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Show -r -r -r -r -r " t -t- EL PASO, Tex., Feb. G -f f General Pascual Orozco donios -f -f emphatically that the State of Chihuahua is on tho verge of f- seceding from the Mexican fed- -f -t- eratlon or that he Is disloyal - to Aladero. His denial is con- -- f tained in a telegram received 4- late today by tho chief of the federal "telegraph . lines in Juarez. - X -i- -i- -i- 4--i-4-4-4--i----i-4-4-4-4- The telegram, signed Pascual Orozco, Oroz-co, follows: "1 wish emphatically to deny the reports published as to the secession of Chihuahua and my disloyalty to tho Madero government" Official advices from Chihuahua state that eight coach loads of loyal Mexican troops left there this aftor-noon aftor-noon for San Antonio In search of Antonio Rojas, tho rebel leader, liberated lib-erated from tho penitentiary a few days ago by mutineers Rojas is said to be encamped near San Antonio at the head of a small band of malcontents malcon-tents If tho unsettled conditions in Mexico Mex-ico make necessary the mobilization of the United States troops it is gen. erally believed hero that El Paso will be made the headquarters for operations opera-tions along the border in Texas and New Mexico. Uncertainty In Chihuahua has started start-ed the exodus of prominent Mexican families from that city. Today several sev-eral special trains arrived in Juarez Among the passengers were Alberto and Daniel Madero, uncles of President Presi-dent Mndero and the family of General Gen-eral Orozco. Alberto Madero expressed confidence confi-dence that Francisco Madero would be able to control the present situation, situa-tion, although he admitted that "certain "cer-tain features" might aiise to complicate com-plicate afTairs and make tho whole matter "more difficult." He declined to give any explanation of the "certain "cer-tain features." He expressed absolute confidence in tho loyalty of Orozco, adding, "I saw him yesterday (Monday) In Chi. huahua and he told me that ho had received many offers to join tho opponents op-ponents of President Madero, with an assurance that lie might have any office of-fice ho desired. Orozco assured me that ho would stand by tho present government." |