TURBULENT MEXICO.
A LUDICROUS ARMY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, January 12. The Time.-,' correspondent at Mexico City, describing the warfare, says the Mexican idea- of making a soldier is to cram him into a uniform, give him a rifle, and let liiiu fight as best he can. They are mostly Indians of a low intellectual scale, recruited by pressing many criminals, transferred from prisons, into the army. The officers are incredibly slack. In a small battle, the Federals, using machine guns, forced the rebels to retire. The nature of the country made it easy to cut o!T the retreat. The Colonel looked at his watch and said: "It is dinner time." He told the bugler to sound 'ceiii-e tire,"'' and leisurely retired.
Tho army is accompanied bv hordes of women, laden wibh pots, pans and blankets, sometime* with babies. These form the commissariat. Without sol-dan-.n the army couldn't move.
EXKCUTIOX' Of PRISONER?. Times- Sydney -Sun Special Cables. Received y l ,. 5.20 p.m> Mexico Citv, January 12. v It is reported that Villa executed 301 prisoners at Ojinaga. 3he rebel* are still unable to penetrate southwards. REBELS INTERNED BY AMERICA. Received 13, 11.10 p.m. New York. January 12. 'i'exa.» reports that the United' States is interning :-ix Mexican Federal generals, and :>(lfift sohliejs who are fugitives from Ojinaga until hostilities throughout "Mexico are ended. This i 5 considered to be the only practical method of dealinj;' with refugees, owing to khe likelihood of every on<i of the captured rebels being shot.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 167, 14 January 1914, Page 5
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250TURBULENT MEXICO. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 167, 14 January 1914, Page 5
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