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lO, BlMexicanMexico OQ’,Ini|«icllt;U, a leading Newspaper today nays:We are aJile to ttate (his morning tbat English bonkfrn hate loaned *20,000,000 to H*e Mnkm government.”K1 ImpaiclaJ Is generally regarded a* inspired bj (be liucrt* alirmL'irallou.BLOODS’ BATTLE ON., Mexico City. Dec. 15.—a deiper-i ale and bloody buttle In being waged I at Matstlnn, the town being sur-, rounded by rebels by land and sen, f according to report.-* reaching Jtox-1(0 Clly today. The tebela bate r mb no ted machine guns on stolen , launch** and wiiUe the coasutu-1 Uanallsts stormed the town Irom the ; land aide the federal defender* -ere ’ under hoary fire along tbn water fiont. To meet the ne'er attack llie i federal* throw up embankments along the ehore.. United Bute. Coneul Alger Is belief od to .bo in MasatUn and there I are many American and foreign residents In the town. Mana'lan today I was nid to be entirely cut off Dora i communication by rail and telegraph.1 The federala have found II Unjoc-1 slblo, according to reports to obUln• more ammunition and supplies and ! aro In desperate strait*. Supposedly• for the purpose of appeartn* democratic, Oen. Huerta today walkedI along the sidewalk from bis residence to the National Palate, attired 1 in an old fell hat. gray sweater sad I brown overcoat much the worse for •ear. lt;His usual body-guard,J though, was not far behiud him.To enforce discipline the rebels In Cullacan are eompelUng th* men of lilho richest famUle* to sweep tbe hV'-.n-i'U and perform other xoenlsi push*, according to reports.hua City dlrocUng him to notify Villa that tills government, snd that he (Villa) would be held personally responsible for this. Bryau has so far declined to make public Letcher’s reply. . *The stste department Is without confirmation of a report from B! Paso that I*ouis Tereanxas, arm of the ntllllonaire Federal general has hanged by ^©a* direct order.- Neither has It confirmation of another report ttast Young Terrains le held for aranaom of 1500,000 and that if It la not paid within 4» honrs he will be executed •The situation at Tampico Is believed to bo much Improved. The constitutionalists have abandoned their attack because of lack of artillery with which to combat tho Ore of the federal gunboats.It is believed that most of the refugees on the battleship* hare been transferred to merchant ships and back on short and that the city will remain quiet for tho present.WATER SCTfPLV HHORT.VILLA CACSKS WOFKT.Washing ion, Dec. 11.—Cea.Francisco Villa, constitutional com-Bonder In chief In Northera Merk© *as today causing theUnit«. States ouch anxiety. .Reports of allegsd e*er acts on his part against for-cfgners la Chihuahua. If trae. prom-lse to sake him as much of a menace toward a peaceful solution of the I Me Acan - dlOoatty as Husru la al-prepared today !]to admit (hat the charges are last But they are bedag investigated and caafld—till agsmts now on the croaad an intcM to place ths •uu djpaifiiwt In poos—loo Of Jhe exact foots wlthlo the aaxt *4 boon. . ***, ^wech, Oemaa, Kngli.k snd Spanish tatarests arw all allsged «o kaw* ««»«W at VUU s haadx Be-Washiogtou. Dec. 15.—The water supply of Tampico ha# been cut off by the consUmUonalleU according to adrices today from rear admiral Fletcher. The constitutionalists themselves have withdrawn from the immediate vicinity of the city.The Ward liner Morro Castle, chartered by the American govern, ment. la lying off Tamptcd harbor. When tbe Awather moderates aaffi-cieotly all of the refugees on the warships will be transferred to her and take* to Galveston.The British warship Herxnloae. wltb rear admiral Cradock, Is now In tho rlvfr off Tsmplco.counts for Its alow transmiMion.WHKKJl’LI, UK GET ’EM.Mexico City, Dec. 15.—Replying to a letter sent him by the correspondent of tbe Frankfurter Zelt-ung. President Huorto said tbat tf It should bacomc neceeeary he could put .Into service Immediately more than 1,000.000 . armed men. Thtu *taV*rn?nt he explained aa follows: Without counting the 150.000 mon of the nailooal- army, tbo Govern nent In agreement with various sfgtes of tho republic has organised an armed force for the local service of 1,000 men foi each state. Also the Government has arranged with 5f,0CO bsclendado* (farmers) that they keep ten armed men each for ’heir own protection.Thus, then, the Government counts upon the number of armed men, aggregating seven huadrodnnd ‘some thousand, without taking Into consideration the ressrves.which, to the number of 300,000,could be organ:*©! if the peace ofthe country should be disturbed.CARING FOR INJURED.Washington, Dec. 15—Spanish Ambassador Nlano Ust night 'said tbat beyond published reports be bad heard nothing of the alleged threats made upon Spanlsb snbj©*e at Chihuahua City. H* said be had made no reprosPOtnOons .to tbe Stau, Department. ”7He added that his conference with Secretary. Bryan on Friday wan merely with a view toinvoklag the good oOcea of American consular officers at chihuahua City and to assist the Upaalaefl* Who wore In difficulty and was not a protost to (bin Government It la “VILLA IS fXX)TING El Paso, Texan. Dec. 15. Americans, Germans and Spaniards who arrived Sunday from Chihuahua. Mexico, report that Francisco Villa, the rebel leader, virtually had constituted himself dictator there, and that ho refused to heed’ the request? of representatives of foreign GovernmentsThey asserted that tbe rebel leader had seised $6,000,000 wortb of property belonging to foreigners, had put to death about 20 Mexican civilians. Including Sergelc Sanchc*. a lawyer and former state official, ■and had commanded tba American, German and British Consuls to obty rebel order*.The happenings in Chihuahua since Villa oocupiedi the city on Its evacuation by the Federal troops, as given by tho refugees, who number 1.000 were:*villa selxed a large departmeet store, valued at $1,500,000 and owned by French. German, English and Spanish loterrwu, but chiefly b1!Spanish, sod placed In command *Jrebelthe More General Chao, leader.He also aelied a brewery, a clothing factory and all the grocery and other stores owned by Spaniards, valued at f3.5PO.OOD.He cattod a meeting of merchantsohere that the subject will be hand-. of ,j| nationalities and told' Ihem led hF the Spanish Minister at Mex-muB, pa, Mm ,unM ofloo City and the forties offieeWith a cessation of bos till ties at Tampfbo medical officer* from th« United State* gunboat Tacoma and (he acout cruiser Chester are ashore in the military hoepftals helping -to ear* for ths huniMffiWof wouadsdThis Information -was contained in dispatch** from Rear Affmwal Fletcher to the Hb*Trlt; Deportmentmoney, aggragetlog several million dollars, to support the revolution.He gave orders that the no-cnlied Constitutionalist money should be accepted as curewpcy. .FIGHT (W COAI. RIT1M|S 0» AT FT. IOCTA8t LouU, Doc. 16.—The flgbt e! the Basins** Mnc’s Leagu* against the Baltimore aad Ohio, theMURflEB FOLLOWS (HEVELWOHOLBIIF |go, Hurllogtoo and Qslncy. the aonrl Paclflc. the Rock Taland, aadrly a aw* of other roads, so nf mat fito M 'Ofthot■aa*haeiCh
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