Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-06
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
Sunday $500 rebel troops left
Juarez, Mexico, to attack Chihuahua
city.
Rebel General Francisco Villa pre-
dicted the Constitutional control of
Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahiula, Nuevo
Leon and Tamaulipas, including all
territory from the border to 800
mile southwardaline within two weeks.
The rebel forces under Carranza
and Villa will then combine at Qua
dalapara. and march on Mexico City.
Villa estimates the Northern Fed
eral forces at 1880 men; the Con-
s~titutionalists number 10000.
Communication with Chihuahua
City has been cut off for two weeks.
The city's food supply is exhausted.
Special taxes effective last Monday
in Mexico City will add $17,5O0,000
annually to the Mexican Treasury.
Manuel Madero uncle Of the muir
dered President Madero was brought
to the Vera Cruz Prison.
Juarez will be the Constitutionalists
provisional capital.
Monday Provisional President
Huerta was reported by railroad Of
icials to have secretly left Sunday
morning for Vera Cruz. Huerta could
not be found in Mexico City.
Querido Moheno Mexican foreign
minister is at Vera Cruz.
The Mexican War Department re-
ported the expected federal recapture
of Torreon.
Congress is asked to appropriate
81, 108, $751; TIT to operate the United
States government departments dur
ing 1915.
Berlin reports that Prince Bern
hard Won Buelow formerly German
Imperial Chancellor has warned Ger
mans Of the %inveterate French hosti-
lily to Germany as long as France
may singly or allied with outside in
~auences regain the German-possessed
French Alsace Lorraine.
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is expected
to be attacked by the 5000 Victoria
rebel forces.
The japanese minister conferred
with American charge d'affaires o.
Shauhnessy regarding the possible
protection of west coast Japanese.
O'Shaughnessy told the Japanese min
lister the west coast Japanese would
get the same United States protec-
ton accorded other west coast for
eigners. The German minister con-
fered with O'Shaughnessy upon the
foreign colonies defense plans.
Mexico City national and foreign
: officials believe the danger to the
Huerta Government has reached the
crisis. Huerta stands between the
growing Constitutionalist menace of
h the north and the dangerous Zapata
influence in the south.
: The Federal garrison at Chihuahua
City has evacuated. Hundreds Of
d starving women and children have
r started out to walk to the United
States border.
Villa in Juarez confiscated $4,000
worth Of provisions and clothing and
i 100000 from the Banco Of Minerc
: to support the rebels. The property
y was taken from merchants who re.
= fused to accept rebel paper money.
The Spanish storekeepers appealed
p to United States Consul Edwards
Y closed their shops and gave the con
sui the keys. The Consul returned
IS the keys saying he could not guaran.
V tee the safety Of the property.
y Laredo reports a rebel mobilization
at Candida; near Monterey for an at
tack on. Monterey.
President Huerta whose flight wa!
rumored returned to Mexico City from
a visited farm. nearby.
Brig. Gen. Bliss commanding tn
United States border patrol report!
the failure Of the. border forces t
enforce the Mexican arms and ammu
milton; embargo to be due to the uni
versal Constitutionalist sentimen
amongst the American border popula
ton.
Jose Santos Zelaya former Nicara
guam President was arrested in Ne1
York as a fugitive Nicaraguan muir
derer.
Conferences between solicitor Fol
Of the State Department and Zelay
and Nicaraguan Government counse
resulted in the acceptance Of Zels
/ Is pledged agreement to return
%celona, Spain, after ten days a
loved him, in which to transact net
essary United States business.