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Show I ! j. ' MADERO NOW MARCHING TOWARD JUAREZ H I J. ! ' Insurrectos Arc Getting Far More Active in Campaigns Throughout H the Republic Battle Expected Today Between Federals and H I Leyva's Troops at Mexicali United States Will Increase H i i j Patrol of Troops Along the Border. H ' ' ' H l , WSTHN"6T0N March 14. An investigation having convinced B I , tl-c American government -li:it Edwin Blatt oL' Pittsburg, and Law- m MM re'nee Converse o Los Angeles, CaL, held as prisoners at Juarez, j , ' Mexico, had been captured on American soil, the state department 1 i , today asked the Mexican government to release them. The request 1 j Was delivered to the Mexican embassy at Washington. 1 , The case has been under investigation for several weeks by the H i 1 departments of htate and justice. The result has developed that die H ( j men undoubtedly Tverc apprehended on this side of the boundary not H i j far from the line. j It remains for the Mexican authorities to prove that the bcenc of 1 ; j the entire procedure has been within the jurisdiction of Mexico, or H t else set the men at liberty. H ( Blatt and Converse were arrested February 22 and vrcrc con- H fined in the federal prison at Juarez on charges in connection witli M ' the revolution against President Diaz. The statedepartment shortly M j after the arrests was assured the men would receive fair trials. H I NO ORDERS FROM MEXICO CITY. H r EL PASO, March 14. At Juare? to- H f night It woa said no orders had been H received for the release of Edward H .I Blatt. of Pittsburg, Pa., and Lawrence H Converse, of Qlendora, near Los An- H l poles, California, who are being held H ) by the Mexican authorities, and it was H " helloved no direction for the disposl- Hl j tion of the prisoners would be forth- M coming for several days. H ' Blatt and Converse, both of whom H . are 21 years old, were arrested Fcbru- H j ary 22," near tho Mexican boundary at H a point 32 miles cast of El Paso. They 1 ! were placed in tho Juarez Jail, cbarg- ied with sedition againbt Mexico. Evidence Evi-dence was sent to the state depart- ment on behalf of the prisoners that H they were on tho American side of the H J boundary when captured. The Mexl- H I can officials contended tho contrary. H ' For the first four days of their lm- H prison uient Blatt and Converse wore H ' kept in communlcado, but sinco they B lted number of -visitors. The parents H of Converse have been hero more than H i n. week in anticipation of orders from H ' Mexico City for their release. M ACTIVITY IN CHIHUAHUA. M EL PASO, Texas. March 14. Iuter- H st in Mexican insurrecto activity to- H day again centerod in tho district H eouth of Juarez. H ( Actuated by a report that within the H I next three weeks the Diaz government H , plans to open up the railroads to the Hr city of Chihuahua and to institute an HT Aggressive campaign not only about Hj j towns -but in tho country. Madero's H 'force of 1,000 insurrectos has begun a H 150-mile march from Casas Grandes H toward Juarez. Captain Oscar G. H Croighton, an American, who, with a H ! email band, is crodlted with having H destroyed the greater part of 45 miles H from Excanntlar, 1b still known to be H within a short distance of the city. H Madero 8tarts Toward Juarez. H Madero's start toward Juarez recelv- H a cd semi-official confirmation. Tho H j news caused little anxiety In Juarez, H although it was pointed out by Insur- H recto leaders here that only a small H force of federal troops are in the city. H General Navarro is in command, with H about 500 men. Colonel Garcia Cuellar, H former chief of President Diaz's staff, Hh: r , is at Casus Grandes, shot in the arm. HT 1 j He has 600 men and several machine H i j funs, which formerly wore used for H B tho defenso of Juarez. General Raba- 1 Ko 1th. a force of 700 federals, left H ; i: here ten days ago to repair the 3Iex- H lean National railroad, and Is suppos- H ed to be near Chihuahua City, cut off H 1 by Croighton's destruction of the rall- H j road northward. It is further pointed H y I out that federal troops would havo to H ' he brought to Juarez by foot, while H j' most of Madero's mon are mounted. H ! Expect Decisive Action. H , ( Word was received by a prominent H . I Mexican railroad official today that H i r decisive actions may be expected of H f tho Diaz government within tho next H three weeks, and that the action would H originate at Mexico City. Resumption H ? of business on portions of tho rail- H ; roads in the states of Sonora and Chi- H i huahua would follow within a short H time, it was stated. H m N'o word was received today regard- H t I ing the fate of tho 15 Americans who 1 ' ' were captured at Casas Grandes eight j ' f) days ago. The Impression grew, how- H ' i over, that the men had not been exe- H cuted, but were still being hold in the H federal Jail as prisoners of war. This H li ! Ylev was held by military authorities i' at Juarez. H j f EXPECT BATTLE AT MEXICALI. H '. MEXICALI, Mex, March 