El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-06

the Office for which 7 have been named.
pending the assumption thereof oy my
..Prsv ask YOU. Nr. Provisional Pres
Z ident, permit me to express my grati-
I tude for this evidence or commence
and distinction with which YOU favor
me and promise YOU my most dls-
tinguished consideration
Reform, liberty and justice
~Pascual Orozco-
. "Ciudad JUarez. May S. 1914
Declare Orozco sent for Comet
That Emilio Vasquez Gomez has come
10 JuareZ and accepted the provisional
presidency Of Mexico wholly on the in
YitatiOn Of Gen. Pascual OrOZcO and that
the commander in chief Of the rebels
has already telegraphed him sanction
ing this, is the statement OF both Fran
cisco R. PradillO, special envoy from
Gen PascUal OrozcO who carried the
invitation to NaSqueZ Gomez and Mo-
reno Canton, who has been slated for
; the position OF foreign affairs IN the
provisional cabinet
These statements were made by the
men as a result Of a report that the
naming OF the provisional president IN
JuareZ was not done with the sanction
OF the commander in chief Of the rebel
army but on the instigation OF the Con
zalO Enrile at Chihuahua.
The invitation 10 Easquez Gomez,
which bears OrOzcO's signature, is not
q forgery is stated by Mr. Pradillo,
who makes a signed statement to this
written By himself. with Gen OrozcO
having fun knowledge OF what was be-
ing done and that il was signed by
Gen Orozco after reading. The letter
Is now in the possession OF Mr.. NasQuez
Gomez and is shown as his claim TO
the provisional presidency OF the coun-
try.
Decision Reached Some Time AGO.
The decision Of Gen. Orozco to ac-
cept Nasquez Gomez as provisional
=
cording to Mr.. Pradillo, who went TO
Chihuahua and spoke TO OrOZco on the
subject. He says only OrOZcO and he
knew OF the selection OF NasQueZ Co
meZ at the time. The letter was given
to Mr.. Pradillo on April "A, and he says
he took IL Immediately to san Antonio
and delivered IL TO NasQueZ Gomez, who
at once came 10 JuareZ-
GOnzalo Enrile, Nfr Pradillo SAYS.
has had nothing whatever 20 do with
the selection or NasqueZ Gomez as pro-
visional president and it was done even
without his knowledge.
The appointment OF Nasuuez Gomez
has been done on the invitation OF Gen.
PaScual OrOzco. representing the Lib
eral army and cause, said Moreno
Canton. "OrOZCO has already accepted
the plan OF Tacubaya which Nasquez
Gomez stands for. and so by accepting
that plan alone he has accepted Vas
Quez Come Likewise Salazar, Campo
and the other chiefs OF the revolution
have accepted the plan of Tacubaya as
was announced by their first manifesto
when Gen. OrOzCO was made commander
In chief OF the revolution. and SO we
have the assurance that they VIII ac-
cept NasQueZ Gomez as the political
leader OF the revolution (The plan OF
TaCubaya was announced by Emilino
Zapata, who at the time OF issuing the
pronunciamentO named NasQuez Co
mez as provisional president and &
OrOZcO as provisional vice president F
The acceptance OF this plan by OrOzcO +
u
provisional presidency tends 10 bear out (.
rebel claims that all factions are work Z
ing together amicablyl.
OrOzeO Asked often About Gomez. Z
six weeks ago wnen = was i'm the
city OF Chihuahua. Gen. Orozco asked /
TO Mexico TO take charge Of the pOliti- .
cal end of the revolution and / had told
him that NasQuez Gomez had told me
he had not thought the right time had .
arrived for such a course Several I
times later he asked me the same cues
ton and ] replied that 10 was not {
thought to be the right time. Now
with the letter from OroZco. Mr. Vas
qUez Gomez thinks the time has arrived /
and so has left the United states and I
come To Mexico TO assume the place
OF provisional president"
Felix Gutierrez. who is the provis-
ional governor OF the state OF Chihua-
hua, telegraphed to AR PradillO sun
day morning asking him to offer his
congratulations and best wishes to
Nasquez Gomez. Likewise. Col Pas
cual OrOZcO telegraphed TO them offer
ing his best wishes and saying that he
would arrive sunday night in Juarez
and would bring messages to the new
provisional president.
PradillO's Letter.
Col Francisco r. PradillO who de-
llvered the letter from Orozco to Vas
QueZ Gomez makes the following
signed statement TO The Fl Paso Her /
aid.
c. JuareZ, May 3. 1912.
/ give my word OF honor that the let /