Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-10
Foreigners Residing at Capital
AnxiousIy Ask What Admin
lStration of Wilson Will Prob
ably Do,
HORRIBLE CRUELTlES
OF ZAPATISTA BANDS
Throughout Country Sentiment
Against Madero Grows and
ConfIagration is Expected
MomentadIy


lBy Morning Journal special Iei.sed Wire. |
Mexico city. Mexico, Feb DE
layed in tinnsmnsionl.- Accounts OF
battles, uprlsinss intrlgues and gem
eral revolutionary disturbances cove
crng period OF more than two
years. have continued with such
monotonous frequency that both hero
and abroad mention of the govern
ments struggle with dissented peo-
pie Is regarded as an Tuld story but
to "a great many thousand individuals,
1t has q more vital interest now than
ever By many II Is believed that the
fight Is not far off, the increasing
horde Of rebels Is doggedly striking
at everything that suggests Madero's
administration. the nun-comhatants
and passive element including every
one of the so-callcd better class. anN-
iously await each new Development
and foreigners begin half their con-
Noreutions with. what do YOU think
Wilson will do2'
The close Of January showed little
" any Improvement 1f tho situation.
ON numerous occasions II nas been
announced that this or that rebel
leader had been killed in action. but
la ma iOrity If cases. the slaughtered
one has proven the governments In
formation erroneous hX rcappearine
at the hond Of his men In territory
some distance from whore he wac
supposed to have been killed,
Two of PaseuHl Orezcos officers OF
Importance Francisco del Tore and
Luis Fcrnandoz-did surrender one
Of them bringing with him more than
100 men. hut the other surrendered
chiefs have been men ct almost nesli-
gible importance. From "a few re-
gions the rebels have departed or
hnve been driven ont. but what was
an advantage to the peaceful resi-
dents of those regions was alpost IN
varahly disadvantage TO property
owners OF other regions into which
me insurrcctns had ridden.
Officially the grand total Of rebels
today is less than few months ago,
but aside from the statement Of the
government to this effect there is no
good reason 10 believe the enrolment
OF rebels is not larger today than ever.
The federal army lis ranks filled with
including prisoners ana
even captured rebels. continues to
garrison the larger cities and the reh-
els continue to control the rural dis
tricts almost 1T will. Tales of rebel
victories reach the capital from time
to time ana are as frequently denied
bv the government officials
That fighting occurs some place ev-
cry day and that the engagements are
Of such magnitude that the federal
forces employ artillery IN many OF
them is admitted in government Of
fees. but the losses almost Invariably
are in the proportion of about 30 per
cent rebel dead and 10 per cent fed
erals. Except in rare cases, rebel
wounded are reported as rebel dead.
The law gives the federals the right
to kill the rebel wounded The move
ments Of the rebels in the north along
the American frontier attract more
attention In the United states than
do the operations of those IN the
south Mexican governmental circles
also display keener interest IN the
border operations, perhaps on ace
count Of the attendant danger of in-
Iernational complications The gfoat-
nst activity, however, and hy far the
argest groups of rebels, are found IN
The region south Of the capital The
ti lUN HF " fhiiriVflNfth lAii"
portancc no longer N Of enough inter-
ast to arouse public apprehension TO
4 high pitch. and not even the pres
snce Of rcbels within ten and fifteen
miles Of Mexico CITY exeites the resi-
dents of the capital
Stories Of atrocities are common,
and the bearing away of young girls
Dy Zapatistas excites about the same
icgree Of interest as does the report
hat the rebels have conhscated So
many head Of cattle.
The rebels in the north are not
given TO the same methods of personal
revenge as are those in the south
Occasionally the northern rebels have
axecuted fcderais in reprisal but in
he south wanfon torture Is common.
Recently. I'm the state Of Mexico. for
" miles from the national capital the
angry at an aged Indian
who persisted in carrying the mail
ifter he had been warned not to, dis
,iplined him by first cutting off both
rs feet. Then they cut of his hands
md the last act was the .hrustlng of
pole through the mans neck and
he hanging Of his body IN a tree. the |
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