Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-04
AWAIT FALL OF MEAlCO.
old CITY is Surrounded by Rebels
Situation ACute-Rerolutloh l.
crcasiug Rapidly.

/ CTcdsiHS N1Piis'
Conditions ia Mexico are still causing
anxiety. The situation at Cuernafaca
is said to be extremely acute, General
Huerta with machine guns and regular:
from Mexico City are encounterlne
strong resistance i'll their march &c
relieve the beleaguered city. Germans
in Mexico have united to demand
German intervention 10 protect theli
interests. Insurrectos IN S0noro have
succeeded in getting two machine guns
and three-inch breach loading piece
across the border near Douglas, Ariz.
The Sonora lnsurrectos are expected to
make another attack on Aqua Preta
within forty-eight hours. The federals
have so mounted their artillery that
shots will rake the international bound
airy line.
The situation in Mazatlan is reported
as critical. Many Americans there
are said to be running short of Iood
and unable to get out, as the sea Is
guarded by Mexican gunboats and the
land by revolutionists.
Jack Mosby, who vas wounded
while leading revolutionists in southern
| California, has been turned over to
American troops and sent to a hospital.
The bullet penetrated his lung and bis
condition is critical [ As has been stated,
the wounrled man is not son Of Col.
j. S. Mosby
Four hundred insurgents are re-
ported to be marching On Nogales,
Mexico, across international boundary
from Nogales, ARR
As indicating the imminence Of a
revolutionary assault on Mexico CITY,
the government has mounted power.
full searchlights So that all roads may
be watched al night.
The Americans who were robbed
while riding in Pullman car on an
! Oaxaca express have filed a protest
with Ambassador Wilson because they
were robbed by bandits while en- route
to Mexico City.
Food price are mounting in Mexico
CITY because Of the interruption to
| railway communication.
FL Paso, May f. The first formal
meeting of the Mexican peace ENJOYS
began at 9 a. m. today in grove
across the river from the II Paso lrriga-
ton dam. The preliminary meeting
between Francisco |. Madero, jr., and
Judge Francisco Carbajal, late yester-
dag, at which arrangements for confer
ences were completed, vas entirely
amicable
Inasmuch as Judge Carbaial is not
authorized TO deal with any one but
Madero himself, the latter will OF neces-
sity be the insurgent peace envoy with
his father, !Dr. Gomez and Senor Juarez
as advisors. The actual peace meetings
are being held secretly, none but the
two ENJOYS being permitted within 100
yards of the centre Of peace grove. "
Meanwhile it is not denied that the
situation in Mexico outside OF the
zone Of armistice" is critical. The
report from Mexico City that Judge
Carbaial demande,! tllat Madcro prove
he is qualified 10 speak for all ln>ur-
gents under arms, and that Madero WAS
unable to do this, is not admitted by
Madero and is not credited here. The
concensus Of opinion here. is however,
that the entire insnrrectionary situation
is rapidly getting beyond Madero's con
troll and that Independent rebel bands
are preparing TO continue the war
whether Madero likes il or not.
FL Paso, May 4.-Insurrecto activity
is reported within the very suburbs of
Mexico City. Three hundred men
under Josquin Miranda are encamped
at Ajusco, eight miles from the capital,
ard within sight OF the home OF the
governor of the federal zone.
Douglas, Ari2., May A Mexican
who arrived today from Gaaoamas,
declared than when he ! f. that city Is
ep )rted that NI"za lau had fal 81 into
the hands OF the ,nsnrg, MS. No con-
tirmation Of this report is obtainablc.
Washington, D. c., May 1.-The
fall Of Mexico City is awaited in Wash
ington as the inevitable outcome Of
recent events in Mexico. Reports re.
ceived from military and diplomatic
sources show the revolution Increasing
in power more rapidly than at any
previous period since its inception.
a force Of : 200 rebels is advancing
towards the capital. and is already
within twenty miles Of Mexico City,
according to reports received here
Twenty miles further south. the city
OF Cuernayaca is in the rebels hands,
and Americans AMI Germans are held
prisoners, with little prospect OF their
appeals for relief being answered.
On the vest coast Mazatlan and
Acapulco are cut off from communl-
cation. and are believed to have fallen.
These two cities are the most iupor-
tant part Of that coast. They will be
invaluable to the rebels, as affording
inlets for arms and supplies, much
needed since the patrol of the United
States border vas tightened up.
Torreon, the centre OF the rubber m
| dustry, is the only city in thu state Of
that name in federal control. and it Is
expected to be captured by the rebels
at any moment.
Had it not been for Mexico protest
against the patrol of her coasts by
American gunboats, it is believed war
ships would now be sent to the relief
OF Americans at Mazalan and Acapulco.
The advisability of sending gunboat4
to these ports. despite Mexico's OBJ
iections vas discussed today. It Is