The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-11
DECIDES HUERTA'S
ELECTION ILLEGAL
Mexican Congress Tells Dictator
to Keep Office.
DEFlES DEMAND OF U. S.
Two More American Warships Are
Rushed to Tampico When Lives Of
Foreigners Are Menaeed by &c..
Threatened Battle.


ed that the election of Generals Huer
ia and Banquet as president and
vice-president respectively, was IL
legal, but that the vote showed the
people wanted them to serve and rec
commended that the two serve out the
term ending In 1916.
Warships Rushed to Tampico.
Washington, Dec. 10.-Two more
warships rushed to reinforce those
under Rear Admiral Fletcher. who
has been given carte blanche as to
the use Of the American forces at
Tampico, arrived. They are the
Chester and the Wheeling, which
gives him a force of two battleships
and two cruisers at that storm center
Americans In Danger.
Vera Cruz, Dec. 10-The surrender
of Tampico has been demanded by
the rebel leaders, Gems. Lucio Blanco
and Pablo Gonzales, according to ad-
vices received here from that port.
The commander of the federal garri-
son, Gen. Ignacio Morelas ZaragoZa,
In reply dared the rebels to come and
take the city.
Americans and other foreigners
there are declared to be In much dan
ger.
Zapata Is Repulsed.
Mexico City, Dec. 10.-General
Zapata has been repulsed by federal
troops in his advance on Mexico City.
He has been driven back many miles
south Of Cuernavaca. Fighting is still
going on, however, this being the third
day Of the battle. One hundred and
thirty federals were ambushed and
massacred.
Huerta Ready to Flee.
President Huerta is In readiness to
fee Mexico City. He will move the
federal seat of government to
lguala, according to semi-official an
nouncement. s,, .i d ;.z--ss.- !,
General Huerta's family arrived
safely at Manzanillo whence they are
expected to sail for Japan. The spe-
cial train reached here, carrying five
women and two men.
Villa Quits Carranza.
Juarez, Mex. Dec. 10.-General vii
la, who Is in command of the consti
nationalist forces in the north, has
broken from Carranza and intends to
establish himself in Mexico City as
dictator.
This was made known by Carran-
za's agents here. They accuse the vic
torious rebel leader Of bad faith and
an effort to do away with the former
governor as provisional president.
CarranZa has ordered all other
rebel generals who have given pledges
of loyalty to him that no troops be
sent to reinforce Villa at Chihuahua
and that if he insists on his campaign
against Mexico City it will be alone.
Reign of Terror Near.
1t seems certain, now, that Mexico
will be plunged into a reign of terror
such as never has been known in the
history of the world. Villa, the vic
tor, is merciless. He kills at the
slightest pretext, and has lined whole
files of federal officers up against
walls to be shot without the sign OF
military trial.
Huerta, who is trapped in Mexico
ty. He will not hesitate to put to
death anyone who falls into his hands.
Carranza, perhaps the most peace
full and gentle Of the war leaders, is
victim of expediency. His letter to
Governor Hunt of Arizona, in which
he defends Villa for executing federal
officers at JuareZ, indicates that he
40 or he
liked to, but because he believed 1t
was for the good of the cause.
In Event of Trouble.
In the event of any trouble in Mex
leo City threatening the foreigners
there, marines from the international
fleet now off Vera Cruz, would be
rushed Immediately to the city to pro-
tect them, according to confidential
information given out today from the
foreign embassies and consulates. 1t
was said that the United States, Eng
land, Germany and France have
agreed to undertake the protection of
all foreigners in the capital either
from Carranza or Zapata if they at
tack that place, or If any trouble
should break out within the city.
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Grad
dock, commander of the British feet,
is said to have given out such infor-
nation to the British subjects, and
says this is the real object of the
feet. The fighting ships of the
United States, England, France and
Germany, are loaded with marines
within a half mile of some railroad
yards in which are about a hundred
eropty cars. Within very few hours
from the report of trouble, thousands
of marines could be rushed into the
capital The allied forces are SINH
lar to those during the Pekin Boxer
troubles.