The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-25
First Chief Is Preparing to
Leave Mexico in Hurry.
HE HAS QUIT MEXICO CITY
Former Dictator's Nephew Only
Few Miles From Capital.
He Is Well Supplied With Men
and Munitions.

Douglas Ariz., Oct. 25.-Felix Diaz
completed the conquest of the state OF
Mexico four days ago when he entered
Tuluca, the capital, according to
message received here today by Mex
lean identified with the Diaz move
ment.
Diaz was said to be only short
distance from Mexico City with force
of several thousand men, we'll armed
and amply provisioned.
The approach of Diaz to the capital
is believed on the border to be the
cause of the departure of Carranza
and his followers from the city.
A letter from Gen. Medina Barron,
a partisan of Diaz, received here. said
he was in complete control of the
state of Colima, having 5000 men. He
said he had ample funds for the prose-
cution of his campaign and had suffi-
cient arms and ammunition for 5000
men.
The state of Oaxaca, with the ex-
ception of the capital city of Oaxaca,
has been overrun by the Diaz adher-
ents, the letter declared
The forces of Zapata, several thou
sand strong, were in the suburbs of
Mexico City, less than two miles from
the most densely populated quarters,
the letter asserted.
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Washington, Oct. 25.-A rumor that
General CarranZa was preparing to
flee from Mexico became current here
after a visit by Eliseo Arredondo,
Mexican ambassad or-designate, to
Secretary of State Lansing. Secretary
Lansing said he was quite sure there
was no foundation for the rumor.
The rumor appeared to be based on
these facts:
Several secret visits made by Luis
Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican
members of the American Mexican
committee, to Arredondo.
The departure of General Carranza's
wife from Mexico. She arrived recent
ly at Laredo, Tex, on her way to Cal
ifornia
Carranza's departure from Mexico
City for Queretaro with considera BILE
guard and sixty carloads of war NUM-
tons.
Dispatches received by the state and
war departments indicating that Car
ranza's tenure of the presidency is
very insecure and that his military
subordinates have it in their power
to depoSe him at any moment.
Embassy Official Explains.
Mr.. Arredondo refused t be seen,
but an embassy official stated there
was no truth in the report that Car
rama might abdicate and leave Mex
leo. His retirement to Queretaro was
IS the provisional capital and that the
new national convention which was
elected last Sunday is about to con-
vene there.
An American just arrived here from
Mexico City brought alarming re-
ports of conditions now prevailing
turnout that country. He declared
newspaper accounts of extreme pow
erty and suffering of the people and
of outrages committed by the lawless
l ID
far short of approximating the full
truth. The masses, he stated, pick UP
refuse from the streets, roads and
| fields for food. Their constant prayer
he asserted. was that the American
forces would come into the country
and deliver them from their intoler-
able misrule.
He declared that Carranza does not
control the country; that the COVER
nors or military commands of states
act independently of him and that the
number of dissatisfied is constantly
growing among his own followers.