The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
REBELS REPORT
GREAT VICTORIES
AROUND SAlT|LL0
MANY FEOERALs TAKEN PRIs
ONERS AND ARMS AND AMMU.
MILTON CAPTURED, GEN.
cARRANZA REPORTS.
C0NvERGfNG CAMPAIGNS TO
CLOSE IN ON MEXICO CITY
General Oregon With $4,000 Men Al
ready Threatening capital.-U. s.
Officials Make All Plans to
Meet Funeral Ship With
Dead Heroes Aboard.


Washington, May 8. - While the
Mexican situation is outwardly calm
pending the formal opening of the con.
ference of South American Mediators
at Niagara Falls on May 10. there con.
tinues an active undercurrent of dis.
cussion and preparation for the peace
plans.
constitutionaIists Winning.
At the same time definite reports
reached the constitutionalist head
quarters here of sweeping victories of
their forces near San Luis Potosi and
other points south Of Saltillo, where it
was thought their next big battle
would occur.
The news of Constitutionalist sue
cesses reached here in dispatches from
General Carranza to Raphael Zubaran,
minister of the interior in the Consti-
tutional cabinet, who had direct wire
set up to the headquarters of General
Carranza in Chihuahua.
Three Converging Campaigns.
General Carranza's messages show
ed that three converging campaigns
were in active operation, each within
300 miles of Mexico City. General
Obregon, with $4,000 men, operating
from the Pacific coast side, had cap.
tured all the intervening territory, was
besieging 'Mazatlan, and was threat
ening Mexico City from the west.
Another division, General Carranza
reported, had fought battle at Pen
zacos, near San Luis Potosi, which is
300 miles north of Mexico City. This
Is the southernmost point which the
Constitutionalists have reached in
central Mexico, and with the army
now attacking Tampico, they declare
that the general advance on the Mex
lean capital is to be made shortly from
three sides.
Capital Attack Soon
Rafael Zubaran, minister of the in
terror in the Constitutionalist cabinet,
after his conference by telegraph with
General Cara, in the city of Chi
huahua on the military situation in
Mexico estimated that within one
month their forces will have reached
Mexico City. Mr.. Zubaran made pub.
lie the following message from Gen.
eral Carranza on the military sue
cesses of the Constitutionalists:
Carranza Sums Up.
General Pablo Gonzales informs
me that on May General Carrera Tor
res $500 at
General Arzamendi, with all the Off.
GERS. of his staff, three military trains
1880 prisoners and a great quantity
General Obregon, operating on the
eaptuea 10 9 miles ne 6eow
whole Federal garrison having surren-
men. We captured 1000 Mauser rifles
guns and What is best Of ali, i.o 10000 .ooe
rounds Of ammunition.
General Obregon has completed the
PIECE ct Mazatlan the gunboat MORE
ORA and has been put out of commission
1.-THE forces sot General Pablo Con:
from Monterey to saitiiio, capturing
six field guns and much artillery and
rifle ammunition.
"VENUsT1ANo CARRANzA."
Mission Yet Unannounced.
Mr.. Zubaran has come to Washing
ton on mission as yet unannounced
Secretary Bryan said he had received
q statement from Mr.. Zubaran, but de
clined to reveal it's contents beyond
saying it did not concern mediation
It is believed to relate to means OF
facilitating communication between
the Constftutionalists and the state
department in matters of routine
which hitherto have been presented
by American consuls to local authorl
ties.
The significance of these constitu
tionalist successes lie in the fact that
San Luis Potosi is far south of Sal
tillo and only 300 miles from Tampico
on the west and Mexico City on the
south.
To Meet Funeral Ship.
A notable official assemblage will
meet the funeral ship Montana when
1t arrives at Brooklyn Monday with
the dead sailors and marines from
Vera Cruz. Besides the president and
the secretary of the navy 21 members
of the house of representatives will
be designated to attend the ceremony
under resolution of the house adopt
ed yesterday. A similar resolution
probably. will be adopted by the sen.
lte.
Funston to Extend Lines.