FIGHTING IN MEXICO.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2144, 9 May 1914, Page 5

FIGHTING IN MEXICO.

—< —-4 ■■ ■ ■ , IiEBKLS GAINING GROUND* THEIR ARTILLERY PROVES SUPERIOR. BUPIKGS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY SHELLS, By Metfraofcr-Pttss assflciatiQ'u—Kgjiyriglit Mcxioo City, May 7. At Macallan, a bomb dropped from' a CoastitaUnnalist biplane felt in the streets, killing four persons and wounding eight. Constitutionalists and ITed&Rjls arc figlitiiin; in tho neighbourhood. the be* siegers artillery is superior; ■ft'oir gkttlling is seriously damaging buildings. Tho mediators refitso 'to admit General Carranza's delegates because h:e rejected the proposal for an annistic?., reported rebel victory* FIGJITIXG STILL GOING ON. LOS Angeles, May 7, General Carranza's .representative aniiouneds the receipt of a dispatch confirming a report, that- rebels have captured .Mazatlaij. Fighting is still going o«. , ACAPONgTA CAPTURED.! AFTER. HEAVY FIGHTING ... , Wasliington. May 7. JTO British subjects we.ro hilled: in , iiiin.GSr at Guadalajara. Seven Americans -were in wsiftMrouAapd j' their fat? is not vet' ; known. , • " The rebels captured Acaponeta, the. garrison. sOrrendering after heavy ficht- ; !llg. ■ • , . WAS HI N GTO N'S P O.LI Ct. TO LET VILLA SMASIT HUERTA, "irimes" 454 Sydney "Sun", S.s.rricco. ' Washington, Slav 7," Washington's; .policy is to bottle up Huerfcs and let Villa smash him. _ Huerl-a lias- warned Admiral Mnve t".at if he tho Pandoo Hirer it will be fl.ooclo.cl. IV-itlj oil from the feWrvoirs and set alight. UWtfgfl STATES ARMY. PROPOSED IXCREASE. - fllec; May 8, 0.-lo pirn;) ■ Washington, May 7. . 'Chamberlain has iirtrcduced:' TT-j V'£ oVIdH, S f(sr f -l'e '"crease of the Milled States Army abovo the hundred -thousand men allowed by the present