Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-04-10 | Page 1 | President Taft Denies Japan-Mexican Story

PRESIDENT TAFT DENIES JAPAN STORY WASHINGTON W April 10 President President Taft mo moed ed swiftly today to squelch the latest Japanese war t scare aie stor story Incidentally Inci lad dentally a member of tho the senate committee com corn on foreign relations relation revealed rc some of the reasons which the president president dent has hasen given en that committee and the house committee on foreign affairs for forthe forthe forthe the mobilization of troops on the tho Texas bor border burder er Through Senator Burton of Ohio Ohio A. A the president made an nn emphatic denial of the report report- from Mexico Cit City that a t cro- cro ro posed nosed treat treaty between Japan and anti Mexico Mex ico ida cn caused cd the movement of troops to Texas The president Ut authorized me sTaid aid sam aidI I Senator Burton u. u to tu deny den M in most emphatic em emphatic terms term the story etory from Mexico exico I Cil City about n J secret treaty between Mexico and ami Japan Tapan Th There rc is not one ons one word of truth in it I Senator Bacon of Georgia ranking minority member of tho the foreign oreil relations rela relations com committee mitt CO after a talk with the tho president pr declared that Mr Taft was wai ns surprised and arni indignant at the reports implicating Japan n and d Mexico You ou cnn nut Tint tho the whole stor story down don as ag absurd said Senator nat r Ba Bacon on Tho The president has haa talked to me and to other members of the tho committee committee- and explained ex the rea reason on for Cor sending in tho the troops south There was 8 danger cI of wid widespread d revolution tinn and perhaps anarchy an an- archy in Mexico Mexica Tho The president acted quickly and ami decisively eh He believed cd I that the tho army should bo on the tho border ready reads for tor any contingency when con- con press met r f