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WILL DISSOLVE REBEL FORCES
Insurrectos Will Receive Pay as
Though in Regular Army.
DIAz'S ASsALANTS PUNISHED
Msderist Chief Routs the Bandits,
Inflicting Big Loss.
GENERAL ADVANCES WITH PISTOL
DiRE Runs Forward 90 Aid His
Defenders After Ordering Special
Car to Proceed Nearer 20
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BULLETIN.
! JUAREZ. Mexico. May a7-on represen-
tauons made TO him that efforts were be-
! ing eNerted to suppress the publication
! OF FL Pals, a newspaper. in Mexico City,
! Francisco ]. Madero late tonight sent an
urgent telegram TO President de la Barra
/ saying hereafter he would oppose any lmi-
tation Of the freedom Of the press in
Mexico.
! Under the new regime, ne said the press
/ Of Mexico must be untrammeled.
/ The protest came to Senor Madero direct
| from Mexico City. In an interview he
I pointed out that It was one OF the condi-
tons Of the peace agreement that there
should be liberty OF the press
! MENlCO CITY, May 27.--Eeasures for
the ultimate disposition of the insurrecto
army and for the payment Of the costs
/ Of the war were the first matters 10 which
the newly created executive devoted his
official attention.
President de la Barra proposes TO dis
solve at once the revolutionary forces,
using a portion OF them to augment the
ranks Of the rurales. organized by Gen
I eral Diaz. The remainder win be given
| assistance 70 get employment or TO return
! w AAAtAl INVITES anu viii ne DdlQ OH as
/ though having been mustered out of the
regular army.
President de la Barra is considering a
measure for immediate protection of all
claims made and proved against the gov
ernment 1t is proposed that committee
Of five be named to pass on all private
claims as soon as they are presented by
those properly qualified A clause viii
authorize the payment of such claims as
are approved.
Diplomats estimate the war has cost
not less than s2o,OoO,Oo0 gold and that
perhaps one-tenth of this is due TO dam
ages. sustained by foreigners Half Of
this amount is said on high authority to
be due to losses BY Americans.
Many Claims Filed.
! In the Legations. foreigners have already
begun arranging claims although the
greater part remains TO be filed. The
claims Of China will be remarkable for
the number Of individuals demanding in
demnity. Almost all of these Will come
from Sonora and Coahuila, where the
Chinese were victims of mobs. Reports
from Torreon received by the Chinese
legation say the number OF dead in the
massacre there on May i6, was 23e
! Most OF the victims were comparatively
! poor and those surviving have found dif-
ficulty in supplying themselves with food.
The Chinese Reform association in the
capital today opened a subscription LIST for
funds TO aid their countrymen. The claims
/ of Japan will be based on the deaths OF
seven japanese in Torreon.
| The second member Of the new canine.
was sworn in at 1880 today. The portfolio
of the Department Of Finance was de.
hvered TO Ernesto Madero Of Monterey. An
uncle Of Francisco l. MRdero
Resources of Nation.
! He Immediately took charge Of the de-
partment and has been entrusted with cash
resources Of the nation summarized as
follows in Mexican currency:
on hand in various government Of
on hand in treasury ~ So ds7 ds5
on hand in banks and banking
houses q 146. .S95
Among the sums in government offices
the largest is S21,Ols.s72. constituting the
fund for the regulation of the currency.
The sum in the general treasury is S12,-
63S,O95.
Among the sums held by foreign and
native banks are: Bank Of England. E1s
1865; Banque de Paris ct des PAYS.
Paris, S945,6sl; Chase National bank. New
York, SZ4S,294; National bank OF Mexico.
- os55S, foa. =
Just prior TO the administering OF the
oath TO Ernesto Madero the diplomatic
corps officially paid its respects to the new
president. Henry Lane Wilson, the Ameri-
can ambassador. as dean OF the corps, de-
livered the address. which was responded
TO by President de la BarTa-
DiRz's AssAiIants Punished.
Swift and bloody punishment was given
the assailants Of the troop train acting as
an escort 10 General Diaz, on his trip TO
Vera Cruz, according 10 a message re-
ceived tonight by Alfred Roblez Domin-
guez, the representative Of Madero The
telegram vas sent 20 Hilario c. MARQUEE.
the revolutonist leader in the state Of
Vera Cruz.
Marquez says the attack was made by a
band led by Delfino Villaneuva. and that
as soon as he heard Of il, he gave orders
TO pursue them. Leading the revolutionists
himself. he found Villaneuva and his band
routing them with great loss
Robles Dominguez says Villaneuva has
never taken orders from any authorized
revoluuonists and has always been re-
garded as nothing more than a bandit. He