The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-12-10
Will SURRENDER
SEVEN FEDERAL GENERALS ARE
LEAVING MEXICO
HEAVY BLOW TO HUERTA
Generals Send Commission to Gen.
&
eral Villa at the Same Time TAX.
ing Flying Start for United States
Observation-Disclosures Abandon the
North.

Seven generals of the Mexican reg
ular army are ready to surrender,
says a dispatch received Tuesday
night from Juarez, and the backbone
Of the. Huerta dictatorship in the
north has been broken. A peace
commission Tuesday night arrived in
Juarez bearing terms Of the surrsn-
der. The peace commission was
headed by Odilon Hernandez and
came from Chihuahua bearing a
proclamation signed by Gen. Salvador
Mercado, Huerta's military governor
and commander Of the Federal forces
in all the north.
The proclamation stated that the
Huerta government was bankrupt
and was unable to pay its soldiers.
The simultaneous evacuation of other
Federal strongholds in the north is
believed by the rebels to be the result
Of a concerted decision to abandon
the whole Of Northern Mexico.
The peace proposals were sent by
Gen. Mercado to Gen. Francisco VII
la, rebel leader, through Federico
Moye, civil governor Of Chihuahua
state, appointed ad interim. Along
with it came an appeal signed by all
the foreign ccnsuls in Chihuahua,
calling upon Villa to give police pro-
lection to the citizens Of Chihuahua
city. Gen. Mercado's proclamation
read:
Under the circumstances which
have existed in~chihuahua it has been
deemed necessary for the Federal
troops to evacute. I leave in charge
Federico Moye, person who is not
identified with politics and who Is.
therefore, qualified to give full pro-
lection to foreigners. It is impos-
sible to remain here longer, as there
Is no money with which to pay the
troops"
The generals who have signifed,
through Gen Mercado, their willing
ness to surrender, but who, neverthe-
less, are fleeing to the United States
border, are: Gen. Salvador Mercado,
Gen. Pascual Orozco, Gen. Jose Mazil-
Ia, Gen. Blaz Orpinal, Gen. Landa.
The peace commission proposed to
Gen. Villa that all non-combatants
who sought safety by fleeing to the
border be permitted to go without be-
ing fired upon, and all the Federals,
including 200 soldiers, left on police
duty in chihuahua city, be pardoned.
It also asked clemency for Federal
officials, but it is thought the Federal
generals will seek safety by crossing
the border into the United States,
possibly near Ojinaga.
The peace commission stated that
before leaving Chihuahua the Fed
erals destroyed all the postage and
government revenue stamps; that
there existed practically no money in
the city and that 1000 citizens had
left with the troops, most Of them
being those who were rich and who
feared harsh treatment by the rebels.
The commission started back i'm
mediately after seeing Gen. Villa, for
Chihuahua with his assurances that
people Of all classes in the city and
including the Federal police would
be protected, and that he would dis
patch troops to garrison the place as
soon as possible. Notwithstanding
the action of the Federals, Gen. Villa
himself was preparing for departure
southwark. He said Chihuahua would
be only a stopping place on his south
ward march, as ne was determined to
continue on to Mexico city.