Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-08
Rebel Leader Hopeful of
Recognition by the
United States.
EARLY PEACE PROMISE
Large Shipment of Arms ard
Ammunition Struggled Over
the Line at NaCo.

Nocales. Sonora. Nov. S.-General
Venustiano Carranza appeared unusu-
ally optimistic today regarding the sue
cess Of the constitutionalist revOlu-
ton. Dispatches from his agents at
Washington and New York Indicated
that official Washington wanted 20
know the exact extent and strength Of
the insurrection against the Huerta
government.
This Carranza and his followers in
terpreted as a strong indication that
the Wilson administration was consid-
ering recognition Of the Mexican in
surgents. Such action. the rebel chief
considers would insure the success of
the revolution. and ne asserted he could
put 100000 men in the field.
CarranZa was cheered today by news
of the successful smuggling over the
line at Naco of a large shipment of
rifles and ammunition.
DR.. Henry Allen Upper. field officer
of the International Peace Forum, was
in Tucson, Ariz.. today on a mission
said TO have some direct connection
with an anticipated investigation by
according 70 the rumor. is an unofficial
representative of Secretary Bryan.
FL Paso, Texas, Nov. S.-Rebels un-
der Pancho Villa suffered heavy loss
in a battle at Chihuahua. in progress
SO hours. according to the German
consul here.
No OFFICIAL ANSWER YET.
Washington, d. c.. Nov. S.-What
shall the United States do if Huerta
refuses to resign? This question was
discussed yesterday, but no decision
was announced. Formal reply TO the
latest American representations had
not been received today Until defin- I
ite answer comes from Mexico il is ]
not expected there will be a deter 1
mutation of policy.
The discussion at the cabinet meet
ing turned TO various alternatives. The
members went away with fixed ideas of 1
the determination of President Wilson
that the American government should
insist on the elimination
of Huerta as the first step toward
peace in the southern republic.
CLING TO NEUTRALITY.
Lifting the embargo on arms so that
the constitutionalists may obtain muni-
tions of war was one OF the-principal
taken under consideration.
but there is no change as yet in the
neutrality attitude of the Washington
Press dispatches announcing Huer-
.a's purpose OF rejecting the American
demands made no impression on gov
eminent officials. They had received
no official communication to that effect
and would not comment until they
had
hopefulness that Huerta would
-ealize the certainty of future compli-
cations and eliminate himself from
he situation was expressed by some
officials. There was no information
AVAILABLE 20 indicate on what such !
optimism might be based.
BATTLFeHIPs AT VERA Cruz.
Under orders from Rear Admiral $
commanding the squadron in q
he Gulf OF Mexico. the battleship New ,
is steaming 10 Vera Cruz 2
rom Tampico. With its arrival eight |
american men-of-war will be assem-
He'd off Vera Cruz
Washington officials gave no reason /
or sending the New Hampshire. Ad-
niral Fletcher gave the order without .
from the navy department.
The gunboat Annapolis arrived at
ANITA Rosalis. Lower California, where
is guarding at the request of the
'rench foreign Office, a band of French Il
olonists.