The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-29
SPAN|ARDS IN
 MEXICO AROUSED Protest Destruction of Life
 and Property TROUBLE INCREASING Belief That Armistice and Juarez Peace Conference Would Settle
 Disturbances Is Proved To
 Have Been Wrong
TROUBLE INCREASING

Mexico City, April 2S.-Keenly aroused by the assassination of six of their coun- trymen on the hacienda of Atencngo by rebels, Spaniards of the capital and Of other towns in the republic are joining in a protest to their government. Today the Spanish minister, acting upon repre- sentations made to him by citizens of his country in Mexico. again called the attention of the foreign office to the de- struction of Spanish property. This was the raidng of the hacienda of Illescas in the state of San Luis Potosi. A party of 50 men are reported to have sacked the company store, destroyed the books and attacked the employees with machets. The request that the minister place the mat ter before the government came from Hermangildo Gutierrez.
 At noon the members of the Spanish casino in this city held a special meet ing to discuss the assassination of the men on the Atencingo hacienda. They decided to open a subscription to raise funds for the families of these men and for other Spaniards killed during the revolution. It was also decided to bring the bodies of the six men here and inter them in the Spanish cemetery, erecting a monument in their honor.
 This afternoon a circular signed by nunDef Ol SpdnldTOS was ulSlflDuteu ln the streets. In this there Is a sharp criticism of the Mexican government and their own minister comes in for dsap- proval because of what they appear to consider his inaction. The Spanish casino and the Centro-Austrian. another Span ish club, and many of the Spanish bus mess houses are carrying crepe tonight in memory of those killed
 Spaniards in Apizaco have sent direct to 1, frr nf In m n rlrn tection.
 Trouble Growing
 II was thought that the signing of the armistice at Juarez might have the ef- feet of lessening the activities of the rebels in other parts of the republic, but instead a summary of the weeks cam paign would show an increased aggres- sion, perhaps an increase in the num- Der of rebels and a wider area of dis turbance.
 Today 1t Is reported that the numbe~ of rebels operating in one section of the state of Puebl is not less than 5000 and from a different part of the state comes the news that band of 600 demanded the surrender of the town of Tehuacan, the resort where Vice President Corral spent so many weeks in an effort to improve the condition of his health.
 The town is garrisoned by POO soldiers
 
 Fernandez. The general replied that he would not surrender and his troops are now awaiting the attack. That the rev olutionsts will attempt to take the town is not believed likely. The policy of the insurrectos has never been to waste their energies, and there probably Is not enough advantage in occupying Tehuacan to warrant the sacrifice of life. The larger force, that of 5000. Is in the neighbor- hood of Acatlan and Matamoros Izucar. where Colonel Blanquet of the federals routed a band of rebels some days ago.
 The situation in this region is fairly typical of the campaign throughout the disaffected sections of the republic. The rebels appear in a town, the federals are sent to dislodge them, and a federal vic tory Is reported.
 Rebels Flee
 The report of the victory is true but the invariable tactics followed by the rebels is to flee before they are forced to surrender so zthat the sum total of rebels is not materially reduced and the defeated men reappear in a few days in some other region.
 Slowly the rebel forces in Guerrero are gathering In numbers and as indi- cative of this there arrived in the cap ital today a letter containing the story of the disaffection of a jefe politico.
 Eagles Pass. Tex, April 2S.-"The killing of the Americans at Douglas Ariz., during the battle between revo- lutionists and Mexican soldiers was a yankee trick, as was the destruction Of the Maine in the harbor of Cuba" is what the Mexican officials of Cuidad Porferio Diaz say in signed circular scattered broadcast In that city today. The circular is signed by the jefe politico of the district. the mayor of the city and by various court judges.
 Washington. April 2S.-The armisti % in Mexico does not seem to have spread any influence beyond its prescribed zone. the insurectos In other parts of the republic being very active. stated Ambassador Wilson in a telegram to the state department today.