New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-30
Abandons His Campaign
to Settle Scores with
First Chief.
OUTWiTTED IN
ROW OVER ARMS
All Rebel Mexico on Verge of
Anarchy Because of Break
Between Leaders.

Juarez, Mexico, June 29.-Abandon-
ing his pursuit of the Federal army,
which he drove from Zacateeas, Cen
eral Villa began to-day a pursuit Of
General Carranza, first chief of the
revolution, who has ammunition Villa
needs, and who Will not part with it.
The situation in Constitutionalist
Mexico has reached the critical stage.
The next step, in the opinion of both
Villa and Garranza men, may be open
warfare between the factions. Villas
entire army has moved back to Torreon
from AGuas Calientes. Villa, angered
at recent actions of Carranza, left Tor
reon to-day for Chihuahua City. 1t is
believed that he is on the way to the
border to get into touch with Car
rama and the latter's agents.
Villa has sent an ultimatum to Car
rama, it Is asserted here, demanding
the immediate release to Villas army
of all ammunition the rebels received
at Tampico. and which CarranZa is
holding. Villa also demands that Car
rama acknowledge him as military
chief of all Mexico.
Failure to acCtde to the two de-
mands. it is said, will result in forcible
measures being taken by Villa to Sc
cure the ammunition and the authority
he covets.
0utwitted by Carranza.
Carranza, it appears, has outwitted
Villa in the ammunition matter, having
promised the army of the north It's
share of the cargo OF the Antilla at
Tampico and then refused to release
the munitions when Villa failed to go
20 the relief of General Nstera at Zaca-
tecas.
In the four days fighting at Zaca-
tecas Villa used up all of his ammu-
milton. He could not now make an
other campaign. He has been daily
expecting a large shipment from Tam.
pico. but has learned that Carranza
has decided not to let him have any.
This was the matter on which the
two leaders finally came TO the break
ing point. Now, it is said, Villa is
making active preparations to move ms
army into Carranza territory and to
force the first chief to recede from his
attitude.
Villas visit to Chihuahua City is be-
Level to be to gather up what ammunl-
ton he can to enable him to move
AGAINST Carranza. Villa men say Car
rama has fewer than 5000 men he
could count upon should hostilities be
opened with Villa, and that the latter
has with him 10000 men under arms
and can count on as many more who
nominally are with Carrarza.
On the Edge of Anarchy.
While rebel Mexico is on the verge
Of general anarchy, private advices
from the south tonight indicate that
Federal Mexico is rapidly approaching
a worse condition, and that the whole
country appears to be on the edge of
an outbreak which will have no head
and no purpose except the humiliation
of the forces opposing.
Elimination OF Huerta has been made
a matter of secondary Importance in
rebel territory by the reopening of the
Villa-Carranza breach, and rebels here
do not attempt to say when the cam
paign against the Federals will be re-
sumed.
The Federals who evacuated Aguas
Calientes when Villa approached that
city are said to have reached San Luis
Potosi. One attempt was made by the
rebels to stop them when General Z. A.
Benavides attacked the army of Cen
eral Argumedo at Salinas. Benavides
was unable to pursue the advantage he
gained in that battle because of lack of
ammunition, and the Federals succeed
ed in moving on to San Luis Potosi.
Efforts are being made here and in
FL Psso tonight to heal the Villa-Car-
rama break before it reaches the vic.
lent stage, and pressure is being
brought to bear on Carranza to release
the ammunition Villa needs. Once with
sufficient ammunition, his followers
say, Villa will promptly resume the
southern campaign, but he cannot do
so without more cartridges.