SITI ATION UNCHANGED
ON THE IHAIi Kill) XT
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 6 (via Lon
don).?The following otllcial statement
was issued to-day by Turkish army j
headquarters: ?
"On the Irak front the situation Is |
unchanged. The day before the sur-1
render of the British army at Kut-el- j
Aniurn one of our aeroplanes shot down <
two enemy machines. |
"Caucasian front: One of our cavalry i
detachments surprised and destroyed a|
detachment of the enemy's cavalry,
t m the other fronts there Is no news."
ATTACK IS MADE
ON VILLA BANDITS
BY HOWZE'S MEN:
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hood of Pan-all, have arranged to start
men and supplies south next Tuesday,,
ot resume .work which they hardly
would do, it was said, if they were j
not assured of tranquil conditions.
General Jacinto Trcvino, adviser of
General Obregon and commander of'
the military district of Northeast |
Mexico, decided to-night to return toj
his headquarters in Torrcon. leaving:
| the situation entirely in Ills chief's!
? hands.
j In one quarter to-night it was1
pointed out that it would have been j
contrary to exery Mexican tradition If
the conference had V.een hurried
through in two or three days, and it |
might have had an unfavorable poli
tical effect.
Notwithstanding General Obregon's
: declaration that there has licet: no split
j between himself and General Carranisa.
