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Show REDEL LEADERS IN MEXICO DEFY THE NEW RULER General Carranza, Who Is Raising an Army In the State of Coahulla to Attempt Overthrow of Hu-erta Hu-erta Declares He Will Never Compromise Compro-mise Mexico City, Feb. 27. -Emlllano Znpatn and VcnuBtlano Carranza, tho two most formidable of the mnny rebel re-bel lenders with whom tho Hucrta administration has to deal, have definitely de-finitely proclaimed their hostility to tho now regime. General Carranza, who Is operating in tho stnto of Coahulla, made tno following statement today: "I wUh to emphatically deny till 'reports to tho effect that I am dealing deal-ing with tbo so called Huerta government gov-ernment and to state further that 1 havo no Intention over of considering any sort of n compromise." Zapata has sent emissaries to this city authorized to negotiate tho leader's surrender under terniB which Huerta obviously will not consider Zapata's Demand Zapata commands 5000 well equipped, equip-ped, stnsoned lighters Ho demands that ho bo allowed to retain 700 horsemen, tho pick ot his force; that the government at no time have more than 1000 federal troops In tho state ot MorelOB, nnd theso to bo conllned to tho larger cltleK, and the federal governor is to bo removed. Znpatn thus will rcmnln a bandit and tho guerilla warfare which ho has pursued for tho past two jenrs will continue, he Is distrustful of Hucrta nnd huerta has no faith in him. Gcnevlevo do La and hlB Bandits aro committing greater atrocities than over. In tho stnto of Sonora tho revolt Is In full flame. Cnloinln, Oax-oca, Oax-oca, Arlzpo and several otho- towns aro roportcd to havo joined tho rebels. reb-els. Wires havo been cut, bridges burned and transportation interrupted interrupt-ed In several parts of tbo stnto. Summary Executions An example of tho Huerta rulo ot extermination was witnessed today near Tlalncpanta, eight miles from this city whero soventcon Zapatistas woro summarily executed. There wero thirty rebels In tho band, hut thirteen of them escaped capture by a force led by Juan Vargas, tho jefo politico. |