New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-15
Federal Officers Deserving
i'm Droves, Fearing
Chiefs Flight.
CAPTURED
BY ZAPATA FORCES
Factions at Santa Rosalia Agree
to Bury Ratchet and Unite
In Rebel Cause.
tBy Telegraph TO The Tribune

I'll faSO, lex, July l4s-huerIhb oI-
fcers on the Mexican Pacific coast
are fleeing in terror of their
lives from the rebel forces in
that section, according to claims
made to-day by Constitutionalist
officials and confirmed by sources indie
pendent of the revolution. The story
Is that the officers have received word
that their chief is about TO abdicate
and fee, and fearing assassination at the
hands of the victorious rebels, the Huer-
Ia army chiefs are getting away as fast
as possible. Partial confirmation of this
report is received from the United
States warships on that coast, Admiral
Howard being quoted as saying that he
Is daily receiving reports of the evacu-
alton Of ports by the Federals.
Guaymas is now being evacuated by
agreement between the Federals and
the rebels, and within a week, it is
declared, Huerta will not hold a port
on the Mexican Pacific except Salins
Cruz and Mazatlan. He is holding
on to Salina Cruz, it is understood,
for the purpose of giving the troops at
Gusymas and Mazatlan q chance to
land and make their way to Mexico City
for the final stand against the com
bined rebel forces that are expected
to advance from the north sixty thou
sand strong.
The so-called volunteer officers Of the
Huerta army are the men who are re-
ported as most excited over the situa-
tion. 0rozco, Caraveo and Rojas are
men who fought with Madero, revolted
against him and Joined the Huerta
forces on the death of Madero. These
men are under sentence of death if
the Constitutionalists make them pris-
oners, and all of them are in the in
terror with escape cut off. They have
done much of the hardest fighting to
keep Huerta in power, and Eow that
the end of his rule is near they find
themselves trapped and facing death.
Some of the regular army officers have
been spared in the past, but of late
they have all been executed when cap
tured by the Constitutionalists The
volunteer officers, the "Colorados," as
the Constitutionalists call them, have
always been killed on capture. None
of them have even a hope for their
lives.
The Zapata forces have captured
the seaport of Acapulco, on the Mex
lean Pacific coast, after besieging it
for several days, according to reports
to Constitutionalist headquarters here.
The Constitutionalst officials on Civ
ing out the report of the Zapata vic
tory declared that recent statements
attributed 10 Zapata in which he de-
clsred his hostility to Carranza to be
frauds.
"Zapata is for the Carranza cause
and the entire rebel army of Mexico
is now united" declared an official in
the Carranzista junta to-day. villa
is reconcilled to Carranza and Zapata
has never been anything but sup
porter of Carranza."
This was further confirmed By n
telegram from Villa, who is at Chi
huahua, in which he declared:
"When the armies of the north
Obregons from the west, Gonzales's
from the east and my own from the
north-move on to Mexico City in a
few days, Zapata will be found COM
ing UP from the south. Hucrta VIII
be crushed and the death kncll OF
despotism in Me:'ico will be sounded.
If Huerta has NC left before the ar
rival of the Constitutionalist army IN
the capital. he will be executed. 1t
he has left, he will have been driven
into the sea, as we have threatened.
We have said we would execute him
or drive him into the sea, and 1t VIII
be a united country that will do 1t.
No man that Huerta may name or
sanction will be satisfactory to us.
We mean TO take Mexico City by force
and hold it for the people"
On Board U. s. S. California, Mazat-
Ian. July 1S.-At Santa Rosalia. a min
ing port on the outer coast OF Lower
California. the Federals and Constitu-
tionalists held conference yesterday
at which il was decided to bury the
Ratchet and make joint cause with
Carranza. The same procedure is OK
heated to take place at La Paz, an
other Lower California port, while at
Guaymas an armistice has been
agreed upon, to expire at midnight
July 20.
In the meantime four large mer-
chant vessels Of the Naviera Line are
loading rapidly, and it is expected all
Federal troops will be out of Guaymas
within the next few days. Negotla-
tions for the exchange of prisoners
began with the signing Of the arms
Both Federal and Constituencies
generals at Guaymas expressed protuse
thanks to the American commander
there for his assistance in negotiating
the armistice. Admiral Towards pol
icy Of strict neutrality won the CONN
dence Of both parties.
The destroyers Whipple, Truxtun
and Paul Jones left to-day for Mare
Island Navy Yard, via Sar Diego, to be
overhauled.