Arizona republican., 1913-12-03
With Simultaneous Evacua-I tion of Important North ern Cities and Officials Quitting, Backbone off Dictatorship is Broken
REFUGEES ARE ON
 MARCH TO BORDER
Proclamation of Peace-Pro- posing General Says There is No Money to Pay the Troops and He Leaves Non-partisan in Charge
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 JUAREZ, Dec. 2.-Seven of the generals of the Mexican regular army are ready to surrender and the backbone of the Huerta dictatorship in northern Mexico is broken. A peace commission arrived at Juarez tonight bearing terms of surrender.
 The peace commission headed by Odilon Hernandez, came from Chi huhahua bearing a proclamation signed by General Salvador Mercado, Huertas military governor and com mander of all the federal forces in the north The proclamation stated that the Huerta gOvernm ent is bank rupt and unable to pay it's soldiers.
 The simultaneous with the evacua- ton of the other federal strongholds in the north is believed by the re- beIs to be the result of a concerted decision to abandon northern Mexico. The peace proposals sent by General Mercado to Villa through Federico Move, civil governor of Chihuahua state, appointed ad interim. Along with it came an appeal from all the foreign consuls in Chihuahua call ing upon Villa to give police pro- tection to the citizens of Chihuahua City.
 General Mercado's proclamation said:
 Under the circumstances which have existed in Chihuahua it has been deemed necessary that the fed eral troops evacuate. I leave in charge Federico Move a person not identified with politics, who there fore is qualified to give full protec- ton to foreigners It is impossible to remain here longer. there is no money with which to pay the troops"
 The generals who signified through General Mercado, their willingness to surrender, but who nevertheless are fleeing to the United States border are: General Salvador MercadO. Pasqual Orozco, Jose Ynez SaIazar, Marcello Caraveo, Jose Manzilla, Blazor PinaI and General Lamada.
 The peace commission stated that before leaving Chihuahua the fed erals destroyed all the postage and government revenue stamps, that there is virtually no money in Chi huahua that two thousand citizens left with the troops and most of them being those who are rich and who feared harsh treatment by the rebels The commission started back to Chihuahua tonight with Villas as surance that people of all classes in the city, including the federal police will be protected, and he will dis patch troops to garrison the place as soon as possible Notwithstanding the action of the federals Villa him self is preparing for the departure southward He said that Chihuahua will be the only stopping place on his southward march, as he is deter mined to continue on to Mexico City.
 Fleeing over the desert and pursued by rebels, several thousand persons, including some of the richest families in northern Mex leo who deserted Chihuahua City in fear of a rebel attack are reported tonight as nearing the United States border. Among the refugees is Luis Terrazas. the head of the wealthy Terrazas estate, who is said to have with him five million pesos which he withdrew from the Chihuahua banks.
 Other wealthy families, including the Creels are known to have left the city and the caravan is composed also of women and children, de- scribed as being more than one mile long. At the head, with an escort of federal troops. is General Salva- dor Mercado, Huerta's depOsed gov ernor of Chihuahua state.
 Details of the evacuation of the city were brought to JuareZ Tn or ficial despa tches from Federico Move, who was appointed civil governor ad interim The Move dispatch, ad- dressed to General Villa called upon the rebel leader to take possession of the city.
 The facts about the downfall of the Huerta power in the city, as transmitted Governor Move, were:
 For almost three weeks Chihua- hua, with it's 35O0O citizens has been cut off from communication, food supplies have been steadily decreas- ing and many deaths resulted from illness caused by mi-starvation. RumOrs of the proposed attack on the city. exaggerated by reports that the rebels have been supplied with ammunition from the United States and that that city would be bonn barded, increased the anxiety.
 4 citizens committee was finally appointed to call upon General Mer- cadO and ask him to surrender to the rebels as resistance would be hopeless Tn the absence of any communication with Mexico City, General Mercado decided to flee. Those who wished to go were given notice to gather their possessions. Early Sunday after the surrounding country had been reconnoitered, the
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