Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-19
VILLA ISSUES
STATEMENT
TO PUBLIC
IS WILLING TO Do AS U. S. SUG-
GESTS REGARDING FOREIGNERS,
BUT SAYS SPANIARDS WERE AL
MOST ALL HUERTA SYMPATHISERS
AND were ORDERED TO LEAVE.
He WILL AWAIT The
COMING OF CARRANzA

Chihuahua, Mex. Dec. 19.-General
Francisco Villa said today he would
be disposed to follow the suggestions
of the United States as to the rights
of foreigners in Mexico. In conformity
with this plan, he named commit
tee to take an inventory Of the prop
erty of the expelled Spaniards and
said he would indemnify such of the
Spanards as had not supported ac-
lively the Huerta government.
General Villa had received, through
the American consul, representations
which expressed the position of the
United States in assuming moral re-
sponsibility for the welfare of citl-
Zens of other nations and which cal
led upon General Villa for a strict
accounting of his acts should the
rights of any foreigners be viola
ted.
A demand also had been received
from General Carranza, the head of
the revolution, following the protests
of Spaniards that their property had
been seized and the protests of other
foreigners that they had been forced
to pay money to the rebel cause.
Il ordered all property belonging to
Spaniards be confiscated and held by
the constitutional government pend
ing an investigation as to who of the
Spaniards aided the Huerta govern
ment,' said General Villa.
'ln order to guarantee the property
while it is in our hands, have named
honorable and responsible persons to
take an inventory of it.
"It was necessary to eXpel the Span.
ards because their lives were in dan
ger here and 1t was necessary to I'M
pose a penalty of death should they
not go in order that they would go.
at is well known that in the UP.
rising in Mexico City last February,
hundreds of Spaniards in the ciudad
sided with Felix Diaz and with arms
co-operated in the uprising which
enabled Huerta to bring so much suf.
fering to MeXicans.
"When attacked Chihuahua. Span
iards again fired on us on the preteXt
that they were guarding their own
interests. In Chihuahua the majority
of the Spaniards were Huerta sympa'
thizers. When I entered the city
resolved on their expulsion because
their lives were in danger from the
feeling held against them by our
army.
"The rights of other foreigners have
been, and will be, protected Arrests
are being made daily of persons srs'
pected of being Huerta sympathizers.
They are held pending an investiga'
ton of their acts"
General Villa probably will remain
here until the arrival of General Car
rama, the time of whose coming is un.
known.
See Little Hope.
FL Paso, Texas, Dec. 15.--Spaniards
regarded with little satisfaction Gen
eral Villas announcement from Chi
huahua today that the property left
by foreign refugees was to be in.
voiced with a view to indemnfying
those who had not participated in the |
The value of the Span
iard's property is placed between
$5,G00.000 and $10,000,000 gold. The
Spaniards said this already was being
destroyed by the rebel troops and TN. |
der Villas ruling that all Spaniards |
were friendly to Huerta, none of them |
would be indemnfied.
To Remove Mercado.
Ojinaga, Mex Dec. 19.-General
Salvador Mercado, commander of the /
federal army, will be removed from
office within few days, and his place /
will be taken by General Pascual |
Drozco according to reliable informa |!
ion received today. Mercado's evacu |
,tion of Chihuahua without waiting (
or rebel attack is given as the cause |
or his removal
Within three days the federal army !
will leave Ojinaga and advance ,
lgainst the rebels in Chihuahua, ac.
,ording to federal officers Enough |
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