“Gen.” leyva a Lingerer

Nº 207

AHSRE L-E-953 F. 333

The Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona

26 de febrero de 1911

“Gen.” leyva a Lingerer

Mexicali a Safer Point than Ensenada.

Will levy tax march 1

American Sheriffs Not Permitted to Cross the Line Lest They Create Uneasiness Among Americans in Rebel Army.

Mexicali, feb 25 General Leyva, commander of the insurgents reappeared today at headquarters which have been moved from the bull ring to the cock pit. His presence here leaves in doubt the extent of the offensive movement against Tijuana and Ensenada, which was supposed to have been begun in earnest when 100 armed men left two days ago to join an advance guard that marched from the breast works last Tuesday.

The advance guard remains in camp near Laguna Salida where they were reported Wednesday by ranchers, while the 100 men are at the

Encina canal, twenty miles from Mexicali.

Leyva's first act today was to throw open the town to visitors and to inform the merchants, most of whom are Americans, that they might conduct their business without tax for the present, but that contributions to the rebel cause would be expected periodically after march 1.

Sheriff Hammell of Los Angeles County visited Calexico today and in company with Sheriff Meadows of Imperial County, undertook to cross the line to Mexicali. He was turned back by the insurrrectos' police, who explined that there are men among the insurgents who had been in trouble in the United States and that the appearance of the Sheriff might cause trouble.