OCR Text |
Show Orozco and 400 Men En Route to the Border oooocoooooooooo o o o EL PASO, Feb. 2. At 2:30 o 0 o'clock this morning Col. O O Estrada, the deposed mili- Q tary commander of Los Ail- O C1 geles received -word from O General C4ome. that an 0 agreement had been reached -whereby the rebels -would return control of the city to O 01 the federal government. O o o ooooooooooooooo EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 1 Emilio Vasquez Gomez Is proclaimed provisional pro-visional president of the Mexican republic re-public and Francisco I. Madoro is criticised in bitter terms In a proclamation procla-mation circulated secretly today among the revolting Juarez garrison and members of tho so-called revolutionary revolu-tionary junta In El Paso, The proclamation procla-mation is dated "Revolutionary Camp in Chihuahua, February 1, 1912," and bears the signature of Louis Fernandez Fernan-dez and Colonel L. Salazar as ' chiefs of the forces of tho north." The proclamation is taken hero as another Indication of the posBlblo connection between the revolt of thp rjunrez, garrison, and the. Zapata, move.-mentrfsoiltlierii move.-mentrfsoiltlierii Moxlco, It IS ad-drossed ad-drossed to the "valiant sons of Chihuahua," Chi-huahua," and recltos how they were among tho first to second tho Ma-edrojrovolution Ma-edrojrovolution on November 20, 1911, to "ovorthrow the tyranny which for more than thirty years joked with our rights " "Wo did not go into the revolution," continues the proclamation, "that Don , Francisco I. Madoro might rise to tho presidency to oxplolt tho gratitude of a fanatic people, but to work out thoso great problems of government, namely, equal justice, equal payment of taxes, abolition of governmental favoritism whlch supports an aristocracy aris-tocracy at the exponse of the masses, and an equitable distribution of property." prop-erty." Crltlclcc President Madcro. President Madoro is criticised especially es-pecially for, "installing in ofilco Vico President Pino Suarez against tho will of tho whole republic." Tho proclamation pledges adherence adher-ence to tho plan of Tacubaya and declares that the elections of the 1st and 10th of October are null and void; tho congress dissolved and its acts void, and tho motive of its adherents ad-herents to he the election to the presidency pres-idency of Einillo Vasquez aome7, who guarantees(us and all men that ho will complyWlth tho Ideals of tho last glorious revolution." At tho oicl of tho proclamation tho revolution Is declared not to oppose any governors recently elected and accepted by the governed, but only against those who remain of the former for-mer regime; against Madero and "his accomplices," who installed the vlco-rPsldent vlco-rPsldent and the congress which sanctioned sanc-tioned the proposition " The revolutionary junta will consist con-sist of Vasquez do la Fuenta, P. Martinez, Mar-tinez, Dr Policarpo, Francisco I. Guozman and R. Gomez Robelo. Appeal to Waohlngton. Tho city officials ot El paR0 have sent a message to Washington asking "Imnicdruto, protection of Americans and American interests In El Paao." Leaders of the revolutionists declared de-clared tonight that the troops at Casas Grandes wore on route to Juarez and would join the i evolution tomorrow Although outpouts have been placed outside Juarez, the -100 men nndor General Orozco roporteti to have been sent from Chihuahua, have not been sighted. The malcontouls Tenialnod In complete com-plete control of Juarez tonight, although al-though a semblance of order had been restored. Scvoral. estimates places tho dam- ago at 5500,000 Mexico City Feb 1 It is tho gei-cral gei-cral belief here that tho Madero government gov-ernment faces a crisis : The proildont and members of his cabinet admit now that tho rebellon hoaded by Eraoliano Zapata has grown to such proportions as to make It tho rao3t formidable menace yet faced by the present government The conduct of tho campaign against tho Zapatistas, now extending extend-ing ovor a w.do area, and the uprising upris-ing at Juarez last night wero discussed discuss-ed in a special cablpot meeting this afternoon. Tho president was not willing to admit that tho mutiny of troops at Juaroz was connected directly with the Zapatibta rebellion and It was agreed that Pascual Orozco and 400 men whom ho has boon ordorod to tako from Chihuahua to Juaroz would be sufficient to restor order at that point. Tho immediate cause of the mutinj was a misunderstanding of orders, according to Abraham Gonzales, minister min-ister of tho interior. Tho said Oro-. Oro-. zso had been Instructed to discharge 200 rurals but to do vory gradually. Instead of thto being done, 70 were musterod out at one time Minister Gonzales believes tho post oomman-der oomman-der misinterpreted Orozco's orders. Not Serious Says Madcro. "That affair is not particularly se-sious,' se-sious,' said Madero. "It was a disagreeable dis-agreeable Incident, but tho rebellious troops .aro fighting under no special banner." President Madero expressed to an Associated Press representative hia confidence In tho loyalty of Orozco and In his ability to handle unaided the situation In Juarez. Ho regarded tho Importance of the Incident at Juarez as exaggerated. RoporLs today froi lorreon arc that thero has been no disaffection among tho troops there, but a consular-report to the American embassy stated that the action of bandits In the vicinity of Torreon has greatly alnrmed the people of that city Acting Act-ing upon tho commit suggestion, Ambassador Wilson protested to tho foreign olUoe against u roportod in. tentlon toi remove the rrlson To unofficial Mexico the significance of the Juaroz revolt lies in the fact that Insurrectionists have Gained a port of entry from the liulted States i ' gT- - - S3 1 the Identical thing for which Madoro fought for so many weeks During tho Madoro revolt It was assumed that possession of such a port would facilitate tho revluttonlsts in obtaining obtain-ing ammunition and arms and even men. Violates the Promises. Though locking- a revolutionary propaganda further than a declaration that Madero has violated the prom, ises of tho "plan of San Luis PotosI," Zapata has recr -Red an army which operates now In the states of Moro-Ios, Moro-Ios, Moxlco nnd Gudrroro, and reaches even Into the Federal district, Zapata in an Interview published today to-day in El Horaldo, said he had boon, fooled by Madero often and did not propose to bo mislead by further promises. "I am not fighting for tho state of Morelos but for tho entire nation,' he so-'Ll. "The plan of San I.uls PotosI, Po-tosI, tho soul of the rovolutln, has nt been carried out." Tho rebel leader declared that the suspension of guarantees had resulted result-ed In bringing him recruits, from tho laboring oloment, who behoving they wero in danger of being shot as suspects, sus-pects, preferred to Join the rebellion Steps -wore taken by tho government govern-ment to place General JuvncAo Robles now at Torreon, In charge of tbo campaign cam-paign in the hope of wiping, out tho rebels Although one wire running out of Cuoruavaca was repaired today, the management of the National-railways, unable to restore Its communication, ceased all effort to restore communi-catln communi-catln with tho capital. |