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Show UNCLE SAM IS TO STf WAR Plans Special Session of Congress to Consider ' Intervention Washington. Sept. S. Intervention in Mexico and the possibility of President Presi-dent Tnft calling a special aossion of congress to determine whether American Ameri-can troops will be sent across the line were widely discussed here today. It is known that the government has been pressed on many sides to lake such a step. President Taft and the state department depart-ment are holding to the principle that no such action should be taken without with-out the authorization of congress That American soldiers have been sent to China or that American naval forces arc now actively engaged in Nicaragua, without authorization of congress is held not to be a precedent for sending troops to Mexico. Situation Is Different. In China American missionaries wore besieged and in danger of torture tor-ture and death In Nicaragua tho rebels had shelled the American legation lega-tion and endangered the lives of American citizens by bombarding an unfortified city In violation of the rules of international law. No such situation has been reported In Mexico. Judge DIdapp, who claims to represent repre-sent the revolutionary factions here, today published a statement that Zapata Za-pata threatened "measures of reprisal" of the United Stales were to intervene, inter-vene, "on the giound that it would be Impossible for Commanding officers to restrain their soldiers from doing deeds never before done " No Danger from Zapata. Representatives of the Madero government gov-ernment say there are no Americans in Morelos to suffer from Zapata's hands, and that the relation of Zapata's Zapa-ta's forces to the City of Mexico is the same as would be the relation of Washington to marauding bands in North Carolina Captain S G. Hopkins, who was legal adviser to the Madero revolution when It overthrew Diaz, todav likened the situation In Mexico to that in. tho United States from 1861 to 1S65, when this government was resentful of prospective Interference by Great Britain and France. The Madero government, gov-ernment, he declared, was amenable for damauoB under International, law for Injury to Ainerlcana-ar (Lelr property prop-erty while disposing of their own civil war. Reports Exaggerated. General Steever, In command of the American forces along the border, bor-der, made no report today of additional addi-tional disturbances by Mexican rebels. reb-els. For this reason officials of the war department are inclined to consider con-sider as exaggerated dispatches stating stat-ing that robels have threatened to attack Douglas and Arizona Citv, and that women and children are being rushed to points of safety while the male citizens are arming themselves to repel invasion and to prevent a massacre. It Is stated at the war department that General Steever has a sufficient number of men at these places to drive back Into Mexico any of the rebel bands now operating within striking distance of either Arizona City or Douglas, and no information of the concentration of these bands has been received. Less concern as to the safety of Americans along the border will be felt by the Avar department, de-partment, however, with the arrival of two additional troops or cavalry ordered from Forts D A Russel and Riley to reinforce the border patrol. So far as known here tonight President Pres-ident Tnft has made no move in regard re-gard to the suggestion of tho army officers in Texas that he roquest the Mexican government to grant permission per-mission for the pursuit by American troops into Mexico of robel guerrila bands who cross into the United States for the purpose of stealing cattle and horses. Tho president may have taken this matter up with Embassador Calcro before the latter left for Mexico City Plans for Emergency. The general staff has complete) plans for an emergency. Some war department officials could wake up at night and soud to tho telegraph1 wire a. sheaf or orders that would pua an army ahorse and afoot in battle bat-tle array So it is correct to say the war department de-partment is ready to Invade Mexico at a moment's notice, but It Is no more ready to Invade Mexico than It is to repel invaders from across the oceans. |