The Sentinel=record., 1914-10-30
VILLA and ZAPATA
RULE CONVENTION
REBEL LEADERS HAVE FORMED
A COALITION TO RULE THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
New Coalition Causes Commotion and
Delegates Again Reach For Their
Trusty RevoiVers.

| Aguas Calientes, Mexico. Oct. IL
A coalition OF the delegates represent.
ing General Villa and General Zapata
practically ruled today's session OF
the Mexican national convention after
the stormiest and most exciting meet.
ing the assembly had witnessed For
time it threatened to break into a,
riot
The convention for several minutes
was in confusion. The delegates
reached for their reyovers. but
finally yielded to speeches of their
colleagues
The outburst occurred shortly after
the arrival OF 26 representatives of
General Zapata. 1t developed that
they came not as authorized dele
gates, but to learn the views of the
convention before the gathering for
credentials. They were accorded
seats on the platform amid cheers
and their leaders were invited to
speak
Paulilo MARITIME described the
ideals OF the plan of Ayala, the plat
fern OF the Zapata movement, inform,
ing the convention in forcibe tones
that If it We're not accepted by the
convention Zapata's army would con
time to fight He was given an ova-
ton, which was the first indication
that the convention believed in the
plan of Ayala, which declares for an
immediate division of the big landed
estates in Mexico
Antonio Soto y Cana, who spoke
next. for the zapatistas, preciptated
a climax which threatened to disrupt
the convention. The first part of his
speech, full of flowery phrases, was
applauded but one of his metaphors
miscarried He had compared the
Mexican flag to a rag and was not
permitted to finish his figure of
speech. Indignant delegates rose to
their feet with menacing gestures.
The Mexican flag on the platform was
borne away by angry delegates from
the place where the orator stood
and the convention was soon in an
uproar. Some of the delegates. wien
hands on their pistols, yelled at othel
in fury, Antonio Nillareal, chair
man, pounded in vain for order. Out
OF the boxes and galleries crowds OF
spectators started IN a panic for the
DOORS hoping to escape before shoot
ing began. Generals Obregon and
Hay and other prominent delegates,
however, rushed to the platform and
standing by the flag succeeded in OF
tanning order:
During the hostile demonstration
Mr.. Soto y Cana stood impassively,
Indifferent to the epithets of the dele
gates ON the floor Finally, when
quiet was restored, he resumed his
Spec ell explaining that ii he could be
permiltC- TO finish his sentence il
would lave been seen that he meant
no a.i.ont to the Mexican flag What
he intended to say, ne asserted. was
that he fla had become a rag which
traitors 10 real Liberty had used as an
emblem to obtain power and that the
| flag was coming TO stand for indiyid-
ualism rather than a purely national
emblem.
Rogue Gonzales Cara of the Villa
faction then arose defending Cana
and deploring the incident With dra-
matte fervor he announced that ali
Mexico clamored for the plan Of
| Ayala. One of the delegates then
asked if the other generals Of the di-
vision of the north held the same
view. Led by General Felipe Alge-
les, the generals Of the north rose to
man and signified their approval,
whereupon a standing vote recorded
the great majority as fayoring the
plan OF the Zapatistas,
Another dramatic moment in the