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Show I 1 I IS L - MEXICO CITY, June 16 r -f With the same enthusiasm that -r characterized hl.i first entry into the capital last week, Francisco I. Madeio waB wel- coined here by an lmmenso -f throng tonight on his return from a five days' trip through southern Mexico. 4- With Madero was Ambroslo Flgue-roa, Flgue-roa, who once commanded 12,000 men composing the insurrecto army of the south, and whose loyalty to Madero admittedly has been one of the reasons for tho rapid triumph of tho revolution. revolu-tion. Madero returned Batlsflcd that tho inhabitants of tho south will support him, and normal conditions havo been resumed In that Bcctlon. Onlv one person and ono placo are exceptions to complete peace The person is Emillo Zapata, nn enemy of Figueroa, under whoso commnnd he was supposed to have acted, and the place Is Cuerne-vaca. Cuerne-vaca. where Zapata's men were quartered quar-tered Madero has ordered hlr .paymaster .pay-master to distribute his goods lfeely in Cuernavaca, with the hope of mustering mus-tering out Zapata's 1.500 men quickly, and last roports are indicative of the succeBS of the plan, though Zapata, as a source of trouble, It ls admitted, has not been removed. Conferred with Rebel Chiefs. Madero's trip through tho south, where he conferred with rebel chiefs, hnstened the disporsal of large bodies of Insurrecto troops. It is believed that of the 12,000 mon which Figueroa once had, onlv about 3.000 remain under un-der nrms Figueroa, who has developed devel-oped a warm affection for Madero, is co-operating with tho latter in dispersing dis-persing the armed forces and restoring order whore needed. Zapata ls characterized by the rebel leaders as a bandit, and nn Inkling of what might be in store for him should he refuso to abide by Madoro's orders was given In speeches made bv Madero Mad-ero In one of the towns It wns first at Cuautula, whore Zapata's men are said to havo burned and pillaged to such an extent that the smouldering ruins and chnrrcd houses invited a bitter denuncintlonfrom Madero as he addressed the town's population "Death to bnndts," he cried nngTily, as ho pointed to the work of destruction: destruc-tion: "denth it shall bo to all who plunder, whether they call themselves revolutionists or not." At another town, where Colonel To-tcpa, To-tcpa, second In command to Zapata, and also denounced as a bandit, waB executed recently, Madero made an equally positive speech. "I rim glad he was executed." he said, as he made an eloquent gesture toward the place where the bandit wns killed. Madero will remain at his home here for at least a fortnight beforo making a trip to Puebla and other parts of Mexico oo |