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Show MEXICAN REBEL CHIEF 'DEFIES UNCLE SAM l Orozco Breaks Off Official Relations With United States Consul Protest Pro-test of Americans at Chihuahua Treated With Contempt. Chihuahua, Mexico, April 12. The qunsl-ofilclal relations, which force bf circumstances hovo existed between be-tween Marlon Letcher, the United States consul here, and General Pas-cual Pas-cual jOrozco.commander of the rebel forces, wore broken today vVhen Orozco Or-ozco formally notified Mr. Letcher that he no longer recognized the latter lat-ter In an official 'capacity. This official of-ficial ostracism Includes alsi .lames 1. Long, tho United States consular agent at Parral. in,, a general way the reason g.vcn by Orozco for his nction Is that ho cannot recognize representatives of a government which does not recognize recog-nize tho belligerency of tho party of which ho Is the leader. -A series of Incidents, however, led to tho climax. Since tho rovolunon began tho consul from time to tlmo has bceen compelled, In tho absence of nuthorlty in Chihuahua to tako up various matters with Orozco. Tho latter frotted under tho fact that tho consul did not addrcs'hlm as a regularly re-gularly constituted authority. Less than week ago a rebel band went through tho Mexican Central train bound from Chihuahua to Juarez," Juar-ez," and seized letters and documents carried by passengers, nmong tho matter seized bolng considerable of Consul Letcher's official correspondence correspond-ence addressed to the Btato department depart-ment at Washington. Mr. Letcher protested In no uncertain un-certain language to Orozco against the .act. There wero several ex changes over tho matter until finally final-ly tho liberal leader Informed tho consul that the letters had been seized seiz-ed because either they wore stamped stamp-ed with American Btamps, or not stamped at all. Orozco declared that tho fact that tho lottcrs were not entrusted to the malls as conduced by tho robels was an Insult to them, not to mention iue fact that by .using messongora Instead In-stead of tho malls tho robol government govern-ment is deprived of leglmate roven-ue. roven-ue. In conclusion tho consul was informed in-formed that his letters wero In tho postofflco and that they wero at his disposal as soon as ho saw fit to affix af-fix official Mexican postage stamps. |