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Show SAY ARMISTICE ! IN NORTH MEXICO - IS IMPOSSIBLE H ! J EIj PASO, Tex.. April 30. While Gen- j H era I Carranza has not replied officially to B tho proposition of the South American B mediators for a fodernl-rebel armistice, Hj his answer Is snld by officials here to bo H plainly forecast In orders promulgated B today for a concentrated attack on Tam- B The federal gunboats and the land de- Hj fenses of Tamplco have proved (oo blp a task for the troops of Generals Caballcro H and Gonzales, and orders were Issued to- H day for the mobilization of 12,000 troops H from the states of Coahulla. Tamaullpas H and Nuevo Leon. It Is reported also that H General Francisco Vllln, the first soldier H of the revolution, will lend the attack. h Monclovlo llerrera. whose fame as a 1 fighter has grown immensely during rc- 1 cent campaigns, If present plans 'prevail, j will hend the assault, on Saltillo, where i the remnants of the federal forces from Tnrreon, Monterey and other places cap- H tured by the rebels are gathered, j I Rafael E. Musqulz. a son-in-law of H General Carranza, and n leader of the H junta here, Is among authorities for the 1 declaration that the armistice in northern j ( Mexico Is impossible. Carranza Independent. H It was rumored in connection with the H ptoposal that acceptance of the proposl- H tlon would have carried with it some H j form of recognition of the belligerency of H the rebels, but General Carranza is said H '! I to have commcnled that he did not care H to attain It lu that way. as It was bound H to come in due time with the complete H victory- of his forces. H General Villa was at Parrnl today. Tt In learned that his recent trip to Juarez j and his present peregrinations are on business matters connected with raisins revenue. The United Slates is said to have suddenly become very rigid in its 1 demands for the protection of all foreign I J Interests in Mexico, thereby embarrassing HJ the process of raising funds by war taxes j t and confiscation. HJ George C. Cnrothers, special agent here J of the stale department. Is working night and day, but concerning the Important af- fairs passing through him he Is about as voluble ns the sphinx. Telegrams aro H known to be living between Washington and Chihuahua, and Carothers and Robert v. I'esMuclni. Carran-.a's confidential H a'ent here, .no In frequent conference. M The latter holds dully and nightly cou- f-rerces with hlt chief by telegraph. Will Review Troops. H' Villa's present Itinerary presently will he so arranged that he cnu accompany riirraur.a into Torrcon next Sunday, when he Is to review the troops, it Is fHv understood that he will visit Monterey alro to congratulate his forces then; on i the capture of the city. It Is said that the rebel capital will move to Torrcon with the first chief, and that after the expected capture of Saltillo that salubrl- i oils city will have the honor. Mus(ufz has been authorized bv Gen- . eral Carnuiza to proceed to Cludad Por- j flrlo Diaz (Pledraa Negras). Laredo and other cities recently taken by the rebels, to Install civil officers. Work of ropnlr- ing railroads will be pushed with great B energy. It Is staled. A letter to General Felipe Angeles, chief of the rebel artillery, from General Maas, the federal commandant at Saltillo, and signed by a number of other generals and lesser officers, asking Angeles to Join the H federals agalpsl the United States, was k received here today. Angeles's reply also j was given out to the effect that he would not compound Hucrta's crimes by Joining Letter From Villa. In a letter addressed to the Associated Press and signed by General Villa, the latter asserts that the best of feeling ex- lets between himself and Carranza. The letter follows: "To the Associated Press It Is abso-J abso-J lulely false, as statements In the news- J . Papers have maintained, that there ex- ists bad feeling between the supreme J chief of the constitutionalists and myself. I Between us there exists the greatest cor- dlnllty and good feeling, and I for my Part will always tender the chief the re- spect and subordinotlon which I have al- ways shown in all my acts. "(Signed) FRAN'CISCO LLA." The letter Ik dated April 20. . Returns to His Post. WASHINGTON', April 30. American Consul William P. Blocker wired the state department from Eagle Pass, Tex., today, the following: "After a personal conference with Gen-eral Gen-eral Murgula. commander of Carranzls-tas Carranzls-tas In Pledras Negras, I have returned to my post and am carrying on ''onsular j duties. The best of order prevails there. Murgula has assured me all foreigners and their property will be given abFolute protection within constitutionalist lines Murgula says he will occupy Sablnas as ; soon as the railroad is repaired, and will endeavor to secure the stolen proportv of . foreigners that was confiscated by fed- erals, as was reported in department dis-patches dis-patches of April 25. 5 p. m." War Munitions Held Up. GAI-.VE3TON. Tex.. April 30. One mll-lion mll-lion rounds of small arm ammunition consigned to constitutionalist forces along the northern torder of Mexico 'has been stopped here, and will be returned to the manufacturers because of the recent em-1 em-1 bargo placed on arms. Company "D, signal corps, a part of the reinforced Fifth brigade, sailed for Vera Cruz today on the steamer Esperanza. Non-American refugees who claim they were, brought here by the United States against their will, formed an organlza-tlon organlza-tlon tonight to arrange for their return to Mexico. They assert the United States will not do anything for them, as the an- propria tlon by congress was for tho aid of American refugees. j r |