Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-10


ientes, which demanded his resigna-
tion as president of Mexico, and he
followed this up by declaring his in
tention of fighting Villa. Upon be-
ing officially informed of the action
of the convention in electing Eulalio
Gutierrez provisional president of the
republic, the first chief ordered "ail
generals, representatives of generals
and other jefes" at Aguas Calientes
to quit the convention by 6 p. m.
November 10, adding:
"All generals and jefes shall i'm
mediately place themselves under the
orders of the first chief and take
command of their forces"
The manifesto, which is virtually
an ultimatum to the convention to
disband, continues as follows:
"Those forces whose generals have
expressly declined to recognize the
first chief, and those who, by the 10th
of the present month, at 6 o'clock in
the evening, shall not have express
ly recognized him, will remain under
the orders of colonels and immediate
superiors to whom let it be known
that if, by the 10th of November at
6 p. m., the brigade commander shall
not have presented himself to receive
the command of these forces under
the orders of this jefatura, they
shall assume provisional command and
proceed to elect a provisional COM
mander."
To the commission of generals who
were sent down by the Aguas Cali
entes convention to notify Carranza
of the election of Gutierrez as pro-
visional president of the republic, the
first chief returned this reply:
"If Villa has not been thrown out,
I will proceed to throw him out Let
him retire so that the nation will re-
main in other hands. If he does not,
we shall not. We will fight him
end see if we can't get rid of him"
General Obregon, chairman of the
commission, ueclareQ.
eve do not intend to take the part
of Francisco Villa, in whom we can
can never place confidence"
Both Generals Obregon and Edu-
ardo Ray formally pledged them
selves to cintinue their allegiance to
the first chief.
The duty of taking Carranza's ul-
timatum to the Aguas Calientes con-
vention was delegated to General Lu-
clio Blanco.
Washington, Nov. 1O-The chief
concern displayed by officials in
Washington today in the declaration
of war on the Aguas Calientes peace
convention by General Carranza was
for Vera Cruz. 1t is pointed out that
new menace to American troops
there may arise as result of the at
titude of the constitutionalist first
chief 80.
Concerning other phases of the new
revolution it is indicated that the
watchful waiting policy of the Unit
ed States will be continued. Off
cials realize that the situation in Vera
Cruz is filled with grave responsible
ties. The Mexican troops in the state
of Vera Cruz are understood to be
loyal to CarranZa and while the army
officers do not look for an actual at
tack on the Americans, they admit
a difficult situation may develop at
any time.
Ell Paso, Tex, Nov. 1O.-Reports
of widespread confiscation of foreign
property in Mexico have been re-
ceived here. One of the largest seiz-
ures was made at the Neica mine,
one of the richest mines in the north,
which is located 120 kilometers south
of Chihuahua. Through payment Of
a heavy tax the owners had arranged
to continue operation of the mine.
Friday, however, they left for Chi
huahua and the following day a large
part of the rich ore was removed from
the dump.
Reports of confiscation of ranch
property in Durango have also been
received. In nearly all cases the
owners had previously arranged
through the payment of large taxes
to operate their properties without
molestation. FE MWW
Although fighting at Naco has not
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