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Show I : TROOPS HELD I ' IN READINESS I B To Move to Mexican Border on the m Receipt of Orders Situation In H : United States' Sister Republic Ex. B J ( ceedlngly Serious. H ' Salt Lnko City, Feb. 7. Tlio Twon- 8 I tloth Infantry rccolved telegraphic or- fl i u dors Monday evening from tho war de- B partment to hold Itself In readiness fl ,' should any sudden call be Issued from H tho war department for tho sorvlces of B J tho regiment. Word from tho post m i )-j this morning Rtates that tho commnnd H i can bo prepared to move within two H 'Hi days after receipt of the order. H- I Washington, Feb. C Another uprls- B i .. lug In Mexico Is Impending, according B 1 jl to official dispatches received here to- H j t J day which cast gravo doubts on tho J loyalty of Orczco to President Mod- (I cro and Intimates that In withdrawing from Juarez with the garrison of that - ' to Chihuahua, Orozco Is about to be- H i gin a new rebellion and declare tho H ! ; Independence of tho statu of Chlhua- H i hua. Army circles nro again agitated H ,i ,i' -, and preparations for Immcdlato action H I ft nro renewed. M I ' Washington, Feb. 6. The whole H ) ! state of Chihuahua Is now reported H ' to bo in revolt against the Madero i ' . government. Tho stato assembly Is jx- ipected to meet today and It Is expect da declaration of independence will !v bo Issued. . Representatives hero of tho nation- !al government aro said to bo without 1 uupport and afraid to appeal to McxI- h i co City for help, fearing any attempt H j to send royal troops into Chihuahua H ; to enforco tho decrees of tho Madero B 1 government would precipitate blood- ' f j As tho state of Chihuahua borders i j1 on Texas, Its separation from Mexico ; ( I would be a matter of deep concern H J to tho United States. Officials hero ? are watching developments with great So complete are tho military pro- H paratlons that It Is said nothing re- H mains to be dono but to send one H I mossago to every department army H I " headquarters In tho country to limine H . fl tho prompt assemblage of a sufficient H '.j number of troops on tho Mexican bor H der to prepare the United Stutes for H any emergency that might arise there. H A few hours' developments In Mexl- H co put tlio mobile forces of tho U. S. H 1 vr: army on marching orders and field J equipment. H With tenoweil dlsttirbancoA acroa H J tl10 border and the possibility that the H ," stato depurtuicut to protect tho liven H and propel ty of Americans ulung the line, the plans of the general stall. H ( prepared for a mlnuto's action in Just ' such an event, were spread out at tho -' headquarters today and renewed In- H 'f Btruetluns to await marching orderu I H wero flashed to army commanders at ; ' points from which troops can be -4 quickly mohill-cd. H 3 Frankly admitting the gravity ot B tho situation, officials here are Insist- m ;' ent that nothing more is contcmplut- H C " ed at this stago than to make the H g border patrol strong enough for all H legitimate purposes. H 'k Theio is no intention to send a ji single soldier aerohs tho line. It is J pointed out that to do so would bu ' equivalent to a declaration of war, '' which would rciuire. action of Con H .1 It g felt there must be a force of H f Amerlcnn troopers on tho border to H ,, prevent the indiscriminate crossing H of tho lines by cither revolutionists or H government forces should tho threat- H ened secession of the stato of Chlhua H hua result In hostilities. Tho neutral- lty laws will be enforced to tho letter. |