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Show THE FALL OF ' TORREON W Since Jluerta caused Mndero to be jpT" assassinated, the great majority of Americans 'have hoped that rctribu-j.; rctribu-j.; tion would be inflicted on tho mur- y'y derous military tyrant The fall of Torreon gives promise that the day of reckoning is not far distant. Francisco Villa, who last week was the coarse, brutal, stupid bandit of tho sensational press, today is Villa, tho Von Moltkc of Mexico, strategist, fighter, hero, redeemer of his country! coun-try! And that is the difference between be-tween unrecognized ability and victory. vic-tory. The Standard has said that Villa, to gain his great following, rising from obscurity, must have more than ordinary ability and the campaign against Torreon has proved our judgment judg-ment to be correct. Military writers now begin to accord to Villa great praise for his masterly movements in preparing for, and executing, his at- ij tack on the federal stronghold. " It is u; related that his great deliberation be- L fore moving on Torreon caused some ft exasperation in his camps, but since j- then it has been shown that the gen- I. eral was working out the details of 1 the campaign, even to the extent of determining how his soldiers were I to obtain water during the assaults on Gomez Palacio and the other ap- proaches to the heart of the enemy's fortifications, and that without this 4 careful planning and foresight he would have failed. " The backbone of federal resistance "was broken at Torreon, the morale of J the Huerta army destroyed, and from now on Villa should encounter no op- 'y position to compare with the fighting 1 lie has gone through, until he is with- I n striking distance of the City of Mexico. With the demoralization of the federal fed-eral forces, which must follow the defeat administered this week, it would not bo unexpected if the Huerta Huer-ta government should prove absolutely absolute-ly Incapable of rallying, a formidable force to opposo Villa's triumphant march to the capital. |