The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-18
POWER MAD REBEL
 ROBBINCCHURCHES
Property of Nuns, Priests and Span ish Merchants Taken by General Nilla-Fofeigners Join
 in Protest.

Fl pa,o. Tex. Dee l3.-Stories of footing by General Francisco Villas rebel army 9n its entrance into Chi auahua. Mex, of the despoilin9 of church treasures, of the robbery of Spanish priests and nuns. of inc toud,cation of property and de- uaads for ax0rbitanl sums Of money, were brought here today with lle arrival of IFS citizens of Spain who had been banished by tIe rebels
 Eighteen Catholic priests and aug~ of Spanish origin were among jh- refugees They joined with the bother eXiled Spaniards at Washing ! tHu and t0 the minister of foreign ] |re.atIon, at Madrid a protest against what they asserted was an outrage : of their rights.
 Say Villa LOoted CathedPals. ] The priests said Villa had de- handed S5011 from each of them. land after they had given all they Iposse,sed Villas army footed the Icathedral and churches and the convent of all the gold and jeweled : chaiices and sacred vestments. One priest said he paid over to the reb- jels S95. which was all he had; an- other said he gave Si55, and the huns gave all except their personal ! belongings.
 Among the priests who v0uched for the story of church footing were ! Father Superior Jose Morales of the Community of the Holy Family, Father Manuel de Francisco and he mother superior and sisters of the Order of the Virgin Mary. Other Spaniards reported that in addition 10 threatening them with death if they remained in Chihua- hua longer than ten days. General NiIla demanded from merchants 1 I1E million dollars in gold as a tribute to the revolution, in ex- change for which he would pay them in so-called COnstitutionalist Icurrency.
 Gall Rebel Conference.
 Conditions affecting foreigners and foreign property in Northern Mexico at the hands of the rebels, became such today that an appeal was sent to General Carranza, rec ognized as the head of the revolu- ton. to prevent possible interna- | tiOnal complications. General Car ranza was asked to join Francisco Villa in Chihuahua City at once.
 The representation was made that in arbitrarily eXpelling the Span iards from Mexico and cOnfiscating or shutting down their property. valued at more than 95 million dol lars. Villa had acted without suf- ficient advice and that he had in- cured the displeasure of foreign interests in forcibly entering the British vice-consulate to arrest Luis Terrazas, IT,. who is being held for Il million dollars ransom.
 The meeting decided that Villa. | by his acts toward foreigners, had precipitated a serious situation. As | General Carranza cannot go over land from Hermosilo to Chihuahua in less than ten days, a messenger was sent to Villa with important suggestions.
 Advise Villa to Cool Down.
 These suggestions. in effect, were that Villa should not further incur | the displeasure of foreign govern |ments by discriminating as to what foreigners shall remain in Mexico. | He was told that because of his at titude to Spaniards, the Americans | and Germans in Chihuahua were | threatening to leave the country. In the country further south, which Villa will invade in his march to the City of Mexico, are many more Spaniards.
 As indicating their fear of Villa, | IFS citizens of Spain, most of them merchants of Chihuahua, arrived on a special train at JuareZ today and immediately sought safety on the United States side of the river. They were accompanied by Freder- ico Move. who was civil governor Iaffer the federals evacuated Chlhua- Ihua. Among the refugees were eighty-fiye women and ii2 children forty of them babies.
 Left Their Money With Villa.
 They had been provided with special train, and before the train left Chihuahua General Villa went through the coaches to see who were leaving. Move was designated by the foreign consuls to insure the refugees safe conduct.
 Since the rebel occupation of Chihuahua, they said, the city out- wardly had been quiet, but the anxiety among foreigners was ln- creasing, and within short time all Germans and Americans would leave.
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