The Washington herald., 1915-07-12
VICTORY BOOSTS
CARRANzA STOCK
Capture of Capital Renders
Favorable Action by US.
Less improbable.
NEW REGIME INITIATED
Con- Eete Reoin RI Set IN New
Constituencies Begin to Set Up New
Government Machinery in
Mexico City.

! Carranza stock went UP a bit yester-
day with the news of the capture OF
Mexico City by his general, Pablo Con-
zales.
Official dispatches to the State De-
| partment from Consul John f. Sillimar
at Vera Cruz confirm the capture oil
Mexico City by the forces of the Car
rama government and announce tina,
/ Gen Gonzales will take IN so carloads
of food for the faminc-stricken people In
| that city.
While no favorable action by the Unit
ed States toward Carranza is promised
as result Of the taking of Mexico City.
it has been conceded that without Mex
leo City in his possession. the first chief
certainly could not expect the support
of Washington to be swung in his direc-
| ton.
The Carranza people here were re-
joicinS yesterday over the news. They
feel it opens the way to recognition of
| Carranza as the head OF the only gov
| eminent in Mexico worthy of the name.
| The Nillistas, on the contrary. said that
| they were glad Carranza had taken
Mexico City. first, because il would re-
| !ieve them of the responsibility for the
| welfare of the people of the federal dis
trict, and. second. because it would rem
der immobile seven or eight thousand
| men necessary to garrison the capital
The Carranza agency announced last
night that steps have already been taken
to set up an administration in Mexico
City Gen. Lopez de Lara has been ap-
pointed governor of the federal district
and is en- route to the capital with his
staff. Officials and employees of the pos
tai, telegraph. treasury and other de-
partments will follow at once. 1t is not
expected that the Carranza headquarters
will be transferred to Mexico City at
this time.
L. 8. Omcials Gratihed.\
Officials here are gratifie.i at the cap
ture of Mexico City from the point of
view OF practical consideration for the
Helfare of the foreigners there. The
taking of the capital gives Ct--anza
complete control of the railway from
Mexico City to Vera Cruz. affording
safe and practical means of ingress and
egress for the foreigners. 1t is assumed
that Carranza will open this road to
general service in few days. This will
also permit the taking of food supplies
into Mexico City.
The following is Gen. Gonzales ac-
count of the capture of Mexico City,
transmitted to Washington yesterday by
the Carranza authorities at Vera Cruz:
Field Headquarters. Z p. m, July 10.
Mexico City is being evacuated by the
Zapatistas and the constitutionalist
forces are occupying the capital tonight.
There was severe fighting this morning
in the outskirts of the city between
Guadeloupe and Rio Consulate. which is
within the city limits. The Zapatistas
lost 1900 men. four pieces of artillery and
a great quantity of small arms and am
muntion Immediately after the morn
ing defeat they began a hasty evacuation
of Mexico City. fleeing toward the
south"
The only cloud seen upon the Carranza
sky is further operations by Zapata.
which menace the railway from Mexico
CITY to Vera Cruz This has been
Zapata's chief role in the last four
years"