The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-11
General OrOzc0 Has Returned
to the Starting Point
OF President MaderO's and His
Own Revolution.
ACKNOWLEDGES DEFEAT
But Plans to Garry on a Guer-
lila Warfare.
Is Gradually Destroying the
Mexican Central Railway.

| Juarez, Mexico, July lin the same
| custom house where President Taft
once met former President Diaz and
where also year ago Francisco I.
( Madero established his triumphant
rebel government. today sat General
| Pascual Orozco, Jr.. wearing anew the
torn threads of his unsuccessful mill
tary campaign against the federal gov
eminent. The rebel chief while admitting
his defeat in an organized movement
| made it plain that the guerilla warfare
now being planned was calculated to Sc
vereIy harass the Mexican government
! but contemplated neither friction nor
allegiance with any foreign government.
Toward the United States he said lie
entertained no i'll will. From nations
said to be friendly to his cause he
added that he wished no assistance.
This is a revolution by Mexicans
and for Mexicans,'' he explained, with
emphasis. "It is true that we have re-
ceived offers of assistance from abroad
but we have rejected them
Declaring the Madero government
had circulated false stories to injure
the rebel cause, Orozco said:
I'VE do not want foreign complica-
tions. Our fight is in Mexico alone"
Travels in a Caboose.
Inconspicuously General Orozco had
come to Juarez, the new rebel capital,
from Encinillas, 1874 miles south, where
the outposts of the rebel army on the
Mexican Central railway are now sta
tened. In little yellow caboose hauled
by an engine, the rebel commander
made the journey to Juarez, arriving in
the darkness on the outskirts of the
town unheralded and unknown to all
except a few who secretly met him
ha FIJI of nf
companied General Orozco. His de-
cision to come to Juarez was inspired
by demands from his father, Col Pas
cual Orozco, Sr., who is in charge of the
Juarez garrison. Fifteen minutes later
the rebel chief was on his way, leaving
his private car for Laguna. For a short
distance General Orozco helped fire the
locomotive.
General Orozco conferred today
with subordinates over a more eff
fective prosecution of the rebellion.
Confident and hopeful he believes that
by guerrilla warfare the government
of Madero ultimately can be over
Troops on the Move.
Nine columns have gone in all di-'
rections, some to the south to attempt
to cut General Huerta's line of COM
munication from Chihuahua City to
Torreon, and others westward toward
the Mexican Northwestern railway
where they will attempt to check the
federal advance up that route from
Chihuahua and assist in the invasion
of the state of Sonora. General Oroz-
co gave his attention also to the sit
uation in the Mormon colonies in
northern Mexico. He repeated his
promise that foreigners and their
property would not be molested.
General Orozco's future movements
have not been announced. He prob
ably will be in Juarez only a short
time. returning back along the Mexi-
can Central toward the outposts, 1874
miles away where he will receive re-
ports by courier from his various fly
ing columns.
The Mexican Central railroad is
slowly being destroyed in front of
General Huerta's federal forces. The
presence of General Orozco on the
line of the Mexican Central is calcu-
lated to draw the Mexican government
columns along. that route toward
Juarez but the rebel system of rail-
road destruction probably will pre-
vent the federals from reaching the
vicinity of Juarez and the American
border for at least two months.
In the meantime, General Orozco
considers that his men will have in
vaded Sonora and obtained control of
the state as well as large part of the