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Show FEAR SOLDIERS of mm w iKEJOOBLE Otherwise Government at Washington Is Confident Mexican Problem Is Shaping Itself. CARBAJAL ORDERS RAILWAY REPAIRED Road Between Mexico City and Vera Cruz Will Soon Be Reopened, Usual Sunday Bull Fight. WASHINGTON July 19 While gov ernment offlc a s feel that the Mexican prob em is rapidly shaping itself for so lution and that the constitutionalists and the Carbajal government soon will reach an agreement for the establishment of a new administration much apprehension is manifest over the possible operations of the Zapata forces Dispatches from Mex co City and "Vera Crur which declared that the followers of Zapata were dangerously near the capital are conf rmed by advices to the state department. Officials here for some time have been cognizant of the strength of the Zapata troops but the American government has been able to exert its in fluence with Zapata to prevent an at tack on Mexico City Emissaries from General Carrana are now in communication with Zapata and it is hoped through these parleys to bring the m 1 tary operations of the revo lukon under one head Constitutional st forces arS TVfrg hurried southward to help maintain order at the capital The efforts of the Amer can government are i d rected toward influencing a quick set I tlement between Carranza and Carbajal so that a stable go ernment may be set up "Rithout loss of time. The constitut onallst agency here has del vered to the mediators a note reject ing the lnvitat on for representatives of General Carranza and General Huerta to meet in peace conferences It was writ ten by Carranza before Huerta resigned but delivery was de ayed VESSEL CHARTERED FOR HUERTA PARTY PUERTO MEXICO July 19 Accord ing to the latest reports ex President Huerta and his party expect to leave here Tuesday Generals Huerta and Blanquet accompanied by three or four aides will sail on the German cruiser Dresden The others will go on the steamer Mexico of the Mexican .avtga t on companj which it is said has been chartered for this purpose The presi dentlal guards will leave early in the morning1 for the capitaL The refusal of President Carbajal to let the fugitive president have the use of the gunboats Bravo and Zaragoza has oc casioned undisguised chagrin but there appears to be no remedy As If to give co or however to the assumption that the government really needs these boats the Zaragoza put out to sea this after noon laying her course in the direction of Havana The only order the comman der received was to go to Havana It was reported that the Zaragoza intend ed to pick up at that port some promi nent constitutionalist and bring h ro to ft Mexico to enter into personal negotia tions with the new provisional presi dent The United States cruiser Des Moines which has been lying; off the harbor im mediately followed the Zaragoza. General Huerta spent the entire day in his car smoking an endless number of cigarettes and chatting with friends. His hun or was much less cheerful than at any time since leaving the capital and those about him treated him with the greatest cons deration Most of the women and men of the party left the cars for luncheon going1 to the restaurant of the local hotel A croud of perhaps a hundred peons mem women and ch dren gathered about the car in which General Huerta lodged, whll ng away the hours of the afternoon But it is doubtful if they were attracted as much bv the presence of Huerta who sat bes de an open window as by the music of a local ore est a which was stationed alongside the car Former Pres dent Huerta and his part here were joined today bj a few more military men and several po tlclans who R arrived from t e ap ta on regular and If special tra ns n o g ose w o came in I today were a fe ongressn e I CARBAJAL WILL OPEN f ROAD TO VERA CRUZ i MEXICO CIT1 J H The gap in the ra way between Vera Cruz and Mex ico City Is to be closed and by TueBda t s expected direct eommunicat on wi 1 be es ab is ed between the tv,o cities Pres dent Carbaja toda nformed t e Brit sh m n ste he ad ss ed orders for the Immed ate on p et on of the work The Be g an m n s e Pa May who s retur ng from a th e n ontha leav of absen 1 announ d i I be among h ft s to reac the capital over the d ect ne A tr p of n est gation through the district surround ng Mexico City to da