Arizona republican., 1915-07-02
Faced by Unparalleled Con ditions i'll Capital of Mex leo, Threatening Safety of Foreigners. R lie i Measures Considered
IAPATA STILL
 IN CONTROL
Continued Success of Re sistancc ofZapata Against Entry of CHTdnza Troops Deadloclls Operations H. the South
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcz1

WASHINGTON, July 1.-Faced by unparalleled conditions of famine and anarchy in Mexico City. threatening
 the safety of foreigners government officials tonight gave serious consid eration to measures of relief. Dis patches by d courier to Vera Cruz
 from the Brazilian minister at Mex ico City, were before Secretary Lans- ing and the president, who may au- thorize an effort to obtain consent from Carrauza to send supplies to, Mexico City through neutral agencies.
 The message said "Only the open ing of the railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico CIty will bring relief The dispatches revealed that Car ranZa had refused to permit the mes sagcs to pass the cable. Ii is under stood an inquiry will be made byj the United State~ of Carranza to- learn the responsibilities for the stop ping of diplomatic communications.
 While it appeared the Zapata >orces are still in control of the capi- tll. fighting continued at the out skirts of the city against the rein i forced columns of General Gonzales. i CaIranza commander.
 The political situation in Mexico is l generally believed dependent on the ] course of the military operations. ] Continued success of Zapata in re- sistinG the entry of Carranza's troops l into the capital has deadlocked | operations in the south while in the 1 vicinity oc Aguas Calientes. Villa ] claims to hav- retaken Lagos and de- ! feated Gen. Hill, who succeeded Ob- 1 regon in active command of the Car l ranza forces.
 This report is cOntradicted by Car | ranzA officials who declare that Ob- | regon is having continuous success. 1 Efforts to restore peace are said to | wait to some extent upon the return | of the president although the out 1 come of the military situation the i next two weeks will have an import | ant bearing. Many leaders of the | Villa movement are now in Wash ington. This group will be augment | ed by the early arrival of Miguel | Lombardo. minister of foreign affairs, | from Chihuahua. A Villa agency i statement says that Lombardo left ] Fl Paso today for Washington to ! confer with Enrique Llorente. confi- f dential agent of the provisional gov ernment in Villa. territory, and Man uel Bonilla. who is here on a spe- ! cial mission for Villa. General An l geles, q Villa leader will participate. l The purpose it is declared is to con- vince American officials that Gen. | eraI Villa and his associates are will 1 ing to make peace with their oppon- 1 ents and that they have no candidate, i but will agree to any capable man. |
 Villas battle with Obregon yester- | day at Lagos was described in a mes 1 sage from his headquarters at Aguas | Calentes to Enrique I.lorente, head 1 of his agency here.
 General Villa ordered several bri- l gades to move from the San Bar 1 tolo Hacienda near Penuelas to eX- ecute a flanking movement upon La | gos.'' the dispatch says.
 The expeditionary column is com manded by General Reyes. At mid | night our forces reached the rear of l Lagos and the battle began. For l eight hours it continued desperately, i ending in the complete rOut of the i Carranza forces. who fled in great i disorder towards Leon.
 our forces captured two cannon | and three supply trains, which were burned. We inflicted heavy losses and made many prisoners. Our troops | fought with great enthusiasm and