New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11
,,.ocon Cuts Off Expect
W. " IpSeinforcements from
San Luis PotOSi.
uFXICANS FIRE ON
AN Ell PASO HOUSE
,,,,tiscos on Border Said To
70 Planning Coup for
Huerta al Juarez.

81, p,so Tex. April 10 Retreating
= sorces have been halted at
NaA and Villa tonight is making
lHpsSs A. that point. General Obre-
"s- ,o.dav's dispatches said he had
90 ~ Dolores Hidalgo. cutting of
esly..ss,bilitv Of Villa retreat to San
~ =. Potosi. and rendering It difficult
t.' General Villa to secure the rem
~ ' ~t he has been expecting. Dis
i'i't t.s from General Villa say he is
p..s;ning his outposts at GuaJe and
N s,tsck the Oregon forces at
s,.vs on Sunday.
Vt,..s.'e5 Nexicans crossed the border
e,~,y to-day. fred into the home
= Pedro Loya, former customs col
,..or Of Juarez. wounded the Grip
- son OF Loya, and fed when Loya
lStis family opcned FIRE upon them.
- =. errival OF former President Vic
80 Wuerta i'm the United States
he signal on the border for the
',...-r,-s,ion % a concert movement 10
&c revolution in his favor.
ess.,fcos on the American side of the
~ are said by Mexican Secret Ser
=. - men 70 have all preparations made
~. he attempted seizure Of border
- IN Sonora and Of Jusrez.
Vsssiretor April 10. There is a
..,.srtous silence hanging over the
..~,,ion In Mexico. which State De
,...,er. officials interpret as indi-
.,a,s that a decisive conflict between
- main armies Of General Villa and
c.-srsl Obrcgou is imminent.
Tssrs was no new information re-
..a.sd AZ the State Department to-day.
y. lstes, reports OF two or three Will
=, successes near lrapuatO and Celaya
Eve in part confirmed late last night
:. 6ispatch from Villa to his Wash
ION agency. claiming he had Obre-
=, avi.hir the ring Of iron" and that
n ,-,emnts 20 break through had been
hrs,rsted
.,..iyed dispatch announcing the
.-.;ysl o. Rear Admiral Caperton on
=, Aacship. the armored cruiser Wash
.ron. As the admiral had moved
-,soyt orders. IL was explained that
.. rrobsble excuse was the continued
..,.s+ of an attack on the port from
.ls northwest. Two small gunboats
q. in the Paunco River at Tamplco
"a The Washington will remain out
80 the mouth Of that stream.
Tho Carranzista agency continued to-
i,y 10 claim a great victory for Cen
al Oregon in a dispatch purporting
;, have been received from the genera
,r,elf under date Of April 9, which
!as6:
-Psneho Villa. after a shameful de-
20. administered 10 HIM by our forces,
3, in fill retreat. He passed through
salamanca with eighteen trainloads Of
,o'5iers. FIVE of them containing wound
d MANY Of his troops have deserted
lin. We have burned more than 1000
ess6 soldiers left behind by Villa upon
ne battlefield He claims that his de-
eat IS due 10 humanitarian sentiments;
: very good excuse. Let US hope that
h will develop those Humanitarian
is1rmeats. dead in him so long.
Regardless Of his boasts Of being a
rea. general, his defeat is due prin-
tpslly 10 his inability in directing
operations and his total disregard for
me safety o. his soldiers. Due 10 has
.,sess charges. many Of his best sol
GERS persisted by the hundreds with
ct accomplishing anything. When he
otced that his troops were reluctant IN
tarryng OUT his orders TO 90 to virtual
daughter he became enraged and killed
q number Of soldiers whom he found
seeking shelter Villa did nothing that
q capable military man would have done
% prevent this unnecessary butchery..
As soon as ne realized his defeat he
i5andoned his infantry and fed for
uiety with his famous 'Dorados.
0Feia dispatches to-day made no
isieIence 20 reported firing on the
American flag near Brownsville from
re Mexican side OF the Rio Grande, but
Major Genera Funston reported under
.l,e Of yesterday that no shots had
ALLEN into Brownsville since March q
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