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Show MEXICAN CAPITAL MENACED. Zapatista Forces Gradually Closing in on City. Washington. Zapatista forces are gradually closing in on Mexico City again, Monday's official dispatches re. port, and the apprehension is daily growing more acute over conditions generally. Practically all the foreign diplomatic representatives there have asked their home governments for instructions instruc-tions as to what they should do in certain contingencies, and are hoping to be permitted to use their discretion as to abandoning their legations. Demonstrations continue by the populace, which has been affected by the nullification by Carranza authorities authori-ties of paper currency issued. ;by previous pre-vious administrations. Scarcity of food is causing grave anxiety. |