The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25
NAVARRO SURRENDER RUMOR
w NHO MARS ~ Dfs isTER
GOt ERNuENT DENIES.
Seriousness sf situation In Chihuahua
Admitted ansi Forces Rushed 10 hs-
Hove t-Prisoners a. soldiers stolen
Train o. stiii naecoanted Fer

Nfsr u PRISONERS ~ oDsosTf~ SsotTh
Train o. s,iii nae"ounted For.
MEXICO CRY. De- - Gen Navarro
has surrendered - the rebels, according
20 a report thet reached here to-day from
authorizes which have heretofore proved
reliable IN tn" mat rr Of war news The
Government denies the report and says
that Savarr" IL waiting reenforcenients
PedernAles. the officials sEy. il not men
aced seriously by the rcheis.
IL In known from other sources thPt
Navarro has been having n hard time
HIS men &c not used 10 the severe winter
climate IL chihuahua. They are not
properly clothed md are short Of food
and ammunition II ~ considered here
that II Navarro has not surrendered he
is liable To- do 50 ~ any time.
Another report today saws that Navarro
has not surrendered hut has deserted
TO the rebels with hts men This - not
believed
The Government now acknowledges
that TN. situation Is very serious All
available troop are being sent north a.
fast a. possible Ia ASSIST Navarro go
ter,iay 3no prisoners were taken from the
Belen prison and drafted into tn. army.
A considerable portion of the army at
present u made mp Of prisoners.
In all the battles that have occurred
90 far u seems that the rebels have been
shooting particularly at the officers. The
percentage 1t these wounded or killed
is very large. At the battle 81 Nal Psso
the ,"h-is, who were entrenched on the
mountains forming the side Of a canon.
rolled immense boulders down on the
troops. Th.s. did more damage than
the shooting
Tn. serious condition Of affairs in the
north is the principal topic ~ converse =
fion here. There IL much speculation
~ to the outcome. II - expected that the
rev.rses suffered by tn. Government
recently will lead 10 other uprisings
throughout the republic as soon as they
are known. The Government to-day
placed a censor over the only Mexican
newspaper here which has "A leaning
toward Madero Recently 1t has been
publishing reports from the north IN
favor OF the rebels.
FL PAsO. Dec - The telegraph line
to Guz,nsr - miles south OF FL Paso.
was repaired at clock Tonight and
the operator sent IN the story 81 the fire
man and eng Inssr who were forced to
run Jh.. stolen train south IN Thursday
ard who have returned there. These
men >1y he ln-,Irgen burned five bridges
between Juarez and Guzman and three
south Of Guzmsn That was a. far a. the
two rrainmen went Al that point IN.
insurgents took chargeSDf the rain them
selves and sent tn" engineer and fireman
back 70 Guzman
The Insurgents de- cd they were
going to take Casa- Crandes before the
Federal troops got there from Gallegos.
from which point thay Mere disemharked
on IN" old MEXICAN Central road this
week early The insurgents numbered
onlv seventy weight men. the trainmen
saw. but declared they had more near
Cssas Grand~s. III. rrainmen -sy IN.
rebels said they had 50.TJO rounds Of
ammunition where they would pick up
the rest Of their mar
Casas Grande- l. the location where
the Mexican Government arrested thirty
alleged revolu'i,nl-'s two vesT- ago. all
Of whom are now IN Tho Chihuahua penl-
Tertiary Thsr. j. absolutely no loyal
feeling 'harrlboui- a. The -u-p ar'. of
two years ago all belonged - lsadin g
families
The excitement continues IN JuareI.
opposite Fl Pa-o. hur apparently there
region ~ which tho, re Operating. south
OF Cu7man and We. OF Chihuah ua. IL
absolutely cut of from the outside world
Travellers IN hor-sDlck and hy wagon.
however. come ~. Ihuahua from
the region where Gen Navarro has h.-n
fighting around P,-t"rn,.ia- They 20.
PCT thar hi- los has been heavy hrf
"a { he j. not m a. hard - rats for pro-
visions AZ. rstprt 49,
hey con i'm. the re- IRIS - executions
cf ~i~,ian- Nv order OF Gen navarro
after the ulIrle oi CeIrp P-ieio They
ksv hat thir'.-two men We're "Ne,ut.si
rnerclY because tho co"ld not di-proV q
connection with fhe r"Volro-os. and they
fu, her assert that jhr rebels later shot
ten Federal prisoners in retaliation II
is rspo-;ed that On CIal reports -hoV over
3.SOO troops operating IN IN" mountains
against the in-urrcct"s directly west II
Chihuahua
To-day two trains carrying nearly
fifteen hundred men started ives 80 at
TEMPT Ia force "a passage a. Nal Pa-D.
where Col GuLtnan tram wa- ambu--
cstad and a hundred He'd Oh dIsai, led
and ioin Navarro Reports from the
feh:inC say the Mexican TROOPS were
unshr tn H.. their bag guns to advan' -
AGAIN., the rebels. ~. ar'iilsriSt- apiar-
emily being unfamiliar With their Use.