Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-28
MADE VILLA TOOL
T0A|D0WN CAUSE
Gen. Angeles Charged With
Fostering Break With
Carranza.
ACCUSED OF ACTING
on Behalf OF HUERTA
Breceda Says Troubles Between Con.
stitutionalist Leaders Can
Be Composed.


Alfredo Breceda. private secretary Of
zionist forces in Mexico, issued a state
ment here last night charging that
Gen. Felipe Angeles had stirred up the
recent contention between Carranza
and Gen. Villa, and that Angeles was
In reality an agent of Gen. Huerta
Breceda's statement issued after q
long conference with Luis Cabrera, one
OF Gen. Carranza's representatives here
who Is working for participation of the
constftutionalists in an informal peace
conference with delegates to tho
Niagara Falls peace conference. admits
breach in the constitutional ranks
that probably cannot be healed unless
mediation should succeed
Villa Is Convinced.
The statement says that Villa has been
convinced that the real purpose of An
geles was to use him as a tool for his
ambition to become provisional president
Of Mexico"
Nh Breceda said that he was not au-
thortzed by Carranza to make this state
ment, that he did 1t on his own respon-
sibility-
A striking paragraph in the statement
says that certain foreign elements have
been impressing upon the American peo-
PIE and government that Villa is the chief
factor In the constitutionalist revolution
1t says:
The principal foreign element doing
this work in favor of Villa are two init
mate friends Of Lazaro de La Cara, the
financial agent of Villa.
One of them is a fellow of many doubt
ful connections in the United States and
he claims to have in Washington people
Said to Have Misled Villa.
The other one is an American who has
posed during several months as a conf
Dental agent of the State Department for
the revolution. but who, as a matter of
fact. has only been political attache and
adviser Of Villa in international matters.
The attitude Of this man. who is an init
mate friend of De La Cara and of the
German fellow, has led Villa and Angeles
to believe that they could count upon the
sympathy and the support Of the Wash
ington government, which to a great ex-
tent contributed to encouraging the in
subordination that existed in the Interior y
She statement OF Mr.. Breceda is. In
part, as follows:
THE troubles between Villa and Car.
| ranza have not all the Importance that
has been supposed and can be COM
posed when the real causes of the
oreak become known. Villa. who had
been the leader showing more spirit
and vindictiveness in the war against
Huerta, had appeared always in an en-
| tirely subordinate character to Car
| rama. and entirely submissive to Car
rama in spite Of persistent attempts
| made to make him appear as holding
personal ambitions and as disloyal
toward Carranza.
Gen. Angeles was a commander in
the federal army; he was sent as one of
commission to Europe by Huerta: he
stayed there until October, 1913, he
then asked to come into the ranks and
| the colors Of the constitutionalist
army.
Change in 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 Car
ranza- such as the Imprisonment and
attempted shooting of Chao. were due
to the advice of Angeles.
'Carranza was acquainted with the
real causes of the attitude of villa,
and. consequently. he ordered the i'm
mediate discharge of Angeles from the
position he held.
up the break and to induce Villa to re-
code from his attitude. Nothing has
been obtained when Villa realized that
the most of the revolutionary leaders
have assured. their LOYALTY to Car
that the real nurpose of Angeles was
to use him as tool for his ambition
to become provisional president Of
Mexico.
Discussion Delayed.
In view of this revelation N1lia mas
agreed 10 postpone the oiscussioii Vi
his grievances until the revolution mas
triumphed Carranza has also consid-
ered that the campatgn against Huerta
,,u.. ha tho chiaf nurnose and that il
would es impo,tlo lSa,ts v,,,s 20 speh0 '"e IN an
carran,a is the frss ehies OF ,hs the o1an oon,
Of wheh Is e.ed the aw unSss Ths
teaaerp tha ,,,siiter,, iesders who supported the