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Show MUCH INTEREST I IN THE GOMING I BORDER FIEHT I Federals at Ojinaga Have wii Fortified Themselves Be- nl; hind Trenches and Await Attack of Soldiers. Bfe NINE GENERALS IN LITTLE GARRISON Rebels Under Orders to Exe- j cute All Officers and as g Many of the Volun- II teers as They Capture. IS JUAREZ. Mes.. Dec. 25. Almost all In- I terest in the movements of General" Fran- Cisco Villa's rebel army today centered E Itf in the expedition sent ,by him from Chi- 11 huahua to attack the federal forces at 1H Ojinaga on the border. Within the frontier village, opposite jtjj Presidio. Tex., the federals have fortified A j l themselves behind trenches prepared for ffljl J a siege. The importance of the rebel S1 movment toward that point lies In the question as to what the federals will do Mwj if defeated whether they will break up Iwjjj Into small bonds or retreat across tne border into the United States. General iffi Villa gave orders to execute all the off.- Mlftj ccrs and federal volunteers should they be captured, and to show clemency toward ji p! only such of thc regulars as have been 1 J forced Into thc service of the Huerta army. 0J General Villa, who remained at Chlhua- Jlljj hua. said he believed the federals as a g 1 last resort would seek safety acrosx the Jffi border. Urn Plenty of Generals. jjl Among thc federals are clfibt or tunc Ml generals, Including General Francisco PER Castro, the commander, and General Pas- cual Oroaco, commander of volunteers. mff With their -IO0O soldiers they reproBent Hji the remnant of the federal government flflfi which fled from Chihuahua more than fljlj three weeks ago. Their flight to tho hor- W&J dor was a retreat. Three days more of Wnj marching over the desert confronts the 119 ul00 rebels advancing under General Tor- RjjH rlo Ortega. It was expected the trip to- KIS ward Ojinaga. would be slow because of JkIIJ tho cannons they would have to pull wllu It If their equipment. Ilebel leaders were of n the belief Hint any actual fighting at ft I I Ojinaga will be delayed by a necessity u ! for first besieging the village, for tho u high position of Ojinaga would glvo the Fr If federals a natural defense. A long pe- W (111 riod of walling might ensue. I I I Japanese Are Safe. h General Villa sent word from Chihuahua Ilfj today that he had no Intention of ordering Mmf nil Japanese to leave the country He- Jj) ports had been current that General lluer- yaH tu had placed orders in Japan for arms HH and ammunition and that because of this STlfl the rebels intended to expel thc few Jap- p I ariese who engage in agricultural pursuits Jjj in Chihuahua state. Japanese merchants !) In the United States sent Inquiries as to iff , Villa's attitude toward their countrymen. nil: "We Intend to molest no foreign who If ft , do not actually mix up In our domestic lH affairs," said General Villa. JRIjl VILLA EXPECTED TO II PRESS CAMPAIGN i WASHINGTON. Dec 25. tApparcnt Ilj quiet In thc Mexican situation was in- H PjJ tcrprcted hero today by officials as merely HDll a "holiday" armistice and tomporary. ffplK Strategists believe that. General Villa. l III the rebel leader whose victories already BMJ have placed him In thc forefront of tho wlm constitutionalist movement, will press his BPH campaign southward with, a view to car- HJ rylng thc warfare Into thc federal district fj to compete with General Huerta for the Mfa mastery of the Mexican capltaL tffl Official Teports received today werft N H meagre. Rear Admiral Fletcher, com- Uf ma tiding the American squadron In Mexl- Mm can gulf watere. reported his departure Iff on the flagship Rhode Island from Tarn- 11 Ij plco for Vera Cruz, As his recent la- (luf conic dispatches from Tampico have told. jff repeatedly of the restoration of order la Mfil that lately disturbed section. It Is bo- Ij m lleved ho has gone to Vera Crus to as- mm sign to their proper stations tho battle- IH ships just arrived there to relieve the IN vessels about to return to home waters. Hll As Admiral Fletcher is directing tho bat- HN tlcshlp maneuvers in his own discretion. Mm officials thought he might return without further notice to Tnmplco. whore further II hostilities may ensue as a result of rebel. determination to un!n control of a port