Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-02-09
THE REVOLUTION IN MEXICO
MINISTER cREEL SAYS MOVE
MENT TO SOON END.
Says Federals outnumber Rebels.
United States Troops on Border
From Brownsville to California.

the government of Mexico had the
revolutionary situation well in hand
that foreign interests were not endan
gered and that the movement will
soon be subdued Enrique G. Creel
minister of foreign relations Satur-
day made statement setting forth
the governments view of the status
Of affairs
Speaking for the government, Min
lister Creel said;
THE political situation in Chihua
hua continues to be about the same
as 1t has been during the past four
weeks. The only difference is that
the insurgents who were In posses
sion of the Guerrero district, having
been defeated, have moved north. At
ter being defeated at Guerrero they
abandoned that district and went to
Galeana, where they were defeated
by Colonel Escudero. Knowing that
more federal troops were on their
way to capture them they have now
moved to the neighborhood of Ciudad
Jaurez, with two main objects-one
to secure reinforcements of men,
arms and ammunition from Mexicana
located on the frontier of Texas, and
United States territory in case of de.
feat at Ciudad Jaurez. They also
went there to more easily protect the
lives of the leaders of the insurrectos.
ITO prevent the reinforcement OF
federal soldiers. from the city of Chi
huahua and the Galeana district, the
insurgents destroyed several bridges
with dynamite between Galeana and
Samalaquca on the Mexican Central
Railroad. Other bridges on the Mex.
lean Northwestern, between Ciudad
Juarez and Pearson Station, were al
so destroyed. The destruction of
these bridges will delay the move
ment of soldiers, but they are pro-
ceeding as rapidly as possible toward
Juerez and will reach there soon.
"The commander of the troops at
Ciudad Juarez has notified the war
department that he is confident of
being able to offer successful resist
ance to the insurgents until such time
49, Tho rnlief forces arrive. If the in.
surgents should happen to capture
Ciudad Juarez it will be a matter
of only few days before the city is
retaken by government troops which
are already on the way in sufficient
numbers to defeat the insurrectos.
"The number of rebels operating
in different groups in the state of Chi.
huahua does not exceed 1900, while
the federal troops there aggregate
over 1000 men. The reason why the
insurgents have not yet been control.
led by the troops is because in the
last four weeks they have been run
ming from one place to another, max
ing use of the best horses which they
have stolen from various haciendas,
but 1t is only matter of time when
the plans of the secretary of war will
develop in such way as to make it
impossible for. the insurgents to re-
main very much longer In the terri
tory of the state of Chihuahua.
"The United States government is
thoroughly informed as to this poll
tical movement and has made in
frank and friendly spirit, both to Am
bassadors de la Barra and Joaquin
Casasus, offers of taking every ener-
getic action necessary to enforce the
neutrality laws all along the frontier,
to punish any one violating the laws,
and prevent the smuggling of arms
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