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Show BElRuT OFF Bebel General Delays His En-Iltry En-Iltry Into Chihuahua City jUntil Assured Federals I Will Not Attack Rear. mJLUON TRAIN IS, jjp SAFE ON THE BORDER Ijlercado's Soldiers and Civil-eXui Civil-eXui Refugees Said to Be in fMprecipitate Flight; Wash-iVt Wash-iVt ington Still Waiting. PRESIDIO, Tex., Dec. S. (By ctfc. B. army telephone to Marfa) 4Kt is believed the federals have sur-(jwunded sur-(jwunded Ojinaga to capture its gar-id gar-id JMjjon. Within the last half hour there jtlias been great commotion in the 'jMexican town across the river and jRroops can be seen rushing in all dl-jLfM'rections. dl-jLfM'rections. A number of shots have been fired, but as yet there has iMbeeu no general engagement. From ;a report just received from the i-Aineriean outposts a short distanco yljabove Presidio, it is learned that a feHhaud of 100 cavalry was seen riding lriWf a gallop in the direction of La-I La-I ilIula from which direction thp f ed-(Berals ed-(Berals would approach. fifeuAREZ, Mexico, Dec. 7. Still for-IjJjKying for-IjJjKying his telegraph and railroad com-.Jnnication com-.Jnnication with .luarcz against a possi-llfd? possi-llfd? aak " federals, General Pran- - Sfco w'tU his rebel army today maincd near Sausc, about thirty miles JBirtlt of Chihuahua. Villa said ho Ifflnild ijchtv his cutry into the capital lUvuinil lie was confident, he was not TBini; to be cut off from the north. jBThii idea prevailed that some of Gen-IH1 Gen-IH1 Salvador Mcrcado ?s federal troops, evacuating Chihuahua, possibly vghf' have left the main body and 1 jBftuig around to the north and west in attempt to throw a force between' ''Ha and his base ou the border at .Birez. Should Villa lose his communi- IKtion with Juarez, he would be iso-lJBc(l iso-lJBc(l in Chihuahua, and thus be in the 'jrition of the federals before they Ofl'luated that city. !Mo Federals Seen. .'jSKpiroct telegraphic eommuuioation oSyli Villa's headquarters, however, QIBovfil thai no federals had been seen tSywhere, and Villa's slow progress to-fllftrtho to-fllftrtho state capital was merely prc-ttonnvy. prc-ttonnvy. jMVilla himself is convinced that the rffirryng away of the federal generals $ jW.lho,l? beiurr put under fire was suffi-ACTCuJ suffi-ACTCuJ "indication that they were dis-Cajferteucd dis-Cajferteucd aud fearful of mutiny by tho lUBipaid soldiers, and that in eonse-(jBijnce eonse-(jBijnce no more important fighting is be expected until tho rebel army iu-ifcdes iu-ifcdes tho torritorv south oC Chihuahua. C;eantjiuo ho is moving cautiously. The tension of their territory has placed iPR rc8losihli tics upon the robels. It inRjusifits in nrotoefcing the property tJBiich J'ormcrlv thov wero engaged in jTjjlstroying. fl'ecipitate Flight. rtTliut lorcado's routed federal arfhv1 C5.th hit generals and officers wore still la!t'DK frantic efforts lo reach the 'Rito(l States border, but wero haudi-Sppcd haudi-Sppcd in their progroes because scoros the civilian refugees, including mem--tliW of wealthy Chihuahua families,-jnj'.rc families,-jnj'.rc foot, enmo in messages from HlBjmnga. opposite Presidio, Texas. BBA bullion train, after traveliug. two Wcks over tho desert from tho mines Ji'flK I'arral, arrived on tho bordor with 9 -nillion ounces of silver. Some of tho Bj 0r3 TOPrted that tho caravan of I'yBflernl refugees could be senn many .fwlcs away. " Hehlud them tho refugees . jB3 left a trail of discarded possessions jitfiBftch they had takon with them in fe'yWfl'yipg from Chihuahua, but which HjrftWt.3T t'cy found too burdensome to ljjjry. Tlie remnants of food, broken- Ilm11 "wagons and a trail of footprints gjte tiding for miles, disclosed tho pre--.ritate flight of both soldiers and ci-JJIHianfi. ci-JJIHianfi. iWpRCING PROCESS IS CONCEDED SLOW 3jW'A6HINGTON, Dec, 7. Willi t),c an-"uiinua an-"uiinua policy or this Washington rov-fMarncnt rov-fMarncnt nn tho diplomatic alrln of tho mL (Oontlnuod ou Page Two.), VILLA IS TB 10 CUBE OF DEFEAT; (Continued from Pago One.) Mexican- situation, one of patient waiting, wait-ing, Interest here chletly centers In tho rapidly moving military operations In northern Mexico. The movement southward of Goneral Villa's constitutionalist forces Is being observed with marked attention by military mili-tary ofttclale here. Reports that I-Iucrta's generals are planning a concentrated obstruction to Villa's march on Mexico City with a possible flank movement by those bodies of federal troops hitherto reported as fleeing from Chihuahua City to the border, bor-der, are being followed closely. There Is a general feeling among the high officials of tho government hero that the process of forcing the Huorta government to yield will be a slow one. The announcement from Ilcrmoslllo, tho constitutionalist capital, that Francisco Fran-cisco Escudero had been retired as Car-ranza's Car-ranza's minister of foreign relations, awakened ronsldcrablo speculation hero. It was recalled that William Bayard Hale concluded his parleys with Escudero Escu-dero bocause he had been unable to resume re-sume conferences with Carranza direct. In some quarters there was a disposition to regard the withdrawal of Escudero as having had some connection with the Hale negotiations. It was learned here tonight that Escudero Es-cudero had left Hermoslllo and was on routo to New York to meet his wife, who sailed fD3m Vera Cruz recently. Friends of Escudero said ho had suffered a nervous ner-vous breakdown and nocded a rest. Mr. Hale continues to resldo In Washington Wash-ington awaiting word from President Wilson ns to when they may confer In detail about Mexican nffalrs. The president's presi-dent's Illness last week caused him to deny himself to all callors, but It Is expected ex-pected that the coining week ho will send for Mr Hale and seek further Information In-formation about the constitutionalists. Must Respect Foreigners. MEXICO CITY, Doc. 7. Foreigners must not bo interfered with If fighting occurs in the federal district. This injunction in-junction Is contained In the general army orders Issued today. Tho orders specifically specifi-cally state that In tho event of fighting tho officers In command of the government govern-ment troops must understand that the lives and property of all foreigners are to bo respected; that no moneys or supplies sup-plies are to be exacted from them, and that they must bo permitted to leave the sccno of tho fighting at any time, Feelinc of Unrest VERA CRUZ, Dec. 7. A heavy north gale lias boen raging since yesterday, but began to abato toward nightfall. German, Ger-man, French and Spanish steamers from Havana havo been hove to outside, unable un-able to enter tho harbor. Many Mexican families have arrived here from tho capital In the last few days. They report a feeling of unrest there. Few Americans aro coming. All tho hotel accommodations here havo been taken. Tho American consul at Tamplco, Clarence Clar-ence A. Miller, reports that ho has received re-ceived advices from the consular ugent at Tuxpam that large federal reinforcements reinforce-ments havo arrived there and that the rebel forces under Goneral Aguilar are moving northward, Tho consular agent says thnt tho presence of the American warships lias had tho effect of checking Insurgent depredations and recommends that they bo retained Indefinitely. it is believed that the next point of attack will be Monterey, and aftor that San Luis Potosl. |