The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-28
VILLA CHANGES
CAMPAIGN Of
WAR

Washington, Dec. 2S,---General
Villas forces have suspended their
attacks on Ebano. near Tampico. and
TuNpam. where fighting is in pro-
gress today, according to advices to
the state department.
The Carranza agency here today
published the following telegram re-
ceived from CarranZa representatives
at Galveston:
"Semi-officiaI reports here. altho
not confirmed. say that due to lack
of communication the villa forces
are evacuating Mexico City. It is he
lieyed they are doing this on acconnt
of the crying need OF forces in the
north, to save lines of communication
and to prevent Torreon, Chihuahua
and Juarez from being captured. VIII
la would prefer to engage in battle
outside of the capital with Carranza's
army of 100000 men lying between
here and Mexico City.
Eulalio Gutierrez, through COM
mission. has authorized Antonio VIII
lareal as president of the now eX-
tinct Aguas Calientes convention to
accept his resignation as as provis-
ional president and to notify Car
rama that his services will be at the
orders of the first chief.
THE whereabouts of GutirreZ Is
now not definitely known hut it is
believed he is making his way toward
San Luis Potosi. This action on the
part OF Gutierrez. which is being fol-
lowed by many of his subordinates, is
Villas hurried concentration in the
north.
1T was officially reported to the
war department that half of the Tor
reon garrison, which is enveloped by
layol forces, has revoltcd against VII
la and is fighting the other half in
the name of CarranZa."
Reports issued early today by the
CarraLza agency here, saying that
General Gutierrez had resigned and
left Mexico City, were contradicted
b. dispatches to the state department
from the Brazilian minister in Mexi-
co City, who yesterday hal a confer
ence with Gutierrez.
The general situation as reflected
in official dispatches was viewed as
not altogether encouraging Friction
is regarded as apparent between the
Zapata element and the Gutierrez
villa faction. Thus far, however, it
has not resulted in any serious break.
The chief trouble seems to have
arisen over the question of execution
and punishment of former federals.
Gutierrez and Villa have been In fa7
vor of suspending the executions and
giving some federals an opportunity
to join their cause. Iapata. nbw at
Cuernavaca, is represented as opposed
to that as is General Palafox, minis
ter OF the interior in the Gutierrez
cabinet and chief spokesman for Ia
pata.
A compromise is being suggested
whereby former federals will be Civ
en- fair trials. They also would be
prohibited from joining the Cutter
rez-Villa army. The American gov
ernment has found that both Cutter
rez and Villa look with favor on its
suggestion tor a general amnesty for
political offenders, but that the Ia
pata element seems irreconciliablly
opposed to it.
The situation is expected to devel-
op further at the national convention
called for January l in Mexico City,
when a new provisional ! president
will be chosen.
Only meagre advices are in the
possession of the state department as
to the military activity of the Car
rama forces, but latest dispatches
say that Za2ata forces have advanced
to Coleda, near Vera Cruz, and In CO.