The chronicle=news., 1913-02-01

! Mexico CITY. Feb. That Emil
lauo Xnpnta has an army oi more
than 5000 men Will drilled aud well
I proVi idcd with arms aud ammunition.
| IL story that caused the capital to
| smile when /, was brought her" re-
Gently by Abraham MartlneZt semi
ofgfirial envoy OF III. government 10
I /upaia. hut which before the end OF
the month had received far NOR"
sHriOus consideration. II the story Is
true. II 1. believed here that II VIII
latter very materially the relations
III. central government and that ni
| the rebel who's. name has hprcab
panic through half of Mexico. and
which mas been adopted as u bai'i"
Icyy by thousands who perhaps have
never seen him.
since that day more than year
ago when Francisco /. Madcro. not
y., President. met Iapata at Cnanila
| and by Inaugurating negotiations sof
peace frustrated the plans Of tn"
DIVISIONAL government TO suppress
| him and his band. the government
, has from time to time indulgcd IN
roundabout efforts TO end Its dlsa-
gr..mcn,s with him. Martinez has
played a big part In these hesotia-
lions. Recently he brough, TO in'
govarnmcn, Zapaia's terms for r"ac"
and. although ih.y have not been
made public. It IL known that Ia
pata does not now ins!s, upon the
resignation OF Madcro. but that fed
crnl troops he retired from tn. State
OF Morelos and that ho be made mii.-
tayy commander OF the seventh Mill
,ary Zone, whose headquarters Is nj
Cucrnayaca. He Offers to furnish
his own soldiers. guaranteeing tn.
maintenance OF peace.
Martinez declares that he Is con
yiuecd OF the statement that Iapatn
has an army OF 5000 men. In addi-
ton to those numerous bands which
iha,c been raiding the length aud
breadth OF the states OF Mexico. Gusr-
rcro. pnrtS OF Pu-bla. OnNaca. aad
even those operations I'M the state
lof Morelos have gained tor them the
term "savaHcs. Iapatas army
that over which he has direct con-
Itroi-is, according to Martinez. in u
region twenty by forty miles III an
isolated part OF the state OF Mor"los.
There his men have been for months
doing little besides drill and prepare
for cycntuali,ies. The drilling ~
Organization have been done. he says.
under tn. general supervision al
/ GuadcnCio lie In Lave. u colonel III
the regular army who Joined the re-
bcll!on.
General Joaquin Bcltrnn. who con
Quoted the campaign against Genera
Felix DiaZ in Vera Cruz and who lat
or was made the military commander
In that district. has been succeeded
by General cVlazco. General Bcltrah
was ordered to report To Mexico CITY.
where he was left suhjcr, to ORDER
from the department OF war.
Another change that has caused
much speculation and considerable
gossip was the relieving of Commo-
dorc Azucta. \Zucta was in com
mand of the little fleet In Vera Cru.
harbor. and Diaz depended upon hin,
for support. but at the last h. joinc
forces with Bcltran to capture ;hr rc.
bcllious general.
RI That Ike loyalty of the army as Il
whole Is doubted is common talk IN
, clubs. cafes and in almost all public
. places, and recently the statement
was made on the floor of the lower
= house by deputy. formerly an aid'
. of tho President. that high Officers
( had been approached by those en-
: deavoring to incite an uprising. The
. statement provoked an acrid discus
!. sion in which the galleries took NJ