The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-15
LAST RESISTANCE
IS WIPED OUT
General Villa Has Remains Of
Federal Army in
Panic Stricken
Retreat.
OPEN ROAD TO CAPITAL
Huertas Army In Northern Mexico
is Almost Completely Destroyed
Now and no Longer
Feared.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.ff
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, April 15.--l
Il regard the victory Of Generali
Villas army at San Pedro De Las
Colonias as the greatest blow for the!
cause OF the people of Mexico thaeN
has aen struck since the revolution
ary era set in three years ago. Inc
triumph OF our forces has been cons
piete."
This was the statement made today
by General Vanust;ano Carranza, first
chief OF the Mexican revolution IN
discussing dispatches from General
Villa received last night announcing
the rout OF the combined federal
forces OF General Refugio Velasco.s
General Javier DeMoure and GeneraLs
Joaquin Mas at San Pedro.
&c Gsneral Villa in telegram to me.N
continued Carranza, says the REM
nant OF the federal army, with which
he has been battling for the past ten
days, is In panic stricken flight. The
| federal commanders left in killed.
T, wounded and prisoners, fully $500
men
! This victory Is certainly not sec
| oud in Importance to that achieved
! by General Villa at Torreon and in
many ways it is of much greater im-
4 portarce. BY taking San Pedro. VIII
'Ihas thrown the way open for further
advance against Mexico City when-
sver he wishes to begin 1t. 1t means
] that Huertas army In the north is al
most entirely destroyed. I am today
telegra aphing my congratulations to
! Villa i
/ General Carranza refused to dis
| cuss the arrest of American marines
at Tampico last week or the activity
OF the Atlantic feet of the American
navy. He said. however, that he mlsho
have a statement to make later.
/ Many Of Carranzas officers are NOT
so rsticeut, although they refuse to-
be quoted. There is general feel
ing among them that the Tampico az
! fair is wholly matter between
! Huerta and the government OF tre'
+ United States and that Mexico as a.
nation IS not involved. The change
of feeling from that which existed
two wears ago is marked. At than
( time when aver American interven-
ton was mentioned. every Mexican
bristled with resentment and any at
/ tempt on the part of the American
government to invad the country
would have resulted in unifcation oEI
all Cfscordant Mexican elements to,
resist the common enemy That feei-
, ing seems to have passed.
The constitutionalists ssy they klol
NOT believe. should the United Statesl
, find It necessary TO go to war withi
Huerta. that the territory now held by
the rebels would be invaded. except
rv permission to cross it. in order 10
reach territory controlled by Huerta.
Are In Full Retreat
SAN PEDRO DE LAS COlON1AS.
Mexico. April 15.-Generai Francisco
villa. field commander of the Mexf-
can constitutionalists declared today
that he believed the combined federal
forces of Generals Eslasco. De Moure
arT Mas are utterly demoraltzad as
the result Of their defeat in this vicin-
;ty and that their annihilation would
, be comparatively easy matter now.
/ Following their defeat after a savass
/ tn DAYS battle. the federals are re-
treating precipitately towards the east
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