| Show MEXICO IS WAGING i WAR WARTO TO A A. fiNISH I I Report of War Department In Indicates Indicates indicates In- In Government Is Carrying Carrying Carrying Car Car- Out Threat to Exterminate Exterminate Exter Exter- minate Revolutionary Towns INDIAN STRONGHOLDS ARE WIPED OFF MAP MEXICO CITY 0 Nov That 17 That the the Mexican government is determined determined determined deter deter- mined to ca carry lJ iy out ont tho the threat to resume rc- rc sume the ta tactics tics employed so successfully success success- successfully fully by br General Robles Hobles in ill the tho state of of Morelos fore os some months month ago is indicated indi indi- c caled by bt the report of the thear war var department department depart depart- ment announcing the total destruction of If several small t towns and villages es c in the northern mountains or of o Oaxaca where here the revolution 1 has hns been heen ram raIn pant Another evidence of oC the governments government's III ten to u use e c all aU en energy emerly r In restoring ing lug peace In the south Is the announcement announce announce- me nent ment l b by n. n a high official that soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers n now now w operating in the north chiefly chief chief- i I ly in Chihuahua and Durango DuI Du- Du I lango will lJ be s sent nt against rebels inthe in inthe In Inthe the states of of Mexico I Puebla Guerrero nd Oaxaca and Zia two of ot the places destroyed de were the strongholds of oC the Serrano f Indians Convinced that the inhabitants of th these sc towns to were in accord with the rebel orders were Issued is issued issued Is- Is sued for or their d destruction Without calling on the Inhabitants to withdraw the thc artillery began beg It Itt work ceasing only when the tO town t n ha had 1 been reduced educed i to s a mass of ruin The Tho Indians arc are active e In other othel di di- di Official reports sn say condition conditions condi comB tion of the States Stales of Morelos and Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico leo lavo O improved cd but hut It is known that the rebels hold important hills near Cuernavaca an and and lather largely control tho the rural districts districts' und and many many- of or tho the minor tow towns In the State of of C Mexico Tho The situation sit sh- n In the thc state of Guerrero has had boco bo- bo co on n-a n co nt o tho the c ship of ot Juan Andrew Almazan who who Is said to have a considerable following follow follow- following ing IDe- and controls territory along the thc Pacific coast General Aguilar who t is supposed tobe to tobe be bc directing a Jar large c part of the rebel for forces cs is operating in the southern part o of the state of or Puebla Encounters are aro ro reported dally daily dall but in all of or them the government go has been victorious with slight losses |
