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Show I Soldiers Will Advance From State of Chihuahua Shortly, j Says Judge. PRESIDENTS POWER' RAPIDLY WANING Chief Executive Cannot Maintain Main-tain Authority Much Longer Say Washington Officials JUAREZ, Mexico., May 6 Ten thousand revolutionary soldiers shortly short-ly will begin a march upon Mexico City from the state of Chihuahua, according ac-cording to an announcement made here tonight by Jesus M. Cuen, former federal judge of the Juarez district, recently appointed to aid in the trans-I trans-I fer of federal funds here incidental to the change of government. "Six thousand of the soldiers -will come from Sonora," Senor Cuen said. "The other 4,000 will Join tho column on its way south from Juarez." I Several hundred Yaqui troops from ' Casas Grandes have arrived in Juarez 1 during the last few days, nccording to military officials here. Two hundred i of this number reached here today. Gen. Escobar in Charge. General Josoph Gonzalo Escobar, commander of the Juarez military dis-j dis-j trict, will remain in charge of the gar- ' rlson hero by orders of General Adolfo I I de la Huorta, provisional commander of the revolutionary, according to Sen-I Sen-I or Cuen. General Escobar has been praised by de la Huerta for action In joining the new movement, the Juarez J attorney said. Carlos Felix Diaz of Mazatlan, Sina- l loa, will take charge of tho custom ' house here tomorrow. Jose G. Loya I of Villa Ahumada, Chiauahua, has as sumed control of tho national tele-i tele-i graph offices In Juarez. , With band concerts, a military pa rade, a bull fight and patriotic speech-making, speech-making, Juarez today celebrated the national holiday of "CInco de Mayo." I The patriotic society and eight benev olent organizations of tho town distributed dis-tributed 2,800 pieces of clothing to approximately ap-proximately 2,000 destitute boys and girlB; gathered in the piaza of the customs cus-toms house. ICarranza'o Power Diminishing. WASHINGTON, May 6. Recogni-, J tion of Carranza's rapimy diminishing power in Mexico was admitted by gov-J gov-J ernment officials today but the dis- patch of a flotilla of destroyers to 1 southern waters was not taken to indi-j indi-j cate that foreigners are in immediate (, danger. The six destroyers which i sailed from New York wnl arrive at K Key West, tomorrow and will bo used S along the east coast only in tho event that necessity arises. Before this de-f de-f j parture. Captain Byron Long, com-I com-I mandlng the flotilla conferred with the secretary of tho navy who gave him In-! In-! structlons as to the policy to be pursued. pur-sued. Developments of the revolution as reported to the government has been so rapid as to convince many officials and especially army officers, that Car-ranza Car-ranza cannot maintain his authority much longer, not so much because he I is opposed by a formidable military force as because he commands an army that is daily dissolving before the rebels' advance Instead of offering i battle. Strength of Rebels Double Federals. Information obtained through official channels has-been the basis of an estimate es-timate that places the strength of the rebels at almost double that of the government. The co-ordination of the rebel forces has been hindered rather j i than aided by the rapidity with which new groups form In the different states ; and the promptness with which the ! federal garrisons have joined in the j movement even before being directly threatened. Rebel claims that Carrauza would I I havo difficulty now In leaving the J country are supported by reports from M federal sources. 1 oo ' |