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Show FLANK MOVEMENT ON VILLA'S FORCES WASHINGTON, Dec, 0. oilcan interest in. Washington centered todav upon the military operations. Confidential Confi-dential roports indicato tho victorious march southward of tho constitutional 'irmi'na linj rAnivrl n 1iAlr rim nrf nnf. of which is not yot known. . That the rebel loaders themselves have takon alarm and aro proparing to modify their plans of campaign, to meot the threatening aspect of the federal forces waa, however, positivoly affirmed. af-firmed. Owing to tho absonco of telographlc communication and to tho reluctance of tho officials hero to divulge any of the movements of the contending armies in Mexico which by any chance might aid ono or tho other of the factions unfairly, un-fairly, it is not possible to ascertain all or tho phases of this last military development. Flanking Movement. It is understood, however, that fod-ereal fod-ereal lenders in tho north who, after tho supposed dofeat sustained by them j in the battlo at Tiorra Blanca, wero believed to bo returning northward in an effort to find refugo across the bor-dor bor-dor in Texas actually had abandonod that purpose. Instead, it is reportod, thoy have re-orgnnizod their forces and bogun a flauking movement on the army which the robol general Villa has rushed from tho captured city of Juarez Juar-ez toward Oliihuahua. Villa's lino -is very muoh extended and his communications communi-cations would bo BsriouBly jeopardized bv a sudden incursion from a formidable formid-able forco of 1500 fodcralH commanded by Orozco, which is rapidly advancing toward him, apparently with the pur- poso of driving him into Chihuahua. ; May Trap Villa. Meanwhllo at least two othor federal gonorals with fragmouts- of the army i reassembled after tho battle of Tiorra Blanca, aro reported to bo concontrnt- j ing on Chihuahua with tho purposo of f entrapping Villa's oonrmand. This i movement might fail, it is pointod out, through tho roiniorcomont of Villa's f command by Carranza troops, i If tho federal troops ndhcro to their : original plan of making their way into tho Unitod States, Instead of s'urron- l" d-oring to tho constitutionalists, thoy I will Ivavo to do bo without conditions ? and probably will not bo permitted to i figure in tho present war in Mexico. I Socrotary Garrison today said these ;- rofugoos might ctohs tho lino, but they i must do so without any undertaking on tho part of tho United States of- t flcials to pormit thorn to roturn into l Mexico. |