Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-28
REBEL CHIEFS MAY SPLIT.
carranxs Said to Be Urging Revoi
Against General vilIa.

s>SSS :
Villa left Juarez yesterday for Chi
huatua City to check a revolt which
Gen. Venustiano Carranza. it Is as
serted, has started among Villas COM
manders.
Information, 1t is said, reached Villa
that Carranza has taken advantage OF
the absence of the rebel warrior to
spread discomfort among his officers
and men in an effort to rally them to
Carranza's support, and that plot
had been formed to make Gen. Mac
lovio Herrera commander cf the rebel
army. Gen. Manuel Chao is stod to
be implicated in the plot.
It is admitted by Villas friends that
the breach between the victor Of Tor
reon and the first chief OF the rev.
olution has reached crisis. Villa has
strongly criticized Carranza for the
note he sent to President Wilson, but
little of his real criticism has been
made public. It Is known that he
spoke plainly. even threateningly, to
the first chief in kilograms. :
Falls Into Hueta's Trap.
Carranza has fallen into the trap
laid for him by Huerta, Villas friends
declare. He has started a revolt with
the idea that the rebels generally do not
like Villas friendliness for the Amer
leans. and he expects Villas whole
army to turn from him unless the rebel
warrior changes his attitude.
But rebels in Juarez say Carranza is
playing with fire: that Villa has q
more firm hold upon the rebel army
than Carranza has any idea of. and
that 1900 men which Carranza brought
from Sonora with him will be needed
by the first chief shortly after Villa
begins Strengthening out matters In
Chihuahua. II ~
ItissknownfnJ r Juarex that villa went
south in haste and In anger. It Is
known that he has little love for Car
rama, ana it is believed that clash
| which will mean the overthrow of
either Carranza or Villa will occur to-
iday.
Plot Several Days Old.
The Carranza- -Huerta-Chao plot
against Villa has been forming for
days. 1t Is learned. It has been carried
on energetically, it is said, into the
! rebel camps at Torreon and San Pedro,
and has been pushed in the rebel camp
at Monterey and around Tampico, and
| anti-Amerlcan sentiment has helped to
make it widespread.
Villa learned of it only yesterday
morning, when he heard that secret
agents Of Carranza had started an at
tempt to spread discomfort in the Jua-
rez garrison. Villa has $4,000 men at
Torreon and San Pedro His friends
say Ii is impossible for any one to
make them turn against the former
bandit
They have the most absolute faith in
Villa as leader and would obey him
! to man II he should order them to
join forces with the Americans or
make an invasion Of American terri
tory. They would-do either quickly,
according to rebels who are of them
| and who know them. X,
Villa Army on Mover
It is believed in Juarez that Villa
has already ordered his army to move
from Torreon and San Pedro to Chi
huahua and that he will force Car
rama out or start conflict which will
involve all rebel forces in Mexico.
Rebels in Juarez insist that Villa is
sincere in the stand he has taken in
| the American crisis and that he has no
idea of changing his position. Villa
before leaving sent the following by
telegraph and by couriers to all rebel
commanders and to all rebel garri-
sons: s
. Respect and show every courtesy
to citizens Of the United States. Give
assistance. p. ]. VILLA