The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Carranza's Special Agent Gives Out Statement on In- ternal Disorders Among
 the C0nstituti0nalists
PUBLIC OPINION
 OVER RUPr-yRE IS
 WRONG, HE DECLARES
Inside Story of Dissension With Am geles in Role of Chief Disturber Told by Carranza's Secretary.
 Says Break Not Impor-
 tant as Supposed

l Washington. June 27.-AIfredo Bre- ceda, private secretary of General Car rnnza. head of the constitutionaiist forces in Mexico, issued statement here tonight charging that Gen. Felipe Angeles had stirred up the recent conc tention between Carranxn and General villa and that Angeles In reality fs an agent of General Huertn.
 Brecedas statement. issued after a long conference with Luis Cabrera. ono of General, Carranza's representatives. who is earnestly working for participation of the constitutionalist in a formal confer- ence with delegates to the Niagara Falls peace negotiations admits break in the constltutionalist ranks that cannot be healed unless mediation succeeds. l Public opinion in the United States has been greatly misead." the statement says. fin the matter of the attitude of | General Villa toward General carranza. and consequently I find it necessary in view of knowledge and direct acquaint- ance, to issue a statement to make known the real situation.
 1 Not Important as Supposed | ''rhe troubles between Villa and Car ranza have not all the importance that has been supposed and can be composed when the real causes of the break be- come known. Villa had appeared always 1 in an entirely subordinate character to Carranza. and entirely submissive to Car ranza in spite of persistent attempts made 10 nall "a I'm n ue haiH Ht4gr Affat l ambitions and as disioyai toward Car ranzs. Had it not been for the inter-. ference of Felipe Angeles. chief author of the happenings occurring lately, thers
 never would have been differences. When- | ever the instlbordination of Villa is spoken I of we ought to say the insubordination of Angeles
 l General Angeles was commander in l the federal army he was sent on a mis-
 sion to Europe by Huerta; he stayed there until October. 1913: he then asked to join the ranks of the constitutionalist l army. Angeles was accepted. He re- ceived money for his family and for his l trip. He was wired by Carranza, who. l in view of Angeles being technical military man. appointed him sub-secretary of his war department. His nomination l was well accepted by the revolutionary l leaders. As a matter of fact. he always 1 tried to keep apart from Carranza and | tho revolutionary leaders
 "rhe trip of Carranza from Sonora to | Chihuahua ooincided with the beginning l of military activities against Torreon and
 then yielding to the wishes of Villa, Am geles was sent from Sonora to help Villa in the investment of Torreon.
 | Change of Attitude
 Since the arrival of Angeles near Villa. a change in the attitude of the latter
 was felt. nearly all the acts of Villa meaning disagreement with Carranza, such as the Imprisonment and attempted shooting of General chao. which wore due to the advice of Angeles. On Juno 12, Carranza asked Villa to send some lreinforcements to Natera, who was at | tne time investing Zacatecas. Villa, act ing under the advice of Angeles. refused to send such endorsements unless he could take charge of the assault. doing all with his own forces. carranza insisted. Villa refused again and in a fit of anger rendered his resignation as military com mander of the northern division.
 "Carranza found himself obliged to &C., cept the resignation, but wishing to fol- low democratic proceedings he convoked the officials who were under orders of I Villa that they could choose by them-
 selves their active leader. But the ofrI- cials. influenced by Angeles, refused to | appoint substitute and agreed to sup
 port Villa their leader and they thus
 were in an attitude of disobedience to- wards Carranza.
 "Carranza was acquainted with the real | causes of the attitude of Villa and con- seouently he ordered the immediate dis 1 charge of Angeles from the position he held.
 Attempts have been made to patch
 up the break and induce Villa to recede from his attitude. Nothing had been ob- tained until Villa realized that most of
 the revolutionary leaders had assured
 their loyalty to Carranza, and that the real purpose of Angeles was to use him as tool for his ambition to become provisional President of Mexico. In view
 of this revelation Villa has decidedly to agree to postpone the discussion of his grievances until the revolution has triumphed. Carranza has also consid-
 cred that the campaign against Huerta must be the chief purpose and that it would be lmpoitic to spend time in an attempt to subdue Villa. The attitude O.
 Villa fostered on the inside by Angel4s
 has been encouraged on the outside by II certain foreign elements who had lime to impress on the American people that Villa is the chief factor in the co 4stitu- tionalist revolution.
 Principals in Work
 "The principal foreign eienhent doing this work in favor of Villa afe two intl-
 mate friends of Lazaro de Ia Giarza. finan-
 cial agent of Villa. One Of them Is
 fellow of many doubtful 1connectons in the United States and he/ claims to have
 in Washington people lto help him in
 official circles The y6ther one is an
 American who has posed during several
 months as confidfntial agent of the
 state department fof the revolution. but
 who has. as maVer of fact. has only political attache ey,nd adviser of Villa in
 international matters. The attitude of
 this man. who is an intimate friend of
 Dc la Garza has led Villa and Angeles to believe they could count on the synn-
 pathy and the support of the Washington government which to great extent con- tributed toward encouraging the enthunl- asm that existed in the interior.
 "Carranza Is the first chief of the con-