14. All H j J passes to cross the international line H I crc revoked today when alarming H J , rumors spread that a federal force H , . " i 1vaa ,n thc Immediate vicinity of Mex H cal'. Xonombdtauts flocked across H j tho lino lo Caloxlco, while the real- H I dents thoro made for places that B , J would be nutiide the probable lino of H ' bullets. H i It doveloped later that the order of M J I I Captains Babcock and Griffith is in M t , purauance of a plan to "sew -up" tho H , ' border and prevent either recruits M I ( or supplies from reaching the Insur- H rectOB from tho United States. Tho H ij 'loo has been drawn tight and realiz- H 'j ing that this would mean Btaryation H 'J n a wcok or so, the insurrecto army H l) -nhose loaders have been in a fovor H lid1 ol uncortaintj. decided to movo For H IP ' the fourth time the men voted for nn H k hnmediate aggressive campalgp. t H 1 1 ' , the same time it was learned thfinu H federals who arriyod at Enscnada on B' : ! tao gunboat Guorrero startod March B 10 on the road to Moxlcall. The in- H 1 i formation was brought by Mauuol H) Garcia, a reliable guide, who said ho H paBsod tho fedoralB on tho way and H that thoy oould bo expected to arrive H at any tlmo. H , J When the reBult of the vote was an- H i nounced, Borthold onl Loyva doclar- H' r ed th march, would bo started to- H ( '' night. If they do and the Garcia j H i statoment is true, tho rebols aro prac- H fl tlcally "bottled up in this valley and H i K tnc battle probably will ho fought H near Pic&cboi Pass, in the Cocopah H mountains, 25 milos from Mexicali H H Americana Terrible Experience. H SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 14. H Fainting from hungor and exposure H ' A and "With a raging fever. Editor W. D. H f "Van Blarcom or the San Diege Trlb- H I I j uae, staggered into EnBenada, Mexi- H 'jfi co w,tn tv,' companions early today H J ' nnd is under the caro of a physician H li Rt that place. II. C. Eller, a reporter. H 1 I j nl Bert Phlllpps, the other members J . of the party, are now en route to San Diego on a fishing smack. The telegraph line was In working order this afternoon and Eller, the ouly one of the three who were able to be out, wired here a tale of suffering suffer-ing and privation that pursued the party from SunJay morning until their arrival on foot at Ensenada. Mr. Van Blarcora's party attempted attempt-ed to penetrate the country between tho international line "Bouth of San Diego and Ensenada, a distance of 110 miles, in a motor car. Forty miles south of the line, the motor car b gan to break down and 25 miles from Ensenada It was abandoned, the men starting to walk. They had nothing to eat from Sunday morning until Monday evening, when a rancher gave them some black bread and fresh honey. Mr Van Blarcom and his companions compan-ions lost their way in the darkness Monday night and the extreme cold and hunger so exhausted them that the help of a peon was all that enabled enab-led them to continue to their destination. desti-nation. Van Blarcom's condition is said to bo serious. Rebels at Navajos. NOGALES, Ariz, March 14. A band of 175 inBurrectos under the command of Colonel Gueger rode into Navajos station Saturday afternoon. They were given a friendly reception there and in tho afternoon began an attack on the old town, which was defended by a small force of federals under Senor Morales The federals were entrenched and the fight lasted more than three hours. The insur rectos then retreated, leaving one dead. The federal loss was throe killed and four wounded. The rebels burned tho bridge to the north of the town to prevent tho arrival ar-rival of federal troops which had been ordered from Corral During their stay at Navajos station sta-tion the rebels recruited 53 men. This band or some other returned Monday and burned two more bridges south of Navajos. U. S. Will Increase Patrol. WASHINGTON, March 14. Tho present patrol of tho Mexican frontier will be increased in a few days by several troops of cavalry from tho mounted forces now being assembled In tho southern border states It Is announced at tho war department that tho Increase will amount to six or seven troops of cavalry to be added add-ed to the patrol of the Rio Grande. In making this announcement officials offi-cials emphatically say none of tho Infantry In-fantry regiments now mobilizing nt San Antonio, Galveston and San Diego will be dispatched to the frontier. Tho increase will be made at the request of Brigadier General Duncan, commander of the Department of Texas. Tex-as. Previous to the receipt of this request, tho department had not in-tpnded in-tpnded to augment the southern patrol. pa-trol. Thero are already stretched along tho frontier, three regiments of cavalry, one regiment of Infantry and two companies of the signal corps. Because of the great extent of the boundary lino, more than 1,500 miles, the patrol is a mammoth task. Con-slant Con-slant reports are reaching Washington Washing-ton of the smuggling or arms and ammunition and it Is the intention of the American government to stop this practice. The part of tho boundary In the southwest which. 