Evening star., 1913-12-04
Fighting Days in That Section
of Country Numbered.
Says Gen. Villa.
DECLARES FEDERAL ARMY
IN BANKRUPT CONDITION
Officer Left for Dead by Rebel Fir
ing Squad Reaches
Mexico City.

JbAREZ, Mexico December l-Whtls
footing by isolated bands or confscatIou
OF property by the rebels may continue
The days of lighting In northern Mextco
are numbered. so far as the revolutions i,
Is concerned. according to expressions
made by rebel leaders today Gen Fran
cisco Villas assertion that there was NOT
much more to fight for in the north. be-
cause of the bankrupt condition OF the
federal army. which caused IL TO evacu-
ate so important a city as Chihuahua, has
spread among the rebels
What most Immediately concerns the
so-called constitutionalist party now is
the elaboration of it's civil government.
This embraces a more systematized Gus
toms to be enforced along the border
The rebels hold all the important border
towns except Nuevo Laredo and Piedras
Negras. opposite Eagle Pass. There re-
mains also to be put In force a uniform
currency system, for now rebel and fed
eral currency are i'm conflict. one kind be-
ing acceptable in one place and another
KIND In another. Rebel postage stamps
already are i'm Use. Mant governors and
state officials are to be selected.
Within short time. the leaders say, "A
government will be in operation in the
northern half of the country.
The settlement Of the civil questions is
one reason why Villa has asked Gen Car
rama TO meet him at Chihuahua Sylves-
terra Terrazas, newspaper editor i'm
chihuahua, who is not related to the
wealthy TerraZas family, has been select
de for governor of the state. Villa ex-
poets to leave to Carranza the task OF
establishing civil government. devoting
himself to the military campaign south
ward toward Mexico City.
Left for Dead; Still Lives.
MEXICO CITY, December 4.-Col.
Exiquie Barbcsa. a federal officer. who
was left for dead with a bullet through
his chest. after facing firing squad
OF rebels at Torreon, arrived in the
capital today. lie relates that he was
captured by Gen. Francisco Villa when
the federal troops. commanded by Gen
| Felipe Alvfrez. were wiped out just
before the evacuation of Torreon.
Col. Barbosa is the only one to escape
| death of the nineteen officers captured
by Gen. Villa on that occasion. He saws
| that he with all the rest was shot down.
Later however. he recovered conscious
ness. and while his executioners were
feasting he crawled away from the spot
and managed to get to a ranch i'm the
vicinity where he was given help. Some
time later he got away and reached a
mining camp, where doctor dressed his
wounds. When he was able to walk he
made his way to Zacatecas and Mexico
City.
Senior Moheno, minister of foreign af-
fairs denies that Queen Wilhelmina has
proposed I'm behalf of the powers any
iplau n for the elimination from the Mext-
can government of President Huerta.
The diplomats representatives here
also deny any knowledge OF such
move.
Reported Garrison Has Mutinied.
Unconfirmed reports have been re-
ceiyed that Zacatecas has been at
tackled and Saltillo threatened by the
rebels. Another report says the garri-
son 1T Monterey has mutinied. There
is no directed communication between
Mexico City and Monterey. The de-
yelopments with respect to chihuahua
and the departure from that city of
the federal forces have been published
The enunciation of the American policy
appears not to alarm President Huerta-
He says:
Il have no intention of yielding. Should
this fighting in Mexico continue for years.
/ shall continue to do my part I'm IL II L
am still alive"
In official circles there is vigorous denial
of reports that military peace commits
sion has been sent from Chihuahua TO
Juarez 10 treat with the rebels. In view
of Huertas repeated statements that lie
never would treat with the rebels, II Is
not considered likely that the commission
was sanctioned by him.