MEXICO AND PEACE.
PRESSURE ON COMBATANTS.
DESIRE FOR SETTLEMENT.
By Telegraph— Association—
Madrid, January 20. A Spanish-American union is enlisting the assistance of eminent public men of all countries to induce General Huerta, the Mexican dictator, and General Carranza, leader of the constitutional party, to agree to an armistice and hold a conference on neutral ground in order to arrive at a settlement. "IF I WERE PRESIDENT." IDEAS OF A BANDIT. London, January 14. • A force of 6000 rebels, under General Villa, has successfully retaken Ojinaga. The Federals evacuated the town during the night: The'bandit Zapata,'has told an interviewer that he thinks he ought to occupy General Carranza's shoes whilst, if lie became President he would destroy all the railways in the people's interest. Mules and waggons, he says, are the correct nwans of locomotion in Mexico. The correspondent of the Times says this picturesque villain, boasts of the number of Spaniards and spies he has hanged.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15514, 22 January 1914, Page 7
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