16 marked by an arbitrary ar-bitrary line is regarded as adequately adequate-ly patrolled. REORGANIZATION OF BORDER ARMY. WASHINGTON, March 14. A reorganization re-organization of the army along broad lines is under consideration by tho war department. Tho central idea of tho plan contemplates the assembling of several brigades of troops In various parts of tho country and giving as many general officers as possible actual ac-tual field command. It is tho desire to decrease the office of-fice work of officers of commanding rank and to attach thorn directly to the troops In tho field. The scheme has not been worked out and beforo It can bo put In operation, muBt receive tho approval of tho president. Major General Arthur Murray, who was promoted to that rank today, will bo attached for the tlmo being to the officers of the chief of staff, taking Major General Carter's place as atf-sistant atf-sistant to the chief of staff, while General Gen-eral Carter Is in tho south, commanding command-ing tho "maneuvors division." Lator, whon Goneral Carter has sened his tour of duty at San Antonio, Anto-nio, General Murray probably will be mado commander of tho "maneuver division." A a permanent assignment, it Is the intontion of tho war department to appoint General Murray commander of the department of the lakes, with headquarters at Chicago, succeeding Major General Hodges, who retired yesterdaj'. DISSATISFACTION AT JUNTA. WASHINGTON. March 14. That there 1b dissatisfaction in tho counsels coun-sels of the representatives of the Mexican Mex-ican revolutionary party in this city was denied today in a telegram from Gustavo A. Madero, of New York, a brother of tho leader of the uprising. The telegram was addressed to Jua-na Jua-na Sanchez Azconl, secretary of the revolutionary agency here, and reads as follows; "Referring to tho telegrams. 'pu'bHah- -ed at Washington, stating that Dr. Vasquoz Gomez nnd myself aro not In accord, J bog to su that our relations 'wore never better, .politically or otherwise other-wise and. that my present sympathy from Llmnntour has not. and will not, change my political ideas, which are apainsu the goernment of General Diaz and consequently against all members of said government." The rumor of lack oC harmony aroso during recent "conferences in ,Now York between Senor Gomez and Madero. Made-ro. The revolutionary leaders woro said to lie at variance on several points under discussion. THREE CLASSES OF REBELS. NEW YORK, March 14. "Mexican revolutionists can be divided into three groups: Those who honestly think themselves the apostles of democracy dem-ocracy and progress; men who hnve failed In life and aspire to figure In a now regime, nnd the dross of society who aro ready to fight for any cause by which they can profit and make use of their evil intention," declares Senor do la Barra, the Mexican ambassador am-bassador to tho United StateB in the current issue of the Independent, Of tho first group, Senor de In Barra Bar-ra savs: "These individuals, if they are sincere, sin-cere, will admit that their act, instead in-stead of being boneficlal, has been harmful. Their duty should bo that of the true apoBtle, co-operating by tholr writings, preachments and example ex-ample to accelcrato the evolution the government's attempt to better tho condition of tho people that has been started, thus contributing within the law and under Its protection to the great work of national unity" Senor de la Barra deplores the harm which he says has been done, defines the Insurrection as a guerilla warfare maintained by malcontents In a portion por-tion of Chihuahua, which will b 6u-pressed. 6u-pressed. and expresses tho belief that a united people will work anew in Mexico to solve its problems. He says in conclusion: "A last word beforo closing a word of concord, hope and good will to my countrymen who know that before all divisions in partv, all differences between be-tween men who honestly think differently differ-ently on political questions, thcro are the most important and sacred Interests Inter-ests of our country, of its progress and Its future Might we. united in the same spirit and forgetting all differences, differ-ences, work together for the progress of true democracy and for the best development de-velopment of our motherland." AN APPEAL TO MEXICANS. NEW YORK, .Maich 14. Before Senor Se-nor De la Barra departed for Washington Wash-ington today, ho gave out here the proofs of an article which will appear tomorrow in the Independent, on "The situation in Mexico," urging all his countrymen, regardless of "all divisions divis-ions of party, all difroronces between mon," to recall tho "sacred Interests or our country, and to work together togeth-er for the progress of true democracy democ-racy and best development of the mothorland " The ambassador penned this appeal onlv last night after his conference with Senor Limantour, the Mexican minister of finance, and ho considered