IF TORREON FALLS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 49, 3 April 1914, Page 7

IF TORREON FALLS.

PROBABLE SIEGE OF CAPITAL. HUEETA DESIRES PEACE. By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright MEXICO CITY, April 1. Huerta, in opening .Congress? asserted that his whole purpose was to restore and maintain peace in Mexico. He was willing to make any sacrifice to achieve this. It is understood that Villa is still fighting around Torreoxl. The capital is calm, though it is fully understood that if Torreon falls a siege of Mexico City is probable. - , HELD FOR RANSOM. HAS TERRAZAS ESCAPED? (Received April 3, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 2. Unconfirmed reports state that Louis Terrazas, the wealthy Mexican, who was threatened with death unless his father ransomed him, has escaped and reached Saltillo safely. [Ou March 6, a cable message stated: —General Luis Terrazas has appealed to the United States to save his son, who is held by General Villa for ransom of half a million pesos. General Terrazas declares that he is penniless, owing to the Constitutionalists having confiscated his immense wealth. The United States Consul is unable to act. The rebels partially strangled General Tei razad' son until he personally agreed to pay half a million of his own rrtoney. The remainder was then demanded from I the general.]