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Show STRICT CENSORSHIP APPLIED BIT KM Every Telegraph Line Out of Mexico Now Watched by-Government by-Government Agent. MEXICO CITY, April lo. Via Havana, Ha-vana, April' 22. Tlio following dispatch dis-patch wns sent by mail to Havana in order to avoid the censorship established estab-lished by General lluerla, which is more strict than at any time heretofore "Every telegraph wire out of Mcxi co City commercial, railroad or cable is now watched ovor by a censor chosen from among the most reliable and intelligent men in the government telegraph service. These censors frankly frank-ly inform would-bo senders of dispatches dis-patches that it is not a question of the veracity of tho messages, nor whether they disclose military movements, move-ments, but is merely a question of suppressing sup-pressing all nows not favorable to the government. Code Messages Prohibited. "Code messagoa arc absolutely prohibited, pro-hibited, with the exception onlv of bank tolegranis. The ha niters of Mexico Mex-ico succeeded in having the eniburgo on these messages raised, but only after aft-er thej' had proved that the detention of the dispatches would seriously embarrass em-barrass the iinnncial department of tho government. "Ivewspaper correspondents were given to understand that if the' were detected in using subterfuges to evade the censorship they would find themselves them-selves in jail. "While Nelson O'Shnughnessy was acting as the messenger of tho United States government to Provisional President Pres-ident Iluerta in the endeavor to avert war between tho two countries, more than 00 per. cent of the Mexican residents resi-dents in the federal capital went about thoir affairs in total ignorance of the crisis. News Suppressed. "General Huci-ta and his officals clovorly concealed even from their inmate in-mate rriendB all knowledgo of strained relations between Mexico and the United States. Tho general public was oven more in the dark since tho newspapers news-papers published columns of glowing accounts of victories by the federal armies ar-mies in tho north, "Reports of federal successes said to have occurred at places far beyond the limits of tho telegraph lines were printed broadcast. One dispatch announced, an-nounced, wich great display, that General Gen-eral Villa had been captured. "Tho railroads ceased some time ago carrying freight, to the north, as the limited supply of fuel oil on hand made it, necessar' lo conserve it for the movement of military trains. "Considerable apprehension has been aroused in t.hc capital by the movements move-ments of If.miliano Zapata, the rebel leader in the south, who, after gaining undisputed possession of the state of Guerrero, with the exception of the, port of Acapulco, has shown indications of moving northward. The soulhorn robcls have recently gained considerably considera-bly in numbers, and it is feared they may become formidable enough to venture ven-ture an attack on tho federal capital.'' |