I or entry on thc gulf coast. "While reports of Francisco do la Barra's m cordial reception at tho Japanese court , 1 were received with interost here, official ' were inclined to believe that Emperor I. Yoshlhlto merely was according to Gon- cral Hucrta's special ambassador sue it courtesies as are customary In the return m ! of International viBlts. REBELS ABANDON Wtt ATTACK ON TAMPICO WM BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. Dec. 25. ThV II attack on tho Moxlcau gulf port of Tarn- IK plco has been abandoned and the con- 111 stitutlonallst forces which has been op- Will eratlng In the oil regions near there will H lnvost Monterey, capital of Keuvo Leon, Hi about thc first of the year. This was the mrnw official announcement from tho Mata- Hlj moros hcadquartors of the constitutional- KM Ists today. IR Since Tuesday six troop trains hav HA left Matamoros for Ramoncso, but forty Hf miles north of Monterey. Those forces Umft were snld to be part of 5000 men en route Mi to' Ramonene. where the army, which has HH been Investing Tampico, also will ren- HH desvous. From Ramones to Monterey Is HW expected to bo a week's journey, owlncr Hflj to rough overland traveling. Hill Gonornl Pablo Gonzales, military com- HH mander of thc constitutionally in tbn Hi state of Tamaullpas und Nuovo Lon, Hti Colonel Ernostos Coy and Colonel 'Davlla. Ml Sanchez woro with the troops leaving jli! (Continued, on Page Two,) IK ' lii v'r MUCH INTEREST IN THE CHI BUTTLE (Continued from Pago Ono.) Matamoros, Their equipment included six cannon repently captured at Vlc-torln Vlc-torln and trdteii to Matamoros for repairs, re-pairs, a number of machine guns and rlflos and corresponding supplies. The Mexican consulate horo wna Informed In-formed today that a battle was In progress prog-ress at ZacatficaK. midway between Matamoros Ma-tamoros and Monterey. This was denied de-nied by constltutintmllst.s who claimed to have information that there were no federals fed-erals between Matamoros and points twenty miles from Monterey. Lunches With Emperor. TOICIO, Dec. 21. Francisco dc la Barra, the former provisional president of Mexico, Mex-ico, who is here at the head of a special Mexican mission, took luncheon today at the Impcrlul palace and later presented to Emperor Yoshlhlto a letter from Provisional Pro-visional President Huerla thanking his majesty for Japan's 'participation In Mexico's Mex-ico's centenary celebration. After the presentation of the letter the emperor decorated the Mexican special envoy with the Grand Cordon of the order of Paul-ownla. Paul-ownla. As Scnor do la Barra entered the carriage car-riage which took him to tho palace he J was cheered by a crowd which had gathered gath-ered about the hotel. In an Interview the Mexican diplomat fald there was no secrecy attached to his mission and that his visit to Japan was purely ceremonious. Tho Japanese newspapers, commenting today on Senor do la Barra's mission, said that It would tend to Tromoto friend-ship friend-ship between Japan and Mexico. St, Louis Poor Fed. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 35. Fifteen hundred homeless men today were treated to a hearty Christmas dinner by tho twenty-eight twenty-eight members of the house of delegates or lower brunch of tho municipal assembly. as-sembly. The legislators not only nnld for the feast out of their persona) funds, but actually prepared the meal and served it to tho men. The dinner was served in the 'basement 'base-ment of the old Four Courts building, now used as a municipal lodging house. The menu included pork, cabbage, potatoes, po-tatoes, mince pie and coffee. As the men filed out each was handed an apple, tho gift of Mayor Henry "VV. Kiel, and a package of tobacco donated by a local firm. Quiet at Capital. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 25. Reports still persist of rebel activity around Tamplco. although there have been no clashes of late with the federals. Chrlstmaa passed auletly In the capital, Mexicans and Americans Jn many instances in-stances mingling together In the day's festivities. Spanish Cruiser Arrives. VERA CRUZ. Dec. 25. The Spanish armored cruiser Emperador Carlos V. which was ordered to Mexican waters for tho protection of Spanish subjects, arrived ar-rived here this morning. |