The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-18
ALIENS CROWDING
OUTGOING SHIPS
No Quarter Shown Pris-
oners by Either Side;
Bodies Hang From
Nearly Every Tele-
graph Pole For Fifty
Miles on Mexican Cen
trail Railroad.

A EEXICO CITY, April 17.-Unds-
RW guised pessimism is mani
N tested in the capital as 20
the future of the Huerta
government. In neither official or un-
official circles are the statements Of
General Enrique Obregon, commander
of the Sonora insurgents, and Venu-
stiano Carranza, ex-governor Of Coahui-
Ia, of the probable overthrow of Huer-
ia longer derided. Without exception,
the newspapers aver that the only hope
OF salvation lies in the flotation Of
loan. Practically all of them admit that
nonrecognition Of the present admins
tration makes this very doubtful.
The banks continue to reflect the
government s financial difficulties and
refuse to sell exchange except at exor-
bitant rates. while merchants are raising
their prices to balance the difference
rency.
No Exchange Rate.
There is no fixed rate of exchange.
The bankers are selling practically as
brokers, and are charging favored small
buyers as low as $50 while demanding
from heavier purchasers US high as $50.
That the rebels in the north rapidly
are extending their lines is indicated
by the isolation today OF Monterey
and Saltillo, the capitals respectively
of Nuevo Leon and Coabuila, by the
cutting Of the railroad at Linares be-
tween Monterey and Tampico and the
main line of the National railroad be-
tween San Luis Potosi and Saltillo.
Linares is reported to be occupied by
the rebels.
The suspension of railway traffic
has DETECTED the passenger business
for abroad to Vera Cruz and Tampico,
chiefly to the former. The Mexican
railway is running trains in two Sec
tions to accommodate traffic.
Foreigners Leaving.
The Ward line steamer which sailed
today from Vera Cruz was crowded to
overflowing. Some of the wealthy
travellers had to content themselves
with quarters on the floor Of the
smoking room, while others only could
be accommodated in the second cabin,
although they paid first-class passage.
Many foreigners are leaving the
country in fear that anarchy will fol-
low the revolution.
The government is using every effort
to resist the advance Of the rebels. but
the extraordinary rapid growth OF the
rebellion has brought the central gov
ernment face to face with the most So
rious situation which 1t has been called
upou TO meet. It has not been found
possible TO dispatch any great number
of troops to the northwest. Chihuahua
is inadequately defended. Coahuila,
except in the extreme south, practically
has been abandoned. The state OF
Nuevo Leon is protected only at the
cities along the railroad, and there are
none too many troops in Tamaulipas,
Rebels in Accord.
The rebels practically are in control
of the northern frontier, Carranza and
other ipsurgent leaders are demonstrnt-
ING that they are working in complete
accord. Columns are moving eastward
and westward from Carranza COM
mand to effect functions. 1t is believed
here that General Trucy Aubert, the
federal commander, is in some danger
Of being cut off at points which he Is
ATTEMPTING to hold along the National
railroad It would cause no surprise
II Monterey were attacked. The state
If Durango also is overrun by rebels.
In the south, whore it was believed
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