The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-28
ATTACK REBELS AT NAL PASO
mn Forces ADVANCING FROM
BOTH SIDES.
>a,arro Has From 3SO To soO Men anss
Relief Expedition 7.O0O Outbreak lu
raha.ro Nir~-Presiai~ut Corral Of
Mc>ico Iii Situation In Chihuahua.

,.ry the Minister Of War said that a
r.r.,. vi- progressing at Nal Paso. The
e., eminent troops are attacking the
.r..... from both sides. the troops under
Iln,ar advancing from chihuahua
,r.,g.uS them from one side. while
t,..H NAVARRO, from Perdenales. IL at
',,.uS them from the other direction
I', Minister of We admitted thar
go r.n"s were strongly entrenched
i.. I'D there was no doubt Of the out
y..u. rl" Government beng hound 10
w. Col Cuella- has 2.OD0 men aud il
: r"pnrtsi that Gen. Navarro hss u
l-.,' ~ Private reports, however. say
that III" latter has no more than 25O troops
IN instruction has broken ont in
Tanasco A hundred rebels have at
Ia ai several towns. 4 small detach-
usnt II troops was sent against them
and engaged them in a fight which lasted
fv- hours without decisive result The
rap-is. however. retired to the noun
ains. The Government has sent 200
troops from the garrison at Vera Cruz
10 assist those already in the field.
Warming reports have been received
recently regarding the health Of Vice
President Corral. II was announced thar
hs would arrive here on December %.
hu, his coming has now been indefinitely
postponed. I, 10 said that his condition
- very low. The report is revived here
that he Is suffering from cancer Of the
stomach. IL IL also reported that he is
suffering from poison. and is with diffi-
Guilty recuperating from its effects His
recovery. il is added. ia still uncertain.
Those who have seen him lately declare
that his appearance was even worse
than it was on the day Of his Inauguration.
when his evident i'll health was apparent
10 every one and was much commented
upon
Many Mexicans are beginning to talk
Of the possible Intervention OF the United
States because Of the revolutionary
trouble in northern Mexico. Such action
would he extremely unpopular. IL il
believed by the Americans here that there
j. no chance Of the United States inter-
iering in any way. bu many Mexicans
in the higher circles are inclined TO be-
hev. that such action il possible.
II will be Difficult; 10 obtain early ad-
vices concerning the fighting at Nal Paso.
for the reason that telegraph wires are
no, working that far. Communication
,.ln only he had in that direction with
~ Antonio. After San Antonio comes
Net Psso and then PedernaIe~ What
ever may be the outcome Of tn. battle
Information Of the result is not expected
ref tomorrow evening
IL PAsn. Tex. Dec. :T-Casas Grandcs.
rcr-u'n end IN" Mormon colonies hav.
mt tcrn molested by the MEXICAN in
s'irE"HtT. according 10 reports received
dr. from south Of JuareZ. 4 lineman
n IN" VIZ from Pearson reached GuZ-
-, q. - which point the Juarel 'elngra on
.r" eNtC:dS. and reported no insurectos
ing the ,Inc
In" men who stole the train south 81
N'Eez on Thursday last after waiting
usS.r C;uzran for re1nforcemcnts which
lid not arriv. departed II appears
without making their attack on Ia-as
Cirandcs a. they had declared was their
Intention.
SuPt George Rutledge telephoned from
III kilometers south Of Juarsz to-day
and said he believed the road could be
repaired so a. In operate trains and get
provisions TO the Americans in tho um-
Ter camp Of Pearson and to the Mormon
Colonists near Casas Grandes nv Monday
neat IL the rebels did not modest the bridges
again.
special correspondent returned to-
day to La Jitas. on the Texas border south
Of Maria. from a trip through the dis
turbed region in the big bend country
Of Mexico near Ojinaga and Mulatos.
where there has been fighting He wired
the frst reliable information from there
The whole country in Mexico east OF
La Jitas, Tex. Is in revolt. according
10 his accounts. and troops from the forces
OF the pronunciados are constantly pass
lns on their way to the front from Goa
hula The scattered forces of the
pronunciados in eastern Chihuahua and
western Coahuila number about mo
men. but these are not all armed As
fast IA rifles and munitions can be brought
across the border they are distributed
and the armed bands move westward
Word has reached here that 800 men from
the region have reached the Sierra Madre
to Join the forces opposing Gen. Navarro
W.et Of San Carlos on Sunday in the
canon ~ yentanas a Government force
that came overland from various points
q the Mexican Central in detachments
ras routed by joint force of rebels
from M,iiato Barranco. Azul and SAN
arlos Ojinaga has no. been invested
Nv the rsvolutionists for fear Of cpmpli-
cations with the United States. as the
pronunciados prefer. for the present
az least. TO allow the custom houses to
remain in the hands Of the Government
AL MEXICAN customs guards are bortled
- ~ OjinaSa and the river passes are
-ugTa rded
deplorable act was committed by
bandits IN which the revolutioni-ts say
hey had no part. Senior Don Nicsnor
GREGG. manager Of the Great Orientnles
.rn.t one ~ Enrique Creel's properties.
~. uranded with the bar pumpkin
IN = the Orientales and the commits
-trv -'cr. was looted by the rancheros
70 ~" property All property on the
.sr b 4 de~trIctible nature has been
90 "d - ruins Griego and an I'M
moan american ave left for Chihuahua
'aG'n over the MIopue trail.
10 corn. mat the forces nj IN" pro-
gee. OBJ, Hr" waiting a general order
o. ." rai~ching on Chihuahua. their final
.'r' ~ combat. 4 ccup IL m"ditatcd