Show I TO ToI I o O En s i T Ul r 8 n. n t. t tJ J IJ ID feader f 1 o r N II td td Ito tt last stand mth fn J general en ral barria barracks at Torreon f a Opinions s were freely expressed oven even v n by ann army officers here that the long Ions drawn out battle of ot Torreon cannot last much longer and that that- It has has' continued thus far farand farand and strenuously because It really Is Ii a battie battle battle bat bat- tle tie to the death General Villa Is IB I. I IB is suggested thoroughly thorough I ly un understands the hazard he would run In withdrawing his hI forces toward ChIhuahua Chihuahua Chihua ChIhua- hua subject to attack In the tho rear from rom the te federals General Velasco's army Is Is' In as bad bada a plight If It not Worse It would have hll to ta cross uninhabited desert devoid of ot natural natural natural nat nat- ural defense defenso lu tu order to reach succor Driven from fromn the barracks barracks' In Torreon the too federals would be subjected to whatever or measure of ot slaughter General Villa cho chose e eto to mete meto out to ta them It Is believed that the weeks week's fighting has left the rebel arm army better provisioned d. d both In arms arias and supplies than It Jt has haa tho the federals and the fact tact that repeated reports have been received to tho the effect that the federals are making their last stand lea leads s to the hope among constitutionalists here that news of a a rebel vic victory victory Ic 1 tory soon n will b be forthcoming |