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Show MEXICO IS I DEAD BROKE I Huerta Delivers Impassioned Im-passioned Appeal to Congress to Devise j Means in Raising Money For the Government Gov-ernment Mexico City. April I. President Hu-ei Hu-ei ta in a message read at the opening of the regular session of congress to-night to-night insisted upon the necessity of the nation obtaining money, either by drawing upon the reserves or by an kM appropriation from the proposed loan. Without going Into details the presi-dent presi-dent pointed out that the finances of be country were not In a bad condi- kM tlon. but admitted that there was a deficit which must be met The cus-toms cus-toms revenues for the first eight months of the fiscal year showed an increase, but the president admitted this was due largely to the Increase of 5 per cent in duties The entire wM message was characterized by gener-. He explained his occupancy of the presidency by a mere recital of known I facts of the parliamentary procedure and made no reference io the bom-bnrdment bom-bnrdment or the killing of Madero and Snares. President Huerta referred to a plan for increasing the army to 0.000 tie expressed the opinion that the best elements in Mexico desired peace and were co operating with the central government. The only trouble, he admitted, was the open rebellion In the states of Sonora and Ceahuilr. but he said the government was con-fident con-fident that order would soon be ve- President Huerta ignored precedent when instead of reading bis messag" he informed the deputies that his eyps were not good and handed the docu-ment docu-ment to the clerk to read. He touched a iopular note when he supplemented the reading by a brief speech He appealed To all to help in pacifl-cation pacifl-cation of the country declaring th?t he would fight for peace even though WM it cost him his own life. "We are confronting a most diffi cut problem." he said "We are stand-wi stand-wi in the presence of the republic, 9 j humanity and God. We are the sons ' of a glorious race and I hope that this race will be greater yet. ' Brothers! Sons! 1 call upon you to help the welfare of this unhappy buT. WM rich country, forgetting all personal WM Questions. On leaving you I hope tO carry the conviction of your co-opera- mm tion. For myself. I have vowed to pacify the country even though I sac riftCe my life." To Attack Federals. mW Nogales, Ari? . April 2 General Al-faro Al-faro Obregon. who left Cananea with his Sonera s ate troops yesterday to attack General Ojeda at Naco, chang-ed chang-ed his mind and decided to march against the federal forces at Ouaymas Two troop trains arrived at Nogales. Mexico today from the Naco district M and departed immediately for the M south over the Sonora railway, which runs to Guaymas. The trains bore a W strong force of state troops, with Ob-regon Ob-regon in personal command The constitutionalist leadei sent fi" WM men before Naco to guard against the WMm possibility of Ojeda. with the rem- Wi nant of his federal force again taking WMM the offensive. |