THE FATE OF GARRANZA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17471, 15 May 1920, Page 7

THE FATE OF GARRANZA.

SUBROUNMD BY REBELS. ] ; THE SITUATION OBSCURE. • ," ( .V-''-'* ;■«??» •%{ , ' t "' .* ■'■ '*'■ i/ v PARTIES ; STILL ,; AT GRIPS. By. Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. M * (Received 9.40 p.m.) ' A. and N.Z. ■-""' .-.' New York, May 14. ' A despatch "from El Paso says that General w Obregon,' the rebel leader, reports that Carranza has been surrounded for three days, and cannot stand much longer. The rebel troops have been ordered to allow Carranza to escape. A. and N.Z. VERA CRUZ, May 13. Conflicting reports have been received regarding ex-President Carranza. ' . It now appears that Carranza is fighting the revolutionists at Hacienda, Tamariz, with 6000 troops, the revolutionists numbering 14,000. A battle 70 miles south-east of 'Mexico City. is being fought, and the General News Agency's correspondent aeserte that it shows a trend towards a revolutionary victory. Another report states that the rebels are surrounding Carranza's tram at Apizaoo. Three hundred Carranzists were killed. A and N.Z. NEW YORK, May 13. Reports from San Aantonia, Texas, state that Carranza escaped through the rebels and his own men by clipping off his beard and moustache. General Obregon's warships have captured all the gunboats in the Gulf of Mexico, thus controlling the east coast of the Republic.

FIERCE BATTLE REPORTED.

REBELS' NUMBERS SUPERIOR. A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON, May 13. Reports from Mexico state that when Carranza fled from Mexico City he took twenty-seven million pesos of Government funds, but the rebels claim that they recaptured this when the trains carrying the President's force were stopped. Carranza's force made ita way down the railday, a distance of 55 miles, before being held up by the rebel troops coming from the north. Times. LONDON, May 13. ' The latest reports state furious fighting has been proceeding between forces personally Jed by Carranza and the rebels. Heavy rebel reinforcements, ; including artillery, are being rushed forward. i The rebels hone to hold the Presidential elections in July. General Huerta will probably act as Provisional President in the meantime. Indications suggest the election of General Obregon as President