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Show FEDERALISTS ARE OPTIMISTIC. Declare Carranza Supported by the Majority of Mexican People. Mexico City. The development of the last two weeks resulting from the Sonora revolutionary activities show that the central government is preparing pre-paring to encircle the rebellious state with a steel ring, meanwhile crushing sporadic outbreaks in other parts of the republic 'with a strong hand. A summary of the situation since the northern stale broke with the Carranza Car-ranza administration has been issued by the war department officials. The long list of professions of adhesion to the Carranza government from virtually vir-tually every state executive and military mil-itary leader, except those who have openly joined the Sonora revolt, would seem to indicate that the republic as a whole is solidly supporting the present pres-ent government. |