The Washington times., 1914-05-14

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I.Gp;tistas .H-.m about the southern
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.JerIs iacos an uprising in his own
C"IIai.
Downfall Imminent.
His dowHtau - imminent his .situa-
'tou is desperate. Only miracle can
ss,e him. lie may take tue advice c:
some OF his friends and seek to en;Iuz>
MS followers by an attack on the
american forces at Vera Cruz. And
come Of his alleged friends, SO.Ie
losest N, his confidence, are reported TO
2 aN aitiny an opportunity 10 forsnke
Iam. His palace followers are perched
lie vuiturts awaiting his end;
general CarranZa gave fuTther earn
est this morning Of his desire to keep
tie llierdship OF the United States. at
ieast Until ne holds the reins Of gov
ernmeht IN response 10 speclal fe-
..ue.t sent II N by the State Depart
1ent ne agreed this morning, accord
~ to ar announcement nlauc at tpe
White hCuse, to permit Cnarlned civil
ans from the United states to land at
IIlnpico to lake charge OF the o prop
tics and re- open them. President VII
ON requested this as result o. the
..lCss made 20 him yeEterda,' BY a rom-
slITIsA representing fi:ty-siSnt oil COM
panies holding investments in the TsIo-
Z % district.
The fall of Tampico overshsdowed all
els. today. j. has served TO emphas re
the extent OF enormous territory al
ready held b. the Carranzistas. And it
"a C0mneffEs
Rotation OF Huerta. HIS revenues are
completely interrupted.
Vera Cruz, Tamplco. and Tuxpam fur
r.shed more than two-thirds of the ell
tire revenues of the nation. The United
states holds the former, The rebels the
second. and TuGpam is so isolated that
its commerce is paralyZed. Re1llZation
% this fact NAV force HUerta's hand.
Whether ne can control the populace
Of Mexico CITY and the capita! district
when news of the latest rebel victory
fters south is a question.
Opinion here is that he will be for
tunstn il he does not have a revolution
right in the capital.
The fall of Tampico means the I'M
mediate pushing OF the campaign
srainst SaltiIlo and San Luis PotosL
retSrv OF State Brian and former Judge
Douglas. counsel for the constitutional
81 Junta, il has been pointed out that
The rebels have lost much sympathy in
20 follow up their successes. Douglas
,ays that there will be no reason for
complaint this time. Officials e~pera
to hear at least or Saltillo's capture be-
fore the end nf ihe week.
May Cause Trouble.
The taking of Tampico raises man;
interesting questions, as the constitu-
uonalists have hitherto held no sea-
cast towns. 1t is possible that the
federal gunbosts outside the harbor
sy seek TO prevent arms and supplies
from landing at Tampico. but such an
Interference with International COM
merce might not be tolerated by the
ug foreign ships lying there, and coin
P'ICatiOnS are possible.
AS there is an embargo on the eX-
portstion of arms into Mexico from
lie United States, ammunition could be
sIi1ped only from European ports, and
Litherto there has been no interference
ty General Huerta with foreign COM
rnerce other than with the United
states.
with a practical embargo on the inn
rortation of munitions o. war across
the American border in effect, the
rebels believe their only chance Of
geUtinc additional ammunition will be
rom abroad. On the other hand, Should
ne constitutionalists be allowed TO i'm
port ammunition through Tampico, some
officials point out that Huerta probably
would protest that the holding UP OF
cruz was unjust
The position Of the American Govern
n1ent has been that it held the customs
house at Vera Cruz as an act o: "e-
prissl, and when a shipment of arms
vas en- route to Puerto Mexico recently
no ATTEMPT was made to prevent It's
lsnding, though in a way still une&-
1lsined the German ship carrying the
munitions decided not to land its cargo
OF arms.
Army Depleted.
The best advices received here indi-
cate that Huerta has fewer than 10000
.6ldiers now available for service in the
south. The hundreds Of raw recruits
recently drafted have not been armed
or equipped, because the dictator could
not rcIv on their loyalty. He will now
have that to risk Secret agents of the
evolutionary party are reported to
nave been spreading discomfort even in
t5e ranks Of Huerta's veterans.
while qtfeisI confrmsti9n Of the @ re,
command OF the federals before Vera
rug and the naming OF Gen. Garcia
Pens as his successor. is lacking, Il is
scoe pied here as a fact. 1t is not e<-
ptcted TO add much to the loyalty OF
me troops.
The change in command will. how
ever. give Huerta an opportunity TO dis
svov responsibility for the staying OF
orderly Parks. reported tortured and
shot while in the uniform of a United
states army private.
The War Department is more stirrel
ur over this than Its chiefs care to ad-
nit, and IL il can be shown that the
tories OF torture as We'll well as
oesth are true. demand for repr.s: s
on those directly responsible VII be
made.
To Go to Oil Wells.
Representatives Of the constitutional
is,s notified the State Department TO-DAY
nat the first thing that will be done at
Tsnpico will be TO send Coops into the
oi ne'ds 10 restore order. and tnrI l.
rerm:t all the foreign Working crews 10
Get back at The jobs on the wells. MS
vu brjuy heavy revenues to The cor
sIltuuonalisJ treasury in the "aE OF
ca, export duties and T1yal..cS y