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Show r i Diaz Army j Is Bottled Up. Main Federal Force In Northern Mex- ' Ico Besieged In Chihuahua j Madero to Strike Decisive '; ' " Blow. ; ! i Chihuahua, Mexico, April 5. Three ' thousand troops representing the main j strength of President Din.' forces In I northern Mexico, aro "bottled up" In I this city. It Is the belief of the 700 Americans here that Prnnclsoco Midcro, tho In-jwrrecto In-jwrrecto president, 1b preparing to de- liver a dcclslvo stroke with n vlow to J bringing tho InBurreciIou to a crisis t in this section. p Tho opinion expressed by the Amor- 0 leans is that with Its present tactics rx of allowing Its forces to be shut up y In tho towns, tho Mexican government f (jjjy nlll never be able to suppress tho In - surrcctlon; that tho lnsurrcctos are h gaining strength dally and that nl-8 nl-8 ready they have extended their control over a far greater area than hereto-m hereto-m foro has been allowed to becomo W known. Chihuahua, with 23,000 lnhnb-3 lnhnb-3 Hants, Is said to be well fortified. Tho churches, housetops nnd other points M of vantage are surmounted by breast-m breast-m works and machlno guns. Tho troops, mounted and headed by brass bands, ; frequently parado through tho streets 'J as if to Impress tho people with a feel-8 feel-8 Ing of security. jjj Many smaller towns In the interior S aro garrisoned by a more handful of B men. Just outsldo tho city the Insur- rectos aro In great force. gj ' Maderos Capital. 3 Madero, with Orozco and 1,200 In- 3 surrcctos, Is at Uusttllos plantation, 1 sixty miles west, whore, surrounded by his staff, ho has established a soil so-il colled capital. 1 Two thousand more lnsurrcctos In i smaller groups nro stretched In a semi- I circle about tho north of tho country. 1 Abraham Gonzales ,lnsurrccto gover- 1 nor of Chihunhua, is at San Ysldor, 1 about 100 miles west, whoro ho haB cs- j tabllshcd a provisional government. I Tho purpo30 Is believed to bo to proceed pro-ceed with civil organization regard less of any pcaco possibilities, and with a plan to establish themselves permanently on tho land which thoy ro gard as "conquored." Governor Ahumadn sent word to General Hernandez requesting that no more troops bo sent out of tho city, unless an emergency demanded. Tho Insurrccto movement appears to bo advancing to tho south. At Torreon forces aro roported to bo about tho city. All the railroads to the south havo been blockaded, although al-though trains aro still running In other oth-er directions. This, with tho exception of the larger cities, makes a swoop which the lnsurrcctos control of almost al-most 1,000 miles of torrltory south from tho United States border. Americans Expect Intervention. Americans here have not abandoned tho opinion that the United States ultimately will cross tho border. For business reasons they would wolcomo tho appearanco of American troops ns a means of restoring order, but personally per-sonally thoy look upon tho insurrection insurrec-tion ns a strife among a peoplo wholly whol-ly alien to tho United Stntes. It 1h pointed out that tho presence of troops would provoko tho anger of tho lnsurrcctos, and might result In tho destruction of tho very property which It wns Intended to protect. At present Madero has given orders that no property shall bo destroyed oxcept such as mny be necessary to promoto tho Insurrection and block tho rnllioad. Tho statement that thoro aro 3,000 federal troops In Chihuahua city Is from official sources. Tho townspeople townspeo-ple assert tho forco Is less than 2,000. |