New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
NORTHERN MEXICO IS
BORDERING ON PANIC
Rebels in Chihuahua and Sonora
Active in Destroying Railroads
and Telegraph Lines.
WILL GIVE NO QUARTER.
No Word from Chihuahua in
Seven Days and City Be-
lieved To Be Short
Of Food.

FL Paso. Tex. March l2.-Condinons
bordering on panic reign almost through
out Northern Mexico tonight
Stirred by the belief that the reVo'u-
tionary movement has reached cri'lcai
stage. the rcvolutionists In the states oil
chihuahua and Sonora are reported 10
have renewed activity i'm tearing up rail-
roads and telegraph wires. Numerous
towns. according to reports. are uhoer
siege by the rovolutionists. and thou-
sands Of women and children, cut on
from food supplies. are helpless.
What is believed to be TRUSTWORTHY
repOrt Of the casualties at Casas Grandes
saws that fifteen americans were killed
and seventeen Americans were taken
prisoners.
The following. at first reported to have
been killed. are known TO have escaped:
Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppi Gariba!dl'
Raoul Madero. brother Of Francisco l.
Madero so-cailed provisional president
of the rebels; Captain Gutierrez de Lara
and Lieutenant 7. Valencia, Of III Paso
Captain Eduardo MAY, Mexican OF
Madero's personal staff. was not killed
but was taken prisoner. Raoul Madero
was wounded.
r. f HARRINGTON. former sergeant In
the United States army. who lived at
FL Paso: Robert r. Lee and Robert
Evans. of San Francisco. and Roy Glenn,
a boy. Of Mineral Springs. Tex. we're
killed
The news from. Mexico city that Presi-
dent Diaz has decided TO take advantage
Of provisions Of the constitution so that
summary death may he imposed by the
military authorities for any acts or Vio-
lence and that the Mexican government
has decided TO wage a sharp and de-
cisive war Of determination speedily 10
end hostilities has spread throughout the
irsurgcnt ranks. The reply, through rev
olutionary sympathiZers here. is that IN
retaliation the revolutionary forces mere
after will expect and give no quarter
Information from rebel sources is that
the attitude Of the Mexican government
will intensity a situation already tense
and il necessarily will impose further
hardships on non-combatant including
women and children. living in the small
towns scattered throughout the war
zone
No word has come from the city Of
Chihuahua for seven days. The last re-
port was that the food question already
had become critical The presence in the
city Of two thousand federal trooTs
under General Juan Hernandez. while
looked on as sufficient protection against
an attack, is thought to have more than
ordinarily depleted rations.
Similar conditions prevail in many
smaller towns.
The best information obtainable here
al 10 the strength of the opposing sides
in Soncra and chihuahua states 10 that
the fedsials. under General Navarro.
have 5000 men. Of whom 1000 are in
chihuahua city. 450 in Juarez and the
rest scattered. while the rebels. under
M2dero and General Pssqual Orozco
have bout an equal number. but with
no one force larger than Loco
The arrival of United States troops
here tot day occasioned much interest.
The arrivals we're two troops of the 4th
Cavalry from Fort Meade :. T. With
four more troops due Tomorrow from
Fort Smelling, nirp. and the troops al
readv here. they viii compose force Of
900 ne1 under Colonel T.. r. Steever