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Show GUTIERREZ 10 ILU DESIRE TO SHOW MEHCY Zapata and Followers, How ever,' Insist Upon Execution Execu-tion of Officers Who Served Federals SITUATION SAID TO BE VERY UNCERTAIN Washington Government Is Trying to Procure General Gen-eral Amnesty, Does Not Favor Executions ; VSIIIGTON Dec S Du patches from the Brar.ll an minister n Mexleo Citv dated there early todav and received tonight, described the po htieal situation as fall of uncertainties. He referred to the lack of harmonv among the several chiefs, some of whom were advocating radical and extreme measures of go ernment but indicated that nothing alarming had de doped and that good order was being pre scrvod From its own agents the state de partmrnt was advised that fnet on existed between the lapata and the ilia fictions, based eh cfly on the desire de-sire of Zspata to execute manj of the oficers who on o sened w th the fed eral armv t present a de ree ssued by General Gutierrez s spending all executions for whatever cause pending a fair trial is i effe t. Zapata Bloodthirsty The Gut e e ind Mlla clement b.9M ItaA&Mn ktatM have a trial anfU rrWnted Hf admBset, tat tbo Zapata fnBeweri art taid to favor sum mary exteaiion of those who served the ilaerta or fVa Ctrbaial regimes The American govcrsmost Is on dcaioring to procure a general amnesty and while no romisei hive been made that leeogwtioo w 11 follow the Men an factions understand that unless a hamanitarian coarse toward the r op ponents is pursued the reeogn tion of the United Btatea will be withheld The United butts goversment has indicated clearly that it would look with disfavor on continued executions and its remonstrance is believed to have been largely responsible for the Gutierrez decree. Summary of Eents The following summary of Upatches from ilexieo was issued by the state de partment today Latest information received indi eates that quiet prevails along the en tire west coast of Mexico A mail dispatch from Vera Cruz under date of December 13 reports that roving bands haie been pillaging in various parts of the 6tate of vera Cruz. . , , A mail A epatch from Guadalajara dated December 15 states that the Car ranzuita authorities have des gnated Ciodad Guzman sb the capital of Jalisco to which they hae transferred the state s arch ves. Another d spatch under date of December 17, reports that Guadalajara is qu et and in the hands of Villa forces. JIaytorena's W ithdrawal The department has been offlc ally informed that Mavtorena has w th s t,,B fnvooo fmvn the. trenrhes heretofore occupied (at Naco) burn ng his shelters He a reported to have gone e ght k lometers south Consul Simpich reports fron No gales Anz, that telegraph commumca ton w th Ilermosillo and fonanea is interrnpted He also reports heavy losses in the state of Sonora to ra 1 wajs and other property on account of floods , , Consul Canada, at era Cruz, tele graphs under date of Decembe 9o that Carranza s fore gn oflice asserts t has no knowledge of the reported arrest at Vera Cruz of Dr llarei! of the Mexi can Red Cross The cons 1 ad Is that Dr lllareal s present whereabouts is unknown General 11a s forces have suspended their attacks on Ebano near Tamp co and have concentrate! the r attack on the seaport of T ipam where fight ng is n progress today accord ng to a d s patch to the state department HILL PREPARES TO MOVE HIS TROOPS NACO Ariz Deo 28 Preparation for the eventual evacuation of fcaco So ora vras be-un today by General Benjam n H 1 who plans to take his Carranz sta force out of the Met can town where It has been besieged three months to Airua Prleta, oppos te Dougla-. Ariz This la in accordance vrl h the border neace plan proposed bv Br gad er Gen eral I Hurt L. Scott ch ef of staff of the Lnted States army The flna word s to come f om Mayto ena. H I cvpe s in conso date with the rest of h s t oopi at Aaua Prleta but Governor Maytorena hs thrown outposts a on the border east of here to pre ent H Is movement !intll the peace pas are fu y accepted Maytorena s VI etas now are en camped at Villa erde s xteen miles southeast of he e but It Is reported he f (Continued on Page Two ) GUTIERREZ DG9B - ID snr EXECUIH (Continued from Page One.) has olaced 500 men west of Kara sna : like number on the south. General rr ordered all his men to remain uisiae i-trenches i-trenches todav. . , Failure of Governor agrents to announce tonieM that t-'J chief had agreed completely wiin b. t-dier t-dier General Hush L. Scott .', peace plan was believed here t'--"V indicate that there would be luring lavs before the matter is finally Their telephone, message late e. from Mavtorena's headquarters un-they un-they would meet General Scott ap-n morrow. Yaquis Pillage Town. ON BOARD V. S. S. M; GUAYMAS. Mexico, Deo. w less, via San Diego. CHrr,A, Indiana from the mountains a"-,-and pillaged the town of Torres la rado, sixty-four miles north of Here, . I terday. ' ., . fr So far as can he learned, no Ine-lost Ine-lost but the foreign consuls ri pealed to Governor Maytorena to s troops to take the situation InJ-M |