The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-12
THE WAR IN MEXICO.
Outbreak at Ascension Likely
to Be Serious.
plAz SURPRISING THE NEWS.
eaYsa Net the Real Chief OF the Rebel.
Ifsn-Ons Hundred Prisoners Mur.
dsred by Guards.

pxx1xs, n. r., Jan i1-Excisemsns st;n pre-
Colonel 5snginex. !efs poitico Of the district Of
Braves, and his private secretary ar
rived here from Jurez and imredi-
sseiy left for Ascension. Il 10 expsctec
that At Posomas, just across the border,
they viii b Joined By armed customs guards
A cstschaess Of 100 troops, ordered across tie
country from the city Of Chihuahus, IL moving
By forced marches and may be exported to
strike Ascension from tbs south on Wednesday.
Tie presen &C Of Colonel ssngirez may 'naFs The
eject OF quisting the disturbances vsien Mex
3eaa ocie!ais say IL purely local 10 ehssacter'
without political significance. On TIE other
hand, sympsfhlzers hsrs Insist that Renl5o
esis who 10 the leader Of the insurgents, is not
only a capable man but q large owner Of prop
srty, who cannot now afford 20 hesitate. As 20
raueh discomfort prevails Lis original band OF
eighty viii % rapidly ralnfoscsd and swslled 70
tie proportions Of an army
LAxrDo, Tex, Jan. il-Interest "a the CARA
rsTclution is Intensified, snd startling develop
snsnEs ara expected daily. 1t Ia uaceztood ths.
investigation wiz 5e made Of the contents OF
q car OF tAe Texas 4 Mexican railroad, consigned
% LES Angeles and marked soap.
Los Angeles has not 9 dczs3 Inhabitants,
therefore no one II ina. neighborhocd had any
use FOR sEch an amour: Of soap. Suspicions
were aroused, AID IL 10 thought the ear con-
taas the Aexfcsn government parties who are
eonverssnt with the situation think That &C.
veiopEaeEts % stsrtlisg DAszTe viii sooa IRAN
syirs In the heart OF the republic.
MONTEREY, Esx., jan a.-Tbe gorernnens IN
keeping the shsrpext watch Ga kilograms snd
letters to sad from The United States, and even
On newspapers, to suppress al news about the
Gsrzs revolution, and th0uga the goTsrnneHt
pseteads tia. tie zacFemsBt - Of LILLE &C.
count sad fE some Instances tsat s. IL
directed against tie United States. yet
Il !: well known tkst the movement
has taken foTTnid4Dle proportions and threatens
20 e1tead. 70. csssstlefaci4On rssgns n many
states and hunger may GTive tie people - dss-
perA:scn. D.sz. TIE Mexican eonsg. as Laredo,
haa received Orders tEoEa the government
70 doctor a. reports passing Through
his hBa9s snd destined for the Uri,sd
States His stories Of Cara published 80 far "A
the United states are az wrong IA has
sigeTs 5eea either a schoolraastsr OF journalist
Of considerable talent, ard though he may be
cefeztec and killed. the revolution viii not end.
Small bands VIII haFTsss the government on al
aides uEiil the election, when another and
stronger EFFORT viii 70 made, and ;hea the con-
ssrvstivs or clerical party mar take hand
The great question Of whore the money comes
from Tor the Cara movement is solved By the
word ''p-ey!ng "-tia. Is they I've Of the land.
Their camps and horses are their own property,
and ali hate the central states. Though Ga "a
10 intelligent and brave, ne is not the real leader
OF the movement Tie leader is one OF the most
prominent men II the republic, and he IL
ably seconded BY very prominent military
men ard diplomats who will never tire
unless killed or triumphant. What aids or
rather viii aid tie reyosutioaists is the general
depression which reigns and which makes
itself felt more and more every day. The
prisons are iuH OF people driven 20 crime by
distress, and President Diag himself under
stands that the situation Is critical The police
are very active In their search for the leading
eonspirators, but are meeting with poor success.
EAGLE Pass, Tex, jan 1.-The Mexican gov
eminent has q law which permits the guards to
shoot prisoners who attempt TO escape, and this
has besn observed down the river TO such al
extent that these who were thought 70 be in
sympathy with Cara to the number OF 50 or 100
have fallen victims to their captors