Republican farmer., 1920-06-18
DESCRIBES WILD
 FLIGHT BEFORE
 MEXICAN REBELS
Italian Journalist Tells How Carranza Fled From
 Capitol.

l MeX1cO CIIy, June 4ds---A 01diS
 written by Aldo Barino, an Italian
 journalist, gives a vivid picture of the flight of President Carranza and his 1 expedition of 10000 persons from Mex ico City in the vain effort to reach
 Vera Cruz in safety. It leads up to the moment when the word was passed in the expedition to "save
 yourselves who can," the trains were abandoned, lCarranza bade Senor Ba- ironi goodbye and began the march into the hills which ended in his ideath.
 i The diary discloses the fact that Carranza evidently, foreSa;w his end,
 for Baroni quotes him as saving when
 he left the train to take refuge in the .l hills: You saw me start my first journey in 1918 and you will see my !, last in 1e2O.'' Parts of the diary as , published by Ell Universal read:
 'I followed Don Venustiano when he left Salti1lo in 1913 with 300 men in . his heroic move against Huerta. To- day I am leaving the capital with him
 to be, probably, a witness of his end. am writing, seated on bag of rice in the Presidential supply car. The disorganization which prevails in the . station yards is terrible. Nobody has the power to organize anything. The expedition appears like one to Africa (referring to the enormous amount or baggage). I just saw in a cage the 7 the wonder of the bourgeolSle in the
 Paseo de la Reforma."
 At Apizaco he recorded: Word has 7 passed that the last three trains have been lost It appears that good luck g i is with Don Venustiano. The word g treason is on every lip. The word . are jammed in the cars like sardines. Our march is like that of a herd of 0 savages. The military trains are filled y with soldiers who have brought their y children, domestic animals, doss'
 chickens and parrots Their women e cause the greatest disorder. In the = trains are more than 10000 persons f and of these more than 5000 are wo- 0 men and children who vail, cry, cook, e rob and impede progress
 = "In front of the Presidential train o lis a luxs1riously Pullman buffet car, = symbol of disorganization and immor- h ality. A number of girls elegantly 7, dressed and a few elegant youths, e comment and wave from the win ,- dows. They appear like picnickers -- I've leave San Marcos at night with
 the lights out for the enemy menaces . the rearguard and Hanks. The i11-wil if of the train men has been noticeable = lsince we left Mexico City. Air hose "a has disappeared from some of the l. trains and without brakes they " threaten to crash into~@the ones pre- Is ceding them. Water is becoming " scarce There has been no military is discipline since we left the capital. , The troops are demorahzed The lead
 CTS act Independently. eGeneraD Mur-
 guia runs everything
 1'The first shots break the n1orninE [
 istillness. On horseback, followed by VI only one aide, Don Venustiano ad-
 vances~ at a trot- The first wounded J! arrive There are few medica1 sup plies and the -g,irls' of the feminine
 train,-oTer- their petdcoatsN as band
 AJo1,- 1,- fir,oo t<raf SrJ- of e. medical dressings but the lions of ,e Bargagan were not forgotten hi '@The President returns. He person. LII ally led forward the cavalry on the ,a right flank when they began to retire. ,6 Murguia has f1anked the enemy and d defeated him Under-a mesquite bush ;, ! a deputy is roasting a. chunk of red =, meat with great skill. uaTis Cabrera ~, is organizing a battalion of civilians. .. All who have eno arms step forward. oA It resent hles a. scene from "ThaaChoc- ofate Sold1er-s A prisoner is ques-
 toned. We learn that all Vera Cruz s- is in the power of the@rebes. Candido ts Aguilar, almost alone, has fled to Zon- go1ica-
 'Murg11ia arrives, amidst cheers,
 The victorious troops parade [ see
 an order of the day captured from
 the enemy. In it Obregon orderssthat
 the trains be stopped, but that the = President, if he wills. be allowed to proceed to Vera Cruz, with fun guar antees and an escort
 "The trains proceed slowly. Wear
 rive at Rinconada Ten <kilouneteTs' of
 trains, wrapped in silence. There is a, no water. A living chain passes it 'o , from hand to hand to rep4enish the l9' supply of a dead locomotive Don " Venustiano watches Not a trace oa
 the terrible battle which must be rag a' ing in his breast shows on his face. 'i This man is made of rock.
 "Carranza has statesman1ike zQ11aI IL ities, but one great defect Her does ks not know men. Capable. he is sur a rounded by incapables. Honest, he w allows thieves at his side
 be "I am aroused by a terrific squeal- lis ing Soldiers and civilians have
 sacked the Soledad ranch of 54S hogs s- Socn the cars resemble butcher shops al I am told we are to continue our jour- t. ney on foot The water problem con- to tinues unsolved. Orders have been nv given to burn the records of the gen.
 era1 staff.
 "An airplane is to fly over the en. L. eny lines. It has gasoline for one
 hour. Santana (the aviator) returns ri He tells me we are surrounded. The n tconvoy is lost. Violent firing is re- d. stunned. The Presidents barber bur. re dered with arms and ammunition. ex. l., plains how our artillery should be .t used It would be enormously ridic- - ulo1s if it were not terribly tragic e The soldiers women Stoica1ly con- o tinue cooking. r.
 'M3nfan General Augustin Milan
 governor of the state of Mexico) i: :. brought back, fatally shot through the
 head Other wounded arrive. There ol- are no doctors, no medicine. on 'The final moment has come. The nt, President has ordered the trains aban ,m doned and the march to San Andres nt. begun on foot I have bid Carranza of goofibve His smile was sad, but hi
 voice firm as he said: You saw mt he start my first journey in 1913 and yol H., will see my last in 1920
 "1 D. m. Carranza returns from th'
 front at a ga1lop. The. firing is in
 creasfng The first train is burning
 The troops are scattering. Now Is great silence
 Yer "4:e2 p. m A cloud of enemies ar