THE POSITION IN MEXICO.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 261, 14 March 1911, Page 5

THE POSITION IN MEXICO.

TO EXTERMINATE THE INSURGENTS. By Cable—Press Association—-Copvri»ht. Washington, March 12. There are conflicting reports as to the Mexican situation. Apparently President Diaz has been stung to action since the American troops appeared, and a war of extermination has been planned against the insurgents. The species of martial law passed on Saturday provides for the execution of persons tampering with railways, wrecking trains, raiding villages and farms, and cutting telegraphs. The Minister of War announces that the full severity of the law will not be applied at first. The Mexican Minister of Finance, interviewed in New York, ridiculed the suggestions that the Americans were seeking to depose President Diaz. Madero, the revolutionist leader,. has addressed a note to foreign Powers, guaranteeing the persons and property of foreigners residing in Mexico. A STATEMENT DENIED. Melbourne, March 13. Wonthaggi residents ridicule the ] cabled statement that five hundred men have been offered for the revolutionary service in Mexico. It is stated that this number would exhaust half the employees in the Government mine. THE CAUSE OP THE TROUBLE. STRONG ANTI-AMERICAN FEELING. Received 13, 11,30 p.m.' London, March 13. Sir Thomas Holdich, who left Mexico on February 14, writes to the Times, stating that the genesis of the trouble was a popular riot in Mexico City, owing to a report that a Mexican had been lynched in Texas. This aroused a strong wave of anti-American feeling, and led to a demonstration, which was suppressed without difficulty, and the city had been perfectly quiet since. In October the insurrection at Chihuahua began in a revolt against the local governor rather than against the Federal Government. Up to a month ago it was purely local. He was unaware of any serious uprising elsewhere, but there was no doubt whatever about the bitterness of the anti-American feeljng in Mexico generally. It is that, rather than hostility to the Diaz administration, which threatens disaster in the future. A GERMAN SUSPICION. MOBILISATION AIMED AT JAPAN. Received 14, 1250 a.m. Berlin, March 13. The Cologne Gazette declares that the United States mobilisation is a rehearsal against Japan, due to the fear of a Japanese invasion of Central South America, and the Japanese menace of the Panama Canal.