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Show SMALL HOPE FORHUERTA Only Hope of Salvation of His Re- Olmo Lies In Flotation Of a Loan Mexico City, April 17. Undisguised Undisguis-ed pcBBlmlam Is manifested In the capital as to tho futuro of tho Hu-crtn Hu-crtn government. In neither official nor unofficial circles or tho statements state-ments of Oen. Enriquo Obregon, com-. com-. mander of the Sonora Insurgents, and J) Vcnustlano Chrranza, ex-governor ot I Coahulla, of tho probablo overthrow of Huorta longer derided. Without exception the newspapers over that the only hope of salvation lies la 'J tho flotation of loan. Practically all of them admit that nonrecognltlon of the present administration makes this very doubtful. The banks continue to reflect tho government's financial difficulties and refuse to sell exchango except at exorbitant ex-orbitant rates, whllo merchants aw rasing their prices to balance the difference between Mexican and foreign for-eign currency. Thero Is no fixed rato of exchange. The bankers are selling practically as brokers, and are charging favored small buyers as low as 230, while demanding from heavier purchasers as high as 250. That tho rebels in the north rap-Idly rap-Idly are extending their lines Is indicated indi-cated by the isolation today of Monterey Mon-terey and Saltlllo, tho captlals respectively re-spectively of Nuevo 'Leon and Coahulla, Coa-hulla, by the cutting of the railroad a1 Linares between Monterey and Tara-plco Tara-plco and the main line of the National Nation-al railroad between San Luis Potosl and Saltlllo. Linares Is reported to be occupied by the rebels. Tho suspension of railway tranic has deflected tho passenger business for abroad to Vera Cruz and Tampl-co, Tampl-co, chiefly to the former. Tho Mexican Mexi-can railway Is running trains In two sections to accommodato traffic. The Ward line steamer which sailed sail-ed today from Vera Cruz was crowded crowd-ed to oerflowing. Some of tho wealthy weal-thy travelers had to content themselves them-selves with quarters on tho floor ot tho smoking room, whllo others only could bo accommodated In tho second sec-ond cabin, although they paid first class passage Mhny foreigners nro leaving the country In fear that anarchy will follow tho revolution. vf The government Is using every ef- '""J fort to resist the advance or tho reb- , V els, but the extraordinary rapid growth of tho rebellion has brought tho central government faco to face with tho most serious situation which It has been called upon to meet. It has not been found possible possi-ble to dispatch any great number of troops to the northwest. Chihuahua Is Inadequately defended. Coahulla, except In tho oxtromo soutn, practically practi-cally has been abandoned. Tho stato ot Nuevo Loon Is protected, only at tho cities along the railroad, and thero are none too many troops In Tamaulllpas. The rebols practically are In control con-trol of tho northern frontier. Car-ranza Car-ranza and other insurgent leaders ore demonstrating that they are working In conlpleto accord. Columns are moving mov-ing eastward and westward from Carranza's command to effect Junctions. Junc-tions. It Is believed hero that G-en-Trucy Aubert, tho federal commander, comman-der, Is In some danger of being cut oft at points which ho Is attempting to hold along tho National railroad. It would cause no surpriso If Monterey Monte-rey were-attacked. Tho state of Durango also Is overrun by rebols. In tho south, whero It was believed believ-ed the problom had been limited to tho ZapatH brothers, tho strongth ot tho rebolg has Increased greatly and Ithat ot tho government correspondingly correspond-ingly diminished by tho defection ot the rurales under tho Flguoroa broth-ors. broth-ors. A now revolt under Jesus Sal-gado Sal-gado bad a big following In tho stato of Guerero. Salgado had been counted upon to surrondor. Tho government has sent Into tho south about 2600 men, but no actlvo campaign against tho Zhp-atas Zhp-atas has yet begun, possibly owing to the efforts which are being mado to obtain the release of Pascual Oroz co, Sr., now a prisoner In tho hands of Emlllano Zapata. It Is assumed that tho Inauguration of a campaign against these forces wquld be tho Blgnal for his execution. |