New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-30
|nstitutionalist Crisis in Mexico
Nav Be Near at Hand.

.sos from Northern Mexico report an III
.,r,,on OF General Villas successiui c",ip''e"
A.. army which took Zacatecas mas IT,
% Torreon and villa has re-estaohsneu
a -. tbore One explanation given OF TINS
~ - the Constitutionalst base is that VIVA
3 -. .,av most of their ammunition ana
wait fresh supply before pushing sou'n
rn;s potosi and QueretarO. But announcer
Is Il - or,inous reason given for the backward
or,oD, N Torreon is Villas desire 10 orlhs ~
head his differences with Gehelai I,D,.;
,,,oro can he little doubt that while the Cohslr
ionalist cause has been making eAlr"oiui.s
IS adwav in the field it has made niue
3o,vard the establishment of an emcleh'' se'i-'OP
@norting civil administration. Inc goNeIni''n'
4,nersted by Carranza is a mere SMELL anu MS "'
Atr,.v rests entirely on the support OF the army
f,hoso chiefs do not recognize him as supeiloi
y - ,.ren condescend little when they treat WIN
!, os an eoual. Villas PRACTICAL seizure OF the
s scbinery of government in Chihuahua lett O"i
MA with only the shadow Of power between
acstecas and Ciudad Juarez. II another claS"
Il 20 occur. Carranza will probably have to enace
a ,nsslf since the only military forces on whlch
might depend to oppose Villas demands are
hundreds of miles away in the Pacific Coast states
y, out of reach south Of Saltillo.
I II vould argue i'll for the stability and coher-
.pce Of the Constitutionalist movement If at tnis
critical stage Villa should stop fighting Huerta IN
orlor IN eliminate Carranza. Yet he is probably
boinc urred TO that course by many advisers, ana
n we are 70 trust the revelations made in the
Sberburne G. Hopkins correspondence which "Ihe
Now York Herald" is now publishing one Of those
Secfe-
|tarv BRYAN. In letter of recent date Washing
Mons most gifted international mixer ana nAer
&ropped this useful hint TO General Carranza;
i In respect TO proposals for mediation Tor peace
\ solntion of the present struggle trust that you
II in NOT hermit Yourself to be Influenced IN any way
~ Mr. BRYAN, who in my opinion would be disposed
sacrhce any great principle IN the interest," Oh ms
n career II is my duty 10 teli wv
nkv that in nv opinion Mr.. Bryan does not LOOK
moon YOUR general attitude with favor and am con
WINGED that if he could in any way s9pPlant yTJ S
some one else more plant in his hands ne wouiu ~
40 psing such of the machinery of this government
| as he could for that purpose.
Mfr. Bryan's dislike of CaTanza and partaliE
..Villa have long been an open secret III WASH.
- His special representative with villa, Mr.
ers has incurred the bitter criticism OF
M za's followers Tor fomenting the great
IS ambition 10 become the head or the
&. ion Perhaps the hour has now struck tor
ution within a revolution--a stroke which
d the comedy of a First Chief clinging on
nee to a title which no longer commands
respect or obedience.
Bryan's dream may It last be realized
3at realization will hardly change the stua-
Mexico for the better. Pancho Villa is
ass fighter. but the responsibilities of the
a States in Mexico are likely to be heavily
Id by a violent shift which puts the direc-
s: the revolutionary movement in his coarse
<{ pd-stained hands.