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Show CONFIDENCE ! IN HUERTA i IS GROWING Rapid Vanishing ef Rebel Spirit la Mexico Is As-sorted. As-sorted. LEADERS APPARENTLY WORK HARMONIOUSLY Zapata Obdurate, bat Has Lest Somt of His Chief Supporters. IIIIIIMIIMIMtMIIIIHM - MEXICO t.lTY. rb. 17. f f Provisional Pretident Haoitn today drafted a bill granting f amaoaty to nil political offend ers "who shall present them ealve to tk autkorltioa witkia 4 fifteea dart." Tka measure 4 was hurried to tke chamber of T deputies, which la ia extraordi aarr session, for quick actioa. Tha emleeartee af Rmlliano t Zapata, who was aaid to be hiding ia tka state of Morale, are here to confer witk H aorta. They are aaid to boar inttruc tiont from their leader to ar range urate of aurraader. Seventeen Zapatistas who ad- reared to tke edge of tke fed- era I district eight miles from tke capital, were capturad today aad executed Juan Vargas, commander of tke rural. Mat tklt message to President HuarU: t' ' I have the honor to report tke execution of seventeen ban- dlts token ia oat le wry aad re- bellioa." t tHuerta replied, highly com mending tke official. M H II t I'l t II 1 1 H H " 1 1 1 1 M MEXIOO CITT, reb. ST. OnMlim in tk Huerta idmliilaniaaana appears daily to wax ttronger. If faith U to be placed la tk gorernmont roporta aa to tk rapid ranlaking of tk rebel spirit throughout tk republic. Plot aad cooap tract againat tka prorttlonsJ pretident are ttUi talked of t wkla. pora, but Utera a a leaet an ontward aniaaraact of haraaouy between tk a Jaw- ev a..- . i, a aT. --lll-l J ll Protn ltoJa!Tia ttmm to be working togatkor to bring tsSaast general peace, watch both expreee tkfatTfa a ardently dealrtng. Tk collapse of tke revolutionary moveraenU both aorth and eoutk appears ap-pears to bo imminent. Tke latest adherent ad-herent to tke government it General Oroceo, who kaa seat a telegram declaring de-claring kit allegiance. Bmfllaao Zapata, oa tke other kaad, remains obdurate, although maay of hit chief supportert kare eorae into line witk tke new order of thing. Vanuatinao Canaan, former governor gover-nor of tk state of Coaknlla, according to dtapatckoe received here, has aot succeeded in obtaining geaeral support for hit attitude against Huerta. A further adhesion to tke govern meat war registered last night when Rafael Tapla, a former ekief of rurakt guards la tke Mate of Tlaxeala witk 800 men, si gained hi deeire to surrender surren-der Tapia conferred witk tke federal minister of war yesterday aad waa told to return far another conference, bringing witk klm Antonio Hidalgo, a candidate for tke governorship of Tlaxeala. who la la rebellion. POST Or NTJEVO LA HE DO STILL CLOSED TO TRAFFIC LAREDO, Tax.. Pab: J7 Provisional President Huerta baa sent telegrams to several merchant of Laredo, stating tkat be understood Ool. Oeronlmo Vlllareal had taken possession of Nuevo Laredo: tnat he recognised Vlllareal's force as en In- togral part of the herder revolutionary movement, and that their Joint endeavor would he to restore peace to the republic. It wss learned that a committee from Max loo City baa arrived In Monterey and will go by special train to a point half way between Laredo end Monterey to confer with a committee named by the authorities at present In charge of Nuevo Inredo. It waa said thet another confer-ancs confer-ancs will be held tHlh tha revolutionists (Continued on psge ?.) CONFIDENCE IN HUERTA (Continued from pag 1.) In northwestern Mexico. Including Pascual Oroaoo, Jr. Recognition of the revolutionists In Nuevo laredn Is not scceptsd to mean i hat the new government recognised their right to decree a 40 per cent reduction In i ust iima. dutlen or tne appointment of a new Mexican consul on the American sUle of the river. These acts are bslng left for settlement at a later oon fere oca. The port of Nuvo I, red.. In the meantime rs-uialn rs-uialn clotted to custom traffic |