The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-24
VILLA S1|gj Up
FRESH TROUBLE.
Hopes for Peace in Mexico
Are Shattered by General
Who Declares War on
Carranza.
CONTINUAL REVOLUTION
Astonished by Announce
rnent That Rebel Chiefs Cannot
Agree as to Who Shall
Rule.

| limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WARRINGTON, Sept. 24-A new
revolt In Mexico, threatened by villa
against carranxa, today threw into
feoHf1Ston All plans and hope Of the
administration for peace, recognition
| Of the constltutionalists and with
drawai Of American troops. The first
! important action by the administra-
tion In the new and admittedly most
serious situation was the order to
Consul carothers to confer today at
Chihuahua with General Villa. Caro-
+, thers was under order to sound out
Villa and ask the revolving chieftain
| whether he would consider other
methods than hostilities to settle his
dispute with carranza.
Villas declaration Of war Is as fol-
lows:
ain view Of the attitude Of Venus
tiano carranxa, which has been the
cause Of great injuries to our coun-
try, and since he could never govern
Ia reppbitc. nor make happyt . country
which aspires 70 : real deanocrAey, .
country which wants to have . gov
eminent emanatins from the people,
sub Iect to an Interpretation Of the ma
tionaI feeling, we have been obliged
! to renounee him ~ commander IN
chief Of the constitutionaiist army in
charge Of the executive power; and
we have declared hostiiitIes, being
disposed to fight until the last until
he 10 forced to abandon his power
and place the same in the hands Of
the real representatives Of the people
who are disposed to remedy all evils
Of the republic, to direct II through
the proper road Of progress and well
being"
The immediate return Of Paul Full
er Of New York and possibly Governo' :
John Lind to Mexico as personal rep
resentatixss Of the president, In q
| movement to strike quickly and pro
vent further blood shed is also under
consideration, il 10 reported. Rafe\
zubaren and Senior Aequlrida, con-
stitutionaIist representatives here
professe dto see in Villas decIara.
tions Of hostiIities a subtle vsiIed
move to split Mexico In twain and es.
tablish a new republic in the north Of
Mexico. They were advised last
night in Iono telegram from Car
rama, Of the hostile action, and that
carranza az q move for self preserva-
ton, had ordered railway connmuni-
cation from Mexico City suspended.
Villas break came like bolt out of
a clear sky to President Wilson and
other OFFICIALS. They had been iuIled
by the consuls and others, into think
Ing peace and stable governmen
could be established.
OFFICIALS refused to take the incl
dent seriously, but from President
Wilson down In offieiaIdom, the re-
ports Of Villas call to arms for new
revolt was astounding. Only yester-
day Paul Fuller returning from MexI-
CO to report to the president on the
situation in the south, declared ru-
mors Of trouble between Villa and
carranza were all rot.
The presence Of American troops at
Vera Cruz Increased the com?Iica-
tions Of the new situation. With Villa
controlling northern railway COM
unication-resarded az a most i'm
portant strategic advantage II he
moves his army against Carranza-
occupation Of Vera Cruz by Ameri-
cans shuts off carranza's communi-
cation to the east and north except
through Puerto Mexico. Demands Of
Carranza that the order for the evaeu-
alton Of Vera Cruz be carried out I'M
mediateiy, are believed imminent.
That the president would suspend
the removal Of troops and warships
from Mexico until developments come
TO head, was generally believed
here.
The institution Of new embargo
on arms. and ammunition to Mexico
was another question before the