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Show TO PATROL GCRDER SOLDIERS BEING HURTICD TO MEXICAN BORDER, FULLY EQUIPPED FOR WAR. Mystery Envelops Rushing cf United States Regulars From Posts In East and West to Mexican Line With Machine Guns. Washington Tho most extensive movement of troops ond war vessels ver executed la this country In time of ponce Is n.w undT way by order of the president, 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 urmy of the United Stales of all arms of the service ser-vice are moving toward the Mexican border; four armored cruisers, comprising com-prising the fifth division of the Atlantic At-lantic fleet, have been ordered from northern waters to the naval station at Quantanamo, Cuba, most of the Pa-elfls Pa-elfls fleet is, or shortly will be, on Its way to assemble at Bun I'edro and Ban Diego, CaL, and ,000 marines are preparing to make the Guantana-mo Guantana-mo station their temporary headquarters. head-quarters. It was officially announced at the White HouHe and at the war and navy lepartmcnta, that the purpose of this great mobilization, unprecedented save In war times, is the trulnlng of officers offi-cers and men under servlco conditions condi-tions and practice in cooperation between be-tween the land and naval forces. Other pains were taken ty all official-ly official-ly concerned In the matter to give this color to the sudden activities; bat these statements were accepted with increasing reserve. There are persistent reports that the physical condition of President Dial haB lately becomo such as to alarm his adherents, and that mo-BicntouH mo-BicntouH developments are to bo prepared pre-pared for. One report current here is that the Pearson syndicate, heavily Interested In nterpri8e8 in northern Mexloo, bad appealed to the Ilrltlsli government govern-ment for adequate protection of them-elves them-elves and other foreign IntereHt In preparation for the chaotic condition that would almost certainly follow any serious Iobs of prestige, to say nothing of the collapse of the Diaz government. It was said the Ilrltlsh embassador had taken up the question with the American slate department with a suggestion tha unless the United Btates took Immediate steps to exhibit ex-hibit its disposition and ability to protect pro-tect foreign Interests In Mexico, tbo European governments, more particularly partic-ularly Great Britain and Germany, would be compelled to do so. |