REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10764, 11 May 1911, Page 4

REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] j (Per Press Association.) ] '.-•., HOSTILITIES RENEWED. Received May 10, at 2 pvm. --■•/'-'. Mexico, May 9: A bis battle, is raging at, Juarez; hundreds on-both sides have been killed and v wourided. The Federals refuse to surrender, and it. is expected that the rebels will get possession this afternoon. A repr-rt from El Paso says the. Juarez battle was resultless, and it is probable uhat there will be a resumption at daybreak. : ; ;._ Mexico City, May 10. Five American trans-frontier spectators were killed and fifteen wounded. The Federal loss does not exceed fifty, dead, and that of the insurgents will probably be the same. ' The rebels gained the streets of Juarez ' several times, but the-Federal force .drove £hem out under heavy fire. 1 The rebels h01d... important, positions, " and if the attack is resumed it is likely j they will capture the city. The rebels captured the town of Tiguana., Lower California, by assault. Seventy were killed or wounded on " both sides. -■.,.. TALK OF AMERICAN INTERFERENCE. Received May 11, at 0.6 a.m. . Washington, May 10. President Taft admits that the Mexican situation is grave, and that- all the States except three are involved in the insurrection. " He said the Cabinet had discussed the duty of maintaining order on the American continent, but no foreign Government, President Taft declared, had so far suggested that the United States should intervene. Washington, May 10. • Senator Stone attacked President Taft in the Senate owing to his failure to take action to protect the lives of Americans on the Mexican border. He asserted that the despatch of American troops was a mere game of bluff, and suggested that troops should be sent on to Mexican soil to protect Americans, and then retire.

.Senator Bacon replied that invasion 'meant immediate war.

The Senate decided to take no nctior in the matter.