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Show 800 Federal Troops j On Way to Sonora I j EL PASO. Tex., April 13 Eight hundred federal troops arrived al Juarez, Jua-rez, opposite here, tonight on their way io Sonora where an independent republic has been set up bv Gov de la Huerta and slate officials The troops all infantry under command com-mand of Col Cox, it wa; announced tonight, will leave tomorrow morning a' 8 o'clock over the Mexico North western railroad for Casas Grandes.j 111 mile southwest ol here. From; Casas Grandes they will march over-, lrnd to Sonora. their objective being' Agua Prieta. opposite Douglas Ariz The distance betwpun Casas Grandes and Agua Prieta Is approximately two hundred miles, much of it mer difficult diffi-cult mountain trails and waterless des-I des-I ert. No request for permission to toute the troops through tho U S. will j ; be made, according to the Mexican of-: ficials at Juarez In this connection it is recalled that a year or more ago when request was made tor permis 1 sion to move Mexican noups oerj ; American territory it was denied after the governor of Texas had lodged protests pro-tests with Washington. oo |