proved tha recent reports of the (J a vit of the Zapata adherent were ex fk FEAR SOLDIERS OF im w flTMK (Continaed from page One) aggerated The fede a Is st hold Con re as Tulyahualco and Xoch m Ico Zapata bands are opera t ng In sma numbers committing deprecations on panta ons and sola ed ee tlements bu there hap been no concentrated attack on any pace Xoch m co has a garr son of more than 1000 It s cons dered mposs b e for he Zapata fo ces to ad vance be ond the r p esen pos on Os tepp M pa A a and o he v ase n e fede a d str ct ha e been e a a ed by these revo u ona bands on the ap proa h of the fede a a W thou tak ng no cons de at on he garr son n the ap a hera are suffl en vo untee s eady o repu se Zapata and h s men shou d he attempt to ad an c ose o he y The gove no of he ffdera district Ld a do Itu b de s nsp ng confidence hv h s ene ge c effor s fo the protec on of the ap a aga nst ma aude s from t e outs de an so ders from with n Mem be s of the d p omat c corps a e prepared o gua d the r nat onals The usua Sunday ca m prevailed today a bu fight be ng the ma n attract on n the c ty and n the vl lageB wh ch were sup posed to he menaced by band s the res dents we e t anq v enjoing hemse ves s t ng n he n azas promenad ng and s en ng to band mua c Rosano Taken ON BOARD U S S CAT IFORNIA LA PAZ Juy 18 (bv wire ess to San D ego Cal Ju y 19) E ght hundred con st tu lona sts landed last n ght a Ro sa o near La Paz Lower Ca forn a The Ca ranz sta governo ef Lower Ca fo nla demanded the surrender of the c ty and on be ng refused began a success u a tack at 8 o c ock th s morning The fight ng lasted 8 x hours there be ng much fight ng from house tops The f de a s re trea ed toward Trlumfo Th ee federal office s were executed th s afternoon Many fore gn refugees are now aboard Ame can sh ps In the harbor TEXT OF CARRANZA'S NOTE MADE PUBLIC NEW YORK July 19 The text of Genera Carranza s formal reply to the ABC med ators definite y refusing the r inv tat on to send de egates to treat w th those of Huerta concerning the pro v s ora p es dency of Mex co was given out he e ton ght by Modesto C Ro and ch ef of the newly es ab shed cons tu t ona 1st commerc al agency in New York C t The uncond tlonal surrender of Huerta or of whatever other administration cams to der ve Its supposed author ty from him or from the e ements which ma ntained h m In po ver was the so e offer Genera Carranza cou d accept f om Mex co City The message in which the statement was conta. ned was transm t ted here In connection with the wishes of General Carranza, to h s af?ent In "V ash ngton Rafael Zubaran The no e stated The first chief expresses sorrow at not being ab e to accept the Inv tat on nut n view of the fundamental 1 egal char acter of Huer a s government and the att tude which has a ways gu ded Senor Carranza to regard Huerta s acts n in ternat ona as we as nternal affairs as comp ete y nu and vo d he cannot con s der e ther Hue ta or any other so ca ed government der ved from h m as a factor n the so ut on of our home and foreign quest ons as the so ca ed government of Huerta has been a permanent v o at on of he Mexican const tut onal laws MUCH SMUGGLING OVER THE BORDER c EL PASO July 19 Twenty thousand ca tr dges on an average are be ng smug g ed da v over the intemat onal 1 ne at s po nt, accord ng to military officla s here The United States army patro adm tted y is powerless to prevent smug g ng t 1 sa d on account of the exist ng regu at ons of the war department The ammun on has been dest ned not on y to Genera V as const tutional st t oops but to the fede al irregulars who recent v have been espec a ly act ve in northe n Mexico S nee the resc nd ng of former PresI dent Taft s proc amat on regard ng the passage of arms and ammun t on over the R o G ande It Is not perm ss b e to ar rest o e en deta n smugg ers although the armv has o de s to prevent the actual smugg ng of mun ons of war The war departmen regu at on t Is sa d e en fo b ds the use of fl earns aga nst the smugg e s a though the ammun t on may be se zed The men of the border patrol thu m ght be ab e o use on y the r fls s n case of a confl ct. Mex can am mun t on runne s fo severs days past bod y have been bringing ammun on to the border n au omob e t ucks and dump Ing it across the ne Un ess a so d er s on the spot th s cannot be prevented t s a eged |