Mexican Rebels Are Renewing War.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 2, 1912:
Gen. Salazar, in Sonora, Faces Blanco with a Strong Force and Battle Is Imminent.
DISORDER IS WIDESPREAD
Gen. Huerto Hurries North from Capital to Resume Command — Men Hanged Prove to be Germans.
Special to The New York Times.
    WASHINGTON. Aug. l.— The the two men hanged by marauders south of Nogales, Mexico, were not Americans but Germans was the information that reached officials here to-day. The incident, however, has served one important purpose by calling  attention to the imminence of further fighting in Sonora Province, in which the hanging took place.
    The rebel forces in Casas Grandes are much more formidable than were supposed, numbering about 1,500 men and six pieces of artillery under Gen. Salazar, and their resources have been strengthened by ammunition and supplies seized from the Mormon colonists. Gen. Blanco with 1,800 regulars and two guns have been near Ojitos, fifty miles from Casas Grandes. A few skirmishes have been reported between the advanced forces and a general engagement seems likely soon.
    The rebel forces of Rojas and Campa had gone south into the Sierra Madera mountains, indicating a separation from Orozco's command and operations looking to further robbery and looting.
    Madera is still hemmed in by rebels, and a column of Federal troops is said to be approaching from the south, but thus far there has been no fighting.
    Col. Steever reports from El Paso that the situation throughout Northern Mexico is worse than it has been for many weeks. The disturbances are more widespread, and the rebel forces, being less concentrated, are more difficult to overcome.
    The State Department is receiving many appeals from persons and corporations owning properties in Mexico to extend protection to them. It feels that everything has been done that is possible.
    The facts as to the men hanged were sent by Consul Dye at Nogalos. One was named Guido Schubert and the other is believed to be John Hertling, a German who formerly lived at Douglas, Ariz. Hertling had declared his intention to become an American citizen, but had not taken out his papers. The murder was the work of marauders, and it is not certain that the marauders were affiliated
with any of the forces under Orozco.