The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
CARRANZA ADMITS
GRAVE SITUATION
EXISTS IN MEXICO
Predicts Further Fighting
AS Result of Rupture
With Villa.
WILL DENY BLAME FOR
ANY MORE BLOODSHED
Zapata Is Working in Harmony
With Former Rebel
Chief.
SuPPORTED BY EX-FEDERaLs
american Government Awaits De.
ve'opmentf Before Taking
Amy Steps.
WILL DENY BLAME FOR
ANY MORE BLOODSHED
SUPPORTED BY Ex-EEDERALs
American Government Awaits Dc.
velopmentf Before Taking
Any Steps.

wAsHINGToN. september 2G.-Gen.
"a. ,Earrnnza to-day predicted further
ahvices to the State Department ,rha
@ mrs, chief explained to diplomats. who
bbsshe.ea bs5 r.si,. at his request, that zapat;.
nau refused to attend or send dele
Satea to the national convention called
30, TO-, Wctober l. and that his forces were
i .tve,w. "ve, IN me south. He also described
rEchts leading up TO the rupture with
icnefai VITA saying the blame for
,,Murtner bloodnhcd would be Villas as
defensive. '' o'' III"
DIlelal information has come TO the
,H,i,g nsnington government from General
viiIs viiilIs'on o1o ana -,t others that zapata and
,"rrahza and expect the support Of
dorLncr Federals ono of Villas chief
demands has been that certain officers
VINO supported Huerte he taken into
, .hs new national army, but Carranza
nHs given such officers no guarantees.
nrrahcieeo carbalal. former Provisional
ready 10 support Nilln.
General Hugh scott assistant cbiot
OF STAR or the army. and formerly in
command on tho Mexican border. has
received pathetic letter in this CON
nert'on from General Francisco Castro.
,nc aged general just released with
MleAican Federal troops who crossed
ana were intcrncd I'm Texas. Gen Castro
wrote that after forty years service
worried hard TO gain every promotion
and has not a blot on his record. he
now found himself barred from the
army OF his country.
AWAITING 4 CLEARER
VIEW OF SITUATION
The American government has taken
no steps as yet TO mend the situation.
awaiting clearer definition OF the
sitration Eear-Auiniral Fletcher. com
mander OF the Atlantic Fleet. has recon-
mended that four battleshlps be re-
4 tn =
while the remainder OF the feet goes
north for target practice.
GptSI troops " i not ss seHerf that
rntii tho VILLA -Carranza controversy iy J
adjusted.
The following report from General
Funston was received TO-DAY:
one OF the two wires OF The. "a ble
company TO Mexico City is working.
The present extent OF the damage TO
tho railway Nera Cruz TO Mexico t,ttv) |
Is not yet fully known. If the bridges
are not destroyed and no resistance ia
offered. railway officials thinl; they may
he able 10 run trains in three or four
days
IT is known that the destruction was
the work OF rcvolutionists, cx- -Federals
under Higenio Aguilar and Benjamin
Arjunedo. The strength OF this force
Is Variously estimated at from 5000 TO
5000. Candido AguiIar (Carranza's
general commanding forces outside
vera Cruz) has sent 800 men, prac-
tically all he had at Soledad. on trnins
in that direction. Presumablv. the"
VII! be Joined by others from Cordoba
and Orfzaba. Agents Of Villa have
been hero recently comforting with ex-
Federal officers and furnishing them
with funds"
MORE BATTLESHIPS
ORDERED TO MEXICO
In response TO Admiral Fletcher,s
recommendations. the battleships ,
have been ordered to Vera Cruz. The
probably will relieve the Arkansas
Delaware and North Dakota. Later r.
Is proposed to withdraw the kansas
and Virginia. leaving the Texas. Min
lesota' hhode Island and Vermont in
Mexican waters. I
An optimistic view OF the sitpa,inr
was expressed in q statement Issued To- I
night by Gustavo Mireles, one OF Car f
'anzas private secretaries, who arrived b
lere recently from Mexico He ex y
pressed the belief that the dnIor.+n I;
who will attend the national conven @
ion In Mexico City next Thursday vii, il
leacefully compose difficulties hetvean i
and villa IT
IMPOSSIBLE CHANGES y y
DEMANDED by VILLA e;
nENICO CITY, September osUnn ",
raj tarranzn. I'm II long statement lnst s.
'iSht described the difficulties he n
zen h.'hseit ana General Villa, stat
hg that the situation is grave bnt
nat the Constitutionalists are ready for .,
NY emergency. Villa, he declared de- :.
nanded impossible changes I'm the call -.
ssued for conference of Constitution- ~
list chiefs on October l. M Ni
N,lias demands, he said. ware tbot :. -
2e general conference pledged ITSELF 81 -
. re-establish the national and state ~
ivil regimes within thirty dnva af.er ~ ~
ne conference concludes IT'S 1,so,,s -, GO
ons; that no present army officer sba1, !, e q
u eligible as candidate for any eIec ~
Ve ONCE: that the Federal state loo "s
lature be sconvoked immediatoIy. AMI -.
lat the ELECTORAL college be chosen VI, W,
'r the election OF Il permanent prosi on OF,
ant. M
TO these demands Carranza ren,,ad p pu
'at only tho conference Itself was atIn 81, n'
take up the questions. W
Regarding the cutting OF the roi1w,,, a.,
nes north OF Aguns Calientes Ca III
MA says this is not n hostile hnt ea
,cessary act in view OF Villas wnr ~ ~,
ke preparations. Ir anarchy comes 81 81
ld blood is spilled as n result of fhi. M. ~.
e biame he says will be upon VI]la
1t is reported here that n specIo,
ain will le3yc Mexico CITY for Vera
u1 to- morrow night carrying passcn- ins ins
ra Dooked on steamers to sail for the nm m
CONTINUED on Twelfth Pago.) =