it so important that at tho vory last moment he had It crowded Into the locked forms Insurrecto leaders, to whom the paragraph par-agraph was shown, said they considered consider-ed It an invitation to come into camp, and its Issuance makes more noticeable notice-able a trend of events that has been discoverable for the last three daj-s. After the first shock of surprise in the United States and of alarm and distrust in Mexico caused by the dispatches dis-patches of 20,000 American troops to the frontier, there began a series of formal diplomatic exchanges between tho two powers and a series of carefully care-fully weighed interviews, and authorized authoriz-ed publications in tho daily press. Undorneath this current ran a deeper tide of sympathy between countrymen country-men who might be at odds, but were still 'countrymen. "Intervention means war," said Senor Se-nor Limantour in so many words. "Intervention," answered Dr. F. Vas-quez Vas-quez Gomez, tho insurgent agent at Washington, who has been here for the last three days, "the moment there is Intervention there will cease to bo an insurrection. Both sides will mako common cause against a com-mon-onomy." In short, it became plain that two streams of tendency were flowing to a Junction. On one side thero was a disposition on the part of the insurgents insurg-ents to open negotiations with the rep-( resentatives of the Moxican ndminls-1 tration, on the other there was a growing grow-ing understanding between tho Mexican Mexi-can government and the United States Virtually Senor Limantour Is willing to ''avo It understood that if the United States will tako care of smuggling smug-gling his government will take caro of the insurrection. In most of his statements ho has been careful to dwell on both theso points. Ho holds out the latch string to the Insurrectos with a promise of reform and calls Washington to account, ac-count, in the sharo Americans havo taken in the financing and leading of the revolution. Therefore, with Senor Se-nor Limantour and Secretary Dickinson, Dickin-son, of tho war department In town, tho Maderos and Ambassador de la Barra in the same hotel, tho conviction convic-tion grows that an understanding between be-tween thom would bo reached today. Tho conviction was strengthened by the warning issued by the Junta hero last Sunday to "look for something on Tuesday," and the sudden secrecy and activity with which their counsels, heretofore so open to tho press, became be-came suddenly cloaked. Gabriel Madero, a brother of Gustavo, Gus-tavo, chiof of tho junta here, let fall today that his father had recently paid a call to Senor Limantour. One of his friends said this afternoon that Gub-tavp Gub-tavp had spent part of the morning with Secretary Dickinson, but tho secretary sec-retary himself dashed all Intimations with cold water. i "I have not been Is communication Avith the Maderos, either directly or indirectly. I havo not met any of them and T have no word from any of them. I carry no message from them to Senor Limantour. My presence pres-ence here has nothing to do with the Mexican situation," ho said tonight. Tho bollcf grows here, however, among those closely in touch with both camps, that sonio understanding will bo reached. It was pointed out that if Francisco Madero Si bus already al-ready seen Senor tlmaptour Once, ho is likely to find means of keeping In touch with him as the situation may demand. The Maderos nro considered' tho wealth and: brains of tho revolution. They nro not In sympathy with tho Socialist So-cialist movement in Southern California. Califor-nia. "If those follows win." said Gustavo Madero today, "we 6hall have to fight them," If, then, tho Maderos have been won over by satisfactory assurances on one hand and by the threat of United States Intervention on the other, It, is believed that the backbone of the Insurrection will be weakened. None of the family was willing to discuss what would constitute a satisfactory basis of settlement, "What the revolutionists are fighting fight-ing for," said Gabriel, the youngest brother, "Is honest administration of tho constitution. We want bonest elections." , Senor Limantodr was . not much more definite. "It is true," he said, "that there has been an Intellectual awakening among the middle classes. The demand de-mand at larger share in public affairs, the government has been criticised as an oligarchy. Roforms are under advisement, ad-visement, but I am not the person entrusted en-trusted with formulating thom I ha-o been absent from my country and I prefer not to be preciso about them." In his morning statement, Senor Limantour warned Americans that if they took part In the insurrection and fell captives, they might expect the same Justice meted out to tho other prisoners. In view of the suspension of constitutional guarantees recently announced, this means death and tho answer mado was deliberate, for It Is known to havo followed diplomatic representations made to Mexico City that captured Americans bo treated more leniently. |
