Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-03
HUERTA DENIES
SURRENDER
TO VILLA
DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT SEVEN
FEDERAL GENERALS HAVE OFFERED
TO LAY DOWN ARMS --DIAz BACK
ON ACTIVE LIST.-TAMPIC0 CAP.
ITAl OF TAMAULIPAS NOW.
SOME EXTRAORDINARY
RECRUITING METHODS

Mexico City, Mex, Dec. 3.-The
news that General Salvador Merca-
do, commander of the federal forces
in northern Mexico, has sent mill
tary peace commission from Chihua-
hua to Juarez to treat with the rebels.
while vigorously denied in official cir
cles, is regarded as the most serious
blow yet struck at federal prestige.
In view of Provisional Huerta $
statements that he never would treat
with the rebels it is considered i'm
possible that the peace commission
has been sanctioned by him. At the
same time however, it is pointed out
that the appointment of the commits
sion is in line with the suggestion
made by DR.. Aurelio Urrutia when at
! the head of the ministry of the inte-
rior, that overtures might be made to
the rebels without government sane
ton.
Sir Christopher Cradock, the rear
admiral in command of the British
|tertained at dinner last evening by
the German minister in Mexico. Ad-
miral Paul Won Hintze. Nelson o.
Shaughnessy, the American crage D.
Afaires was a guest
The war department today published
al order transferring General Porfirio
Diaz from the retired list to the ac-
tive list The order bears the date
Of September 90.
The seaport city of Tampico, was
today officially declared the tempo
rary capital of the state of Taumau-
lipas. General Antonio Rabago, the
military governor who was forced to
abandon Ciudad Victoria and who was
enormously reported to have commit.
ted suicide, has gone to Tampico un.
der orders from the federal govern
ment to re-establish his governorship
in the temporary capital The war
department today announced that Gen
eral Arizmendi and other federal Of
ficers who fled from Ciudad Victoria
to Cerritos In the state of San Luis
Potosi had been ordered to re-organize
their forces and to march against Vic
tora. This task had first been en-
trusted to General Navarrete, who
retreated to Monterey after his fail
ure to relieve the hard pressed gar
rison of Victoria.
Extraordinary methods are being
employed here to gain recruits for the
federal army. Servant girls display
marked caution when they appear in
the streets, as they are aware that
scores of their fellow servants have
been drafted into the army as female
soldiers. One territory, utilized by
the recruiting officers netting the
federal army So conscripts in single
haul yesterday. The bills posted out
side moving picture show announced
that the exhibition was For men
only" The little room was crowded
some time before the performance be-
gan. A series Of religious pictures
was thrown on the screen, the first
being 'The Virgin of Guadalupe" the
patron saint of Mexico. The crowd
greeted this good naturedly but when
it was followed by two other religious
pictures the man who had looked for
a different kind of entertainment,
started an uproar. This resulted in
raid bv the police who marched the
majority of the men to the barracks,
where they were at once placed in the
ranks of the army. Preparations for
defense in case Of local disturbances
are being continued by the foreign CO.
lcnies other than the American. Lead
ers of The American colony are lncll-
ned to believe that any move in that
direction taken by them would be mis-
by the Mexican government.
III order to avoid being regarded as
organized combatants, the Americans
in case of necessity. will take refuge
beneath the protection of the various
European flags. Fl. S. Kidder, general
travelling sales agent for the Waters
Pierce Oil company, was released on
a bond of $500 at San Luis Potosi to.
day. after submitting to trial by the
federal authorities on a charge of Sc
iition.
Apparently the only evidence against
Iidder was that while riding on rail
'oad he had talked with employees re.
,arding prevailing conditions and fre.
luently looked through his field glas-
les at the landscape. He was ar
'ested on November q.
To Replace the Bremen.
Berlin, Dec. 3.-The German cruiser
Dresden is being fitted at Kiel to sail
or Mexican waters at the end of De-
,ember. 1t will replace tire cruiser, I
Bremen, which is to return to Ger
many for repairs.
De La Barra to Japan.
Paris Dec. 3.-Francisco de la Bar
"a. former provisional president OF
Mexico, who has been Mexican minis
Ter to France for several months
suddenly for Japan on the rec
orders from General Huer
Continued on pat