The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-10
NON-INTERVENT|ON
RIGHT POLICY
IN MEXICO
So Says DR.. 0suna, Who is Said
to Reflect Views Of Revolu-
tionary Leaders. Just Back
From Torreon.

President Wilson understands M
Mexican situation thoruughly. his
course has been wisely chosen. the
American newspapers and the public
should firmly support his policy of
non-lntervention. says Dr. Eligio
Osuna, who is close TO the leaders of
the constitutionalist movement and bel
In a position to know what their SEN
timcnts are. Dr, u has Deer Ia
Mexico w munths. returning here
his week, A Herald reporter talked
with him at his office In the Barnett
building this morning. Agitation foi
Intervention Is being engineered oy
schcmers with selfish material aims,
Dr. Osuna said.
Venustlano Carranza. first chief of
the revolution. is q close friend of
Or. Osuna VIA. too. rs a friend Of
Or. Osuna. The difference between
the two. Dr, OEuna said today. had
been much exaggerated. He was
convinced Il would be settled FINALLY
without leaving scars of ill-fccline
lie knew the inside Of the matter
Dr. Osuna said. hut was not az liberty
at this time Go state a.. The truth
would come out In a few days IN an
official report.
But even supposing villa and car
rama were not entirely harmonizcd,
the doctor said, u would not be r.
crushing blow 10 the revolution, as
Americans seemed to think. Niua
was "A great general. Or. u said,
but only one Of the leaders In the
revolutionary army-not the only
one. The revolution would go ON
without him. u necessary. He was
"A magnificent general. a brave and
patriotic leader. Dr. Osuaa said nut
there were other in Carranza's srm-
les. There was General ObEegon.
commander OF the division OF the
northwest. for instance-a splendid
Is equipped young a lie had con
troll Of Sonora. Sinaloa, Topic ana
J~alisco. -four states, and In none 90
his campaigns had he received as
s%istance from the armies OF the north,
the ENTER or the northeast.
Because his operations were CLOSE
10 the border ald had beer widely
reported In the newspapers Amori-
can newspaper readers had bean led
10 believe that Nilia was one great
general Of the conatitutionalist lead
ers. said DR.. Osuna. IL was "a mis-
taken idea. and Villa himself real
lied exactly what his position was,
said DIR. Osuna. Villa had no smbi-
lion 10 be president or dictator.
Neither had Carranza. The latter
told him. Or. Osuna said. that he de-
sired merely the see the consiiin
tional program established IN his
country, ana that then he would De
ready 60 retire Go his estate and play
the part OF Cincinnatus-live as %
plain privae citizen. ready 10 come
out only II his country needed him,
General Carranza offered Or.
Osuna the post Of chief surgeon OF
the central division but the doctor
declined a. lie told the supreme
chief that II, II the expected battle
OF a Luis Potosi, or az any other
juncturc. his services ne a physician
should be needed, ne would gladls
| serve In the emergency. nut he felt
that his practice here required hh'
attention and could not De aban-
doned for any extended service rs az
army geo II he went 20 this
front. Dr.. Osuna said today. Il would
be for not more than a few weeks
DR.. Osuna was at TOrreop most 81
the time ne spent la Mexico He
found properties of hin there u at
Monterey confiscated by consiitu-
tionalist orders. hut they were
promptly restored 10 him when he
established his identity before ths
censtiiutionaiist land commissioners
The latter are doing excellent worh
IN the northern states. Dr. osuna
I said.