Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-03
WILSON'S TALK
IS PROVED
TRUE
Developments OF PAST Sc HOURS
IN MEXICO REGARDED AS PROOF
OF PRESIDENTS STATEMENT that
the HuERTA REGIME WAS CRUM-
BLING LITTLE BY LITTLE. |
FEDERAL GENERALS
FLEE TO U. S. BORDER

Washington, D. G., Dec. 3.-The
flight of Huerta's generals in North
ern Mexico, federal evacuation Of
Chihuahua and Guaymas and the re-
fusal of Mexican oil companies to fur
nish fuel for movement of federal
troop trains, were pointed out by Of
ficials here today as such events to
which President Wilson referred in
his message to congress yesterday
when he declared the Huerta regime
was crumbling by little every day
Diplomatically there have been no
developments. President Wilson's
statement, that this government,
would not in his opinion be obliged to
alter it's policy of 'watchful waiting
was regarded as forecasting period
OF passive observation, with every eye
of the government exercising at the
same time close scrutiny on the safe
guarding of foreigners and their prop
erty
Some diplomatists were inclined to
see in President Wilson's expression
of hopefulness that when Huerta had
been forced from power, in which or
der would be restored "by the concert
and energy of such of Mexico's lead
ers as prefer the liberty of their peo'
pie to their own ambition an answer
to the frequent inquiries in the TO-
reign press as to whether chaos ana
anarchy would result if Huerta re-
tired.
Diplomatic officials here had no ad'
vices to support published reports that
Queen Wilhelmina, speaking for the
Hague Tribunal, had addressed
peace proposal to Huerta. State de-
partment officials were confident that
The United States would be notif1ed
before any such proposal was made.
Although the state and navy depart
ments were without official advices
over night, unofficial reports that
seven federal generals in northern
Mexico were ready to surrender to the
constitutionalists. were read with keen
interest.
Seven generals of the Mexican reg
ular army are ready to surrender ana
the backbone of the Huerta dictator
ship in the north has been broken. A
peace commission arrived in Juarez
last night bearing terms of surrender.
The peace commission was headed
by Odilon Hernandez and came from
II, \, hnp ri
signed by General Salvador Mercado,
Huerta's military governor and com
mander of the federal force in all the
north. The proclamation stated that
the Huerta government was bankrupt
and was unable to pay it's soldiers.
The simultaneous evacuation OF
other federal strongholds in the north
is believed by the rebels to be the re-
suit of a concerted decision to aban-
don the whole of northern Mexico
The peace proposals were sent by
General Mercado 10 Cen Francisco
Villa, rebel leader, through FREDERICK
Moye, civil governor of Chihuahua,
appointed ad interim Along with it
came an appeal signed by all the for
eign consuls in Chihuahua calling |
upon Villa to give police protection to
the citizens of Chihuahua city.
General Mercado's proclamation
said:
Under the circumstances which
have existed in Chihuahua it has been
deemed necessary for the federal
troops to evacuate. leave it in |
charge of Federico Moye, a person
who is not identified with politics and
who is therefore qualified to give full
protection to foreigners. 1t is i'm
possible to remain here longer as
there is no money with which to pay
the troops"
The generals who have signified
through General Mercado their will
lngness to surrender, but who, never
theless, are fleeing to the United
States border are: Gen. Salvador Mer
cado, Gen. Pascual Orozco, Gen. Jose
Ynez Salazar, Gen. Marcello Caraveo,
Gen. Jose Manzilla, Gen. Bias Orpinel
md Gen. Manuel Lando.
" IutS'SVPs !
Juarez, Mex, Dec. 3.-Confident
that the seven federal generals who
evacuated Chihuahua city with the
troops intend to seek refuge in the
United States and thus be beyond dan
ger of being taken prisoners by the
rebels, General Francisco Villa today
sent more constitutionalists to attempt
to intercept them. The generals, led
BY General Salvador Mercado, whose
1esertion of Chihuahua and whose
statement that he had no money to
pay his troops is regarded as vir- I
-ual breakdown of the Huerta dictator
ship SO far as the north of Mexico is
are headed for Ojinaga on
The border 1t is thought they will
cross the river to Preside. At Presi-
lilo, they are expected to be arrested
by the United States military au-
horities, taken to Maria, and thence
o San Antonio. Their arrest on cross Il
ng the river would follow as mat
er of course under a ruling of Secre-
ary of War Garrison. II
With the generals are many subor- Il