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Show uu PREDICT REVOLT ! OF Tl MEXICANS El Paso. Texas. April 7 For days ' reports have been current here that trouble was brewing in Juarez and V other points whero Carranza troops are concentrated in proximity to the border These reports reached a cli max tonight In information from pre sumably responsible sources that tho garrison at Juarez would revolt on , Sunday night. While the majority of the stories were to the effect that the disaffection among the troops of tho de facto government gov-ernment was directed against Americans, Ameri-cans, there was no apparent basis for this belief other than the general . nervousness'whlch has been prevalent : on the border since General Pershing'1? columns crossed the frontier. The only actual foundation for any of the stories is the fact that the Carranzal soldiers are 'in need of both food and proper clothing. These soldiers are being paid two pesos a day, worth about 4 cents In American money, and out of this they have to feed themselves them-selves That there is a good deal of unrest and discontent among them seems certain. As to whether this unrest will cul minate in an actual revolt Is a mooted question, but that such an outcome is expected by the local officials here is true. A high city official said tonight-"Matters tonight-"Matters are reaching a crisis in Juarez. Juar-ez. It may blow over, but if it does " not we can look for an outbreak be- . fore Monday morning." . on |