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Show HATTZK Or KBOOOKITIOIT. WILL OOMB VP tOOM WASHINGTON. May 11. Naws of th fall of Juarss oama to official Waahtns ton from aarloua soureas from tha sa. crat sarvlea aaants of tha dpartmant of Justlcs, who hava baan watching tha bor-dar: bor-dar: from tha collector of cuatoma In Kl Paaa and from tha signal ssrvlcs man of tha army. Tha naws of Madaro's victory will apraad rapidly throughout Maxlro and without doubt racrulta will awarm Into hla camp. Logically, wltb haavy rain-forcamants. rain-forcamants. his naxt mova win ba s march on tha capital ftsalf. Incidentally stopolng In baslaga and captura tha cltlaa In hla path. Thara will ba ona formldabla obatacla to such a campaign, tha difficulty of arming and supplying with ammunition hla augmantad forces. Ha can scarcaiy obtain thaaa auppllaa from Tataa.-for tha Amarlcan administration holda to ita da-olslan da-olslan that arms oannot ba parmlttad to go to tha rabala acroas tha Una befora racognltloa of tha balllgarancy of tha In-surrartna. In-surrartna. Tha quaatlon of recognition of hla balllgarancy aeaumea tha first deen-ea of Importance to Madero, and. without doubt, through Ssnor VasconcolaB. the acting bead of tha junta here, an effort may be expected to secure It from tha state department Indications are that Such a reouest will not ba aranlad. for the present at least, - There is thla objection try that act the Dies government would ba relieved of ail pecuniary responsibility for damagre la-atcted la-atcted upon Americana by rebeia. Another eonalderetloa is that It would obttgav4ae government to treat tha Dies flavs meal precisely as It doea tha rebeia n lite matter of denying the the right te Import arms and munitions of war, and would subject American goods entering en-tering Mexico to selsure as contraband. Tn whar extant Madero haa benefited by tha capture of Juarea In changing hla status in tha era of International law the orriclala here are not dlapoeed to -say. But offhand It la said the United States writ ba- obliged to recniaa his defaeto control of Juarea, aa International port of entry. ht ihe and ha will ba able to rooafve merchandise through hla custom house and collect tariff taxes. It la true that when Ague Prists was In possession of the rebels the United Stafee custom house In Douglas was cloeed by tha collector, preventing tha exchange ex-change of gooda. , - It la. admitted that had tha rebel occupation occu-pation continued a few daya longer that Ihe artloa of the collector, which waa not directed from Washington, would have been disavowed and trade relations between the two towns would have been re-eatebllshed. |