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Show ZAPATA TAXES MEXICANS. Money Needed to Pay His Troops and Expenses of Government). Washington. Except for a few isolated iso-lated cases of robbery and violence, which resulted in severe punishment to the offenders as soon as detected, the Zapatista forces have maintained good order in Mexico City, according to advices from the Brazilian minister minis-ter to the state department. The Zapata military commander has issued a decree levying a tax of one-half the regular , property tax, which, he says, is needed to pay troops and the expenses of police and government because the Carranza administration ad-ministration left the treasury empty. |