The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-10
HUERTA'S POWER IS CRUMBLlNG
HIS COMMANDERS IN NORTHERN
MEXICO SURRENDER.
Chihuahua Evacuated and Command.
ers Fleeing TO the v. s. Border.
Villa Begins Tirumphai March

Juarez.-Seven generals OF the Mex.
lean regular army are ready TO SUR.
render and the backbone OF the iiuerta
dictatorship in the north has been
broken. a peace commission arrived
in Juarez bearing terms Of the sur.
render.
The peace commission was headed
by Odilon Hernandez and came from
Chihuahua bearing n proclamation
signed by General Salvador Mercado,
Huerta's military governor and com.
mander OF the federal forces in all the
north. The proclamation stated that
the Huerta government IL bankrupt
and unable to pay Its soldiers.
The Simultaneous evacuation OF
other federal stronehouds In the north
Is believed by the rebels TO be the
result OF n concerted decision to aban.
don the whole Of northern Mexico.
The peace proposals were sent by
General Mercado TO General Fran.
cisco villa. rebel leader. through
Federico Moyo, civil governor OF Chi.
huahua state. Along with IL came an
appeal signed by all the foreign con.
suls In Chihuahua. calling on villa 10
give police protection 10 the citizens
OF Chihuahua city. General Mercedes
proclamation reads:
Under the circumstances which
have existed in chihuahua Il has been
deemed necessary for the federal
troops 10 e%vacuate. ! leave In chargS
Federico Moyo. n person who is not
Identified with politics and who, there.
fore, is qualified to give full protec.
lion 10 foreigner. II Is impossible
TO remain here longer, as there Is no
money with which 10 pay the troops
h generals who have signlfed
through General Mercado their willing.
ness to surrender. but who. neverthe.
less. are fleeing to the United States
border, are: General Salvador Mer.
cedo, General Pascual Orozco. General
Jose fnez S~alazar. General Marcello
Caraveo. General Jose Manzllia. Gen.
eral Blaz Orpinal and General Landa.
The peace commission proposed &c
General villa that all noncombatanti
who sought safety by fleeing TO the
'''''' w ~ 80 itHbut DN
ing fired upon and all the federals,
including 200 soldiers left on police
duty In Chihuahua City. be pardoned.
II also asked clemency for federal Of.
iicials, nut II Is thought the federal
generals will seek safety by crossing
the border into the United States, pos.
sibly near Ojinaga. The peace com.
mission stated that before leaving
chihuahua the federals destroyed all
the postage and government revenue
stamps: that there existed practically
no money In the city and that 1000
citizens had left with the troops, most
OF them being those who were rich
and who feared harsh treatment by
the rebels.
The commission started back for
Chihuahua with General Villas assur.
ances that people of all classes In the
city and including the federal police
would be protected and hat he would
dispatch troops To garrison the place
AZ soon as possible.
Notwithstanding the action Of the
federals, General villa himself was
preparing for departure southwark
He said Chihuahua would be only 3
stopping place on his southwark
march as he vas determined TO con
tinue to Mexico City.