Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-11-23
REVOLUTION IS
ON IN MEXICO
NATION Is SWEPT by SETTLING
REVOLUTIONARY ATTACKS.
NEWSPAPERS EXCLUDED
strict Censorship Is Established at the
Bcrdcr-Travelcrs Halt
ing.

Aynciuted Press
~ Paso, Tex, Nov 22.--Discouut-
!Ur a'l rumors, which are as numerous
aa lgtumn leaves, Mexico tonight is in
tho grip of sccthing revolution and
fighting between the ruralcs and rev
olullouls.s is reported in all parts Of
thr interior The strictest censorship
nd the refusal of the Mexican off
,iulH TO give out any Information does
avoil to suppress the general knowl-
t'go thai the situation is most grave.
American newspapers were tonipht
o"l,rCd excluded from Mexico lr
fear they would carry the news Of the
revolution to the interior points. The
officials are instructed to sop all
newspapers containing revolutionary
news 1t the border.
American arriving from the interior
report heavy fighting on Sunday and
agree that the situation is causing
grave concern wherever they have
been.
A trainload of rurales, with horses
and provisions embarked at Chihua-
hua early toni ght bound north. The
belief is that the men will disemhark
at Apumada and go west 10 Casas
Grandes to head off a reported move
by ~ovolutionists to seize the stores
Gni ra.lr0ad there, The rurales
should reach Casas Grandes by 4 p.
m. t. ccrrow Casas Grandes is the
Headquarters for the construction Of
the Mexican Northwestern to Madora
and large stores of provisions are and
hand
IN uuconfirmed report current here
tonight is that the big Mapula bridge
On the National Mexico lines, below
Chihuahua, was dynamited. The re-
port is secuted by the railroads rep
re1entatives here.
The revolution is causing travellers
Cn rou.e to Mexico to stop at the bor-
der. The Laredo hotels are filled
with persons who had started to Mex
leo from the United States, but on
hearing Uf the alarming reports, con
sidered II desirable to await more set
IND conditions before resuming their
journey.
Reports last night of fighting at Co
mcz F1lucio and Torreon, Mexico, are
in par confirmed by the Mexican Of
1loiols and army Officers stationed AZ
Nuevo Laredo, although it is denied
that the battles assumed serious pro-
portions. 1t Is admitted that the bat
ties were between the insurrectionists
and the Mexican troops at both places
and that several deaths resulted the
a N
both sides.
IT is understood that the govern
mcnt forces succeeded in quelling dis
turbanc2s in both places. Reports
were current yesterday that Torreon
had fallen into the hanGs of the revo-
Mtonsts. This was denied 10y the
officers in Nuevo Laredo, who claim
to he in touch with the situation so
far as points of Northern Mexico are
c'lcornod,
The army officers admit that a
most bitter struggle occurred at Co
m,2 palac.o, four miles north of Tor
rcln. and acknowledged that several
deaths had occurred but both sides
decline TO give the figures
In can be said on what is consider
ed good authority that the Mexican
government has n Gordon Of troops
extending from point below Laredo
20 Colombia, 9G miles up the Rio
Cironde, on the Mexican side These
troops are instructed to keep close
watch for Francisco J. Mudero, who is
believed to be in the ncighborhood
e colombia. his family being land
owners near there. This point is re-
P8rded 10y the Mexican government Of
ficlals as the "hot bed" Of the insur-
roction
Mexican and American army Off
GERS near Laredo, Texas, are working
hand In hand to prevent the situation
assuming more serious proportion
along the border and conferences hav-
iny this object In view are numerous.
Dispatches from Brownsville, Tex,
say that sixteen troops from the
Fourth battalion at Matamoras, were
rcn. yesterday to Guerrero, 100 miles
up the Rio Grandc, to reinforce the
garrison. The report Is considered by
the Mexican authorities as indicating
a grave situation,
Texas national guardsmen from col
onels to prlvates are writing and wlr-
Ing T. the adjutant general volunteer
Ing to serve on the Mexican border
General Newton at Austin has thus far
declined all offers.
One result Of the uprising in Mex
leo * TO reunlte the Texas National
Guar, which was nearly disrupted
because of the conviction of Sergeant
Manley at Dallas for the killing OF
n spectator during Presiden Traits
visit in 1910. All designations. but
one, sent In as protest against Man
loys conviction, have been withdrawn.
Dispatches from Eagle Pass Tex,
ray that fighting Is now going on at
Cuatro Clenegas, a large city below
Monclova. This IA the home of j.
j Carranza, bother of the candidate
for the governor OF Coahuila, In oppo-
sition to administration candidate, and
Is stronghold OF the antl-Dlaz peo-
PIE.
An official Uf the government,
whose position prohibits him being