The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
SWEEPING DOWN
ONTO CAPITAL
vasquista Army VIII Not Attack
Juarez But viii March South
Toward Madero's
Throne.
THE MARCH OF LOOT
One Thousand Rebels Menace Tor.
reon Where Three Hundred
Americans Are penned
Up.
THE MARCH OF LOOT


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l I
BL PASO, Texas, Feb. 17.-Juarez.
which has been expecting the Vas
quistas for week was advised this
afternoon that it will not be attack |
ed. Instead of coming here the Vas
quista army in Chihuahua will work its
way south to the city of Mexico it is
said, and, gaining recruits as it goes,
will attack the capital of Madero with !
a formidable force.
There are more than one thousand
vasquistas under arms in Chihuahua
To these will be added the one thous-
and or more at Torreon and the dis
contented ones in the state to the
south.
That the march will be of loot as
we'll as Of conquest, Is the belief here
VasQuistas have retaken the town of
Guerrero from the federals and have
left small garrison to hold it. The
rebel chief, after taking the town, left
for San Isidro and was surprised with
thirty-two of his men in canyon by
federals who made prisoners of them
all. The rebels plan to make Guer-
zero the provisional state capital
4 Vasquistas today attacked and took
the town of Sabinal, near Torreon,
and looted the Corrilitos ranch, south
of Juarez, on the Mexican Northwest
ern railroad Americans are heavily
interested in this ranch. &. d. Nor
gan, the New York millionaire, and
yachtman, is one of the owners. 1t is
reported that horses and cattle we're
taken in large numbers.
4 The Chihuahua state legislature to.
I day, in extraordinary session, passed
a bill authorizing Governor Abram
Gonzales to spend s6,00O,000 in the
/ purchase of large landed estates In the
4 state to be divided into small tracts
and sold to the poorer classes on long
time contracts. 1t is believed this will
4 do away with the discomfort in large
measure, by providing the peon class
with work Independently of the land
lords.
i Pancho Villa, the former bandit, to-
day withdrew his forces from the
vicinity of Parral after threatening
for two days to attack it. Ranches
and stores in the country around Par
raj have been robbed almost without
exception by bandits and the country
is in a state of terror. Two special
trains have been coming into Ell Paso
from Parral since Friday loaded with
American refugees and their house
hold goods.
In Chihuahua owing to the trouble
,, all saloons have been closed for more
than week and today the saloon meT
4 organized demonstration in protest
!, Governor Gonzales refused to order
the saloons reopened.
Torreon is still cut off from the
world with nearly 300 Americana
there who cannot get away. No wore
has been received since early today
when it was said the city was men
aced by more than one thousand reb
3 els
Madero Has Not Lost Hope.
WASHINGTON, Feb 17.-"Evel
= though | am assailed in my officia
capacity and insulted as to my char
iacter, have not lost hope. The nat
: ural reaction will come and MeXic
J, will inevitably enter into the era o
: peace, prosperity and progress tina
she deserves"
This statement by President Ms
4 Nv ha fat1 AZ
! partment tonight from Ambassado
Wilson at Mexico City. Wilson's dc
spatch, which quoted Madero, cor
tinued:
Mexico is bound to the Unite
States by ties of commerce an
= friendship.
"The Latin-American nations di
:, not come to our assistance when Ba
ridas invaded Mexico in 1928, whe
France sent her troops into Mexic
s3s and 1852, and when the Uni
/ ed States sent her armies to Mexic
City in 1S47.
In my opinion, Mexico's peace an
prosperity depends upon contin
ance of friendly relations with til
United States. We may as we'll ac
nowledge that fact. Latin-Americ
could not and would not be of an
assistance to Mexico in the event
war between my country and ar
other.
Mexico must learn that intern
dissensions are the surest meaI
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