and to protect alt American Amer-ican and foreign Inveetments." Pittsburg rrlspeteh: "The United States army la to be called on to refute an aearrtlon which Cnlted Mtatee army oMcera made not aaalnst tha email regular reg-ular force, hut saalnst ths availability of the organised snd unorganised mllltla. And out of eonie twelve or nrten thousand thou-sand mllee of border that particular anot Is selected for concentration which will slve tha war goaslpa ammunition of agitation." agi-tation." Baltimore News: "When tb. state department de-partment calls the mobilisation of 2S.rsie troopa aleng the Mexican frontier 'maneuvers' 'ma-neuvers' tlie fleecrlptton Si perhspa Intended In-tended aa nothing mora than a diplomatic phrase. Certnlnlv It wilt not be accepted by the country aa explaining what la an unprecedented act." Buffalo Commercial: "Jingoism Is to bs Isughed St. snd the thought of war la not even dreamed of bv serious minded persons In what Is now transpiring. Proh-ahly Proh-ahly the most that will reault from the demonstration will he the 'experience the army and navy will get In ssaemhllng under sudden and unexpected orders." netrott Free Preaa: "From an American Ameri-can point of view the administration's new order cannot fall to hsvs the best of results. If th. army and nsvv show themeetvee St for scfual campais-n conditions condi-tions at a moment'a notlo the nation wlll ha given highly ecceptable end desirable de-sirable proof of Its military efficiency." cfew Haven Register: "Just a grst training maneuver, they eevte ua Per-hsps Per-hsps thst ts sll It Is. But it wouldn't he surprising If It wre Intended to Im- Sroee the persona who are now meklng Isorder In Mexico aa eomethlng else." Ws.blngton Tost: "Presume Mv. Washington haa advices that enmethtnc having more eertous Import then anything any-thing that yet has come out ef the wsr Is en tbe tspla snd a precautionary policy pol-icy has been determined on Jn expectation expecta-tion of certala eventuoltttee. Boston Transcript- "After rlss-whst? has long beea the question esked by snd of American obeervere In Mexico. Tlie enswer usually has been revolution, cbaoe. with tha ultimata eetilement left to the army." . Rochester rtemorret and Chronicle-"The Chronicle-"The suddenness snd unexpectettness of the cell give, a dramatic aspect to the movement, but tbera ta nothing portentous porten-tous aaoul II." |