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Show '. 80TEBNHEHT WILL : fill HOJBARTER I Mcy f ExtcriihitiH Will.fce Atftpt- I m! by Mexican Fs&rals Against Revointieaists I COUNTRY Will M DEVASTATED I Action Taken Because of Bar- I barous Warfare of Rebels, Non-Combatants Object " . ---. EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 24. Extermination Ex-termination methods, execution of prisoners and the razing of towns are to be employed in the f north of Mexico. Col. Man- s uel Landa, who with the Seventh cavalry is proceeding against 8f Ascencion, it is said to have de- vastation orders from Mexico p Citv. The town, a valuable t- supply center taken by the rebels, will be razed if taken by the federate. It will be the first instance in the north of the t "deelruction law" which already f has been practiced in Morelos f and other southern states. l - - J MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24. Five thousand federal troops will . entrain for the state of Chihua- i hua tomorrow, according to re; 1 ports from reliable sources. It (ir . , . is said the lysis of operations J -,. forthefreeh troops will be some JH5'" place will join the new arrivals i to campaign against the rebels, f whose operations in Chihuahua i have become a serious menace to the government. Saustine Olvera, " a state deputy, has joined the revolt in Oaxaca, where the uprising of t other chiefs has given fresh ' , impetus to the rebel movement ' v A newspaper man who- has rr, ' returned to Mexico City from the state of Guerrero, says the rural regions are controlled by the rebels. In tho state of Morelos and the bordering states, Pueblo and i Mexico, a terrible war of exter- ' mination is in progress. Non- I combatants in the state of Mex- f ico are petitioning the govern- i ment to cease the wholesale ex- f ecutions there, as the rebels are I making "reprisals, oftentimes I upon non-combatants, |