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Show PROPERTY OWNERS5 REQUEST REFUSED OT FR PROPERTY owners. Mexico City. Dec. 4. Unahle Itself to ghe protection to other than larger lar-ger towns and occasionally a few haciendas, ha-ciendas, tho government has refused the request of a group of property owners In the state of Puobla to arm a protective organization whom the owners proposed to pay and direct. The group of property owners is headed by Manuel Rlvero Collada. tl; Spanish consul at Puebla Rebels In Possession. Tho rebols aro in possession of the greater part of the Chinulla district near tho city of Puobla. They have defeated a Binall federal forco near the town of Chiautla. Other towns In the same state are Infested In the stato of Guerrera tho important im-portant town of Ayutla Is In the hands of the rebels, as Is a long stretch of the Pacific coast In that stale. A small forco of federals has been sent from Ometepec to Acapulco Situation Acute in Morelos. The situation In tho state of Morelos Mo-relos Is acute, especially around Juch-ltepec, Juch-ltepec, although the government claims to have defeated a strong force near Cuernavaca. A thousand irregulars, irreg-ulars, expected from the north, will be sent to report to General Blanquot at Toluca for service. An energetic campaign Is being mapped out In that state, where tho rebels arc so strong that they aro rnldlng almost on tho outskirts of the state capital, cutting I the light and power cables. Indians Barbarous. H The Indians In Oaxaca continue a ! barbarous campaign In the mountains. The state governor's appeal for roln- H forcemontB resulted In the dispatch of 200 or 300 men who were withdrawn I from tho pursuit of General Agullar in the state of Puebla. n,i H |