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Show I DISCUSSING : SITUATION i Taft and Cabinet Consider Con-sider Mexican Upris-ing Upris-ing More Ships May Be Sent i P Washington, Feb 10 President Wm Taft and f h- cabinet mel earl today ffl to take up the Mexican situation It was a special session called orlginnl-jj orlginnl-jj 1. to ruii-idei :i nx s.-ae to congress jrj on th- budget system but the startl- .Ing developments of yesterday tcrm- ,1 in. i., us original urpose. While it was stated today that only the most dire conditions could force, intervention in Mexico during the re-maining re-maining three weeks of President 'i . 1 1 aj in in i s i ration, th general stafi of the army has the Mexican pray mobilization plans ready and the navv is ready for any contingency. More Warships May Be Sent. The "I ex I can uprising, coming as the climax of a general unrest; ithroughOMit Central America, which has caused the movement of five ' United States men-of-war to the sSs Kinhlics nnv cause the move- (Tncnt of more ships at any moment., as a precautionary measure to pro-1 lde refuges at all Mexican seaports j -for Americans. Revolution Expected rtj it now develops thai the administration adminis-tration was not completely surprised by the uprising yesterday, last fall when fella Diai begun his unsuccessful unsuccess-ful attempt at revolution in Vera Crus, ofiiclals here fully expected thai the Madero regime wotild end soon The question to concern the e.abi-- e.abi-- i i i inc. ting today was the precari-iL i ous situation of Americans In the City of Mexico, if Diaz or President Madero Ma-dero could not guarantee protection for their lives or property. Navy Might Intervene. Ii Ihe United States were to intervene inter-vene the first atop would be taken by the navy It would fall to Rear Admiral Hadger, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, to dispatch some of the big battleships to Vera Cruz to land a force of marines and bluejackets blue-jackets Meanwhile the "expeditionary brigade" bri-gade" o thp army, which has been held unde bash for many months, will be held under orders to entrain ?nd embark. 15,000 Men Ready to Go This torce numbering in the ag-gregate ag-gregate about 1",nn0 men. would be til ; atfhed from Newport News and New Orleans. conerglng on Vera ''nix, while, of course, there would be a concentration of the troops on the northern bordei of .Mexico. Rut officials are hopeful that no ruth order will be necessarv President Tan met the cabinet In 1 the White Mouse proper instead of th cabinet room in the executive of- i ficcs as usual Secretary Knox a he entered the meeting, declared the state depart- j ment had not received any dispalch-fb dispalch-fb today We have nothing to act upon," he said. tf . |