The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-30
THE REBELS REBEL
VILLA DENIES AUTHORITY OF
CARRANZA In SON0RA
MAY mean MORE WAR

| Carranza Informs American Govern
ment That He Would Not ATTACK
Villa, But has Ordered His Troop.
on the Defensiye-Hope is Express
ed That Differences May be Sattled
/ The break between Carranza anG
Villa has finally come, and unless q
reconciliation can be brought about
quickly Mexico will again be plunged
into a revolution.
This sudden turn of affairs again
makes uncertain the immediate re,
tirement of the American troops
from Vera Cruz and the part which
| this government will be obliged tc
play in Mexico.
Villa has served notice on Car
rama that the forces under his COM
mand will not attend the national
convention Of the Constitutionalists
to be held in Mexico City on October
1, and also that he no longer recog-
nizes Carranza as first chief.
This declaration by Villa will
amount to the proclaiming Of new
revolution unless the present breach
is healed. For months the United
States government has been exerting
every effort to prevent this break
and now that it has come President
Wilson is certain to take the strong
est steps possible to bring about a
reconciliation.
The incident, however. suggests
the tremendous problem facing the
Wilson administration in its effort to
establish a stable government in
Mexico, with upheavals like this oc-
curing every few months. It indi-
Gates that the success of "watchful
waiting" is far from assured as yet.
The break between Carranza and
Villa was announced official Wednes-
day night by the Constitutionalist
agency at Washington. 1t was due
to developments that followed Villas
arrest of Gen. Obregon, one Of Car
ranza's foremost leaders.
Obregon was invited to chihuahua
by Villa two or three days ago to
discuss certain affairs in the State OF
Sonora. The governor, Joseph May
torena, has been strong Villa ad-
herents and has openly been oppos-
ing Carranza's control at Mexico City.
Obregon recently visited Sonora in
an effort to patch matters up for
Carranza in that state. Some Of these
matters did not suit Villa and he in
vited Obregon to a conference at Chi
huahua. The two generals could not
agree and there was a big quarrel.
Villa, it is said, threatened to shoot
Obregon, and finally had him seized
and made a prisoner.
When Carranza learned that one of
his leading generals was a prisoner
in Villas hands he ordered the rail-
road service discontinued north Of
Aguas Calientes. He did this as
precautionary measure, apparently
being suspicious of Villa and uncer-
tain as to whether he might not at
tempt to move on south with his
forces.
Villa demanded an explanation of
the discontinuance of this train ser
vice and Carranza replied that before
Villa would get an explanation he
would do some explaining on his
own part The first chief then called
upon Villa for his reasons for holding
Gen. Obregon as prisoner.
Villa ignored this demand and then
served his notice of withdrawal from
the Constitutionalist convention and
his refusal to recognize Carranza as
first chief.
For days there have been rumors
in Washington of the likelihood of
dangerous developments in Mexico.
Some army officers have gone so far
as to assert that the United States
troops will not be withdrawn, as
President Wilson had announced, and
that the United States would be for
tunate if it was not obliged to send
more forces to the southern republic
before many months are over.
President Wilson has made it plain
to both men through his personal
representative that the United States
would look with disfavor on con-
tinuance of fighting in Mexico. Gen.
Carranza informed the American con-
sular representative that he would
not attack Villa but would order his
forces to remain on the defensive.
The Washington administration,
through it's emissaries, has pleaded
with CarranZa to adopt a more gen.
erous attitude toward Villa, and at
the same time has used every influ-
ence to prevent Villa from openly
breaking with the first chief.