El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-24
THEIR OPINIONS OF VILLA.

Editor Z, D.. r-, FL Paso Feb. %.
IN answer to Dr. Rauschbaur,'s letter in
eT oeIcs OF rancho Villa, to which you gave
to D,I,, 9tu large prominence, we ask you
10 publish the following:
As to Villas career EVERYDAY in nor+t
erh Mexico knows that said gentlemen 10
lay porn a bandit plunderer and muir
VINO IS enjoying an unbroken record
10 date in this line 0- u
As to the great services Villa is claimed
20 nave rendered the late fDancboP AFs5ero
We wish to say. that although duri1r- +t7S
IlrSt revolution headed nv Nadaro T3,t,i--f,
ended the famous long EZRA of peace Of
E9rIlFlo Dlaz. all kinds Of crime were
tolerated (for instance the numbering Of z0O
Cinnamon in TOrreon, the Cova doDgs c-fr,e
49, even mat very Madero hesitated quite
WINE 20 accept villa in the ranks of his
past 0i4ie-'i' l1
Furthermore we are desirous to 1-nov- 70
what grade of peaceful work. villa re-
turned, upon the end of the first reyoir-
ton, because as far as We know after neace
was declared, Don Pancho" in his ouaIitv
as a socalled '.iefe rural entered with his
braves the sierra Of Chihuahua where he
continued his old life until PascuaI OrozcO
rose IN arms against Madero, when he was
called out Of the sierra and ordered to ioin
the campaign against Orozco
villa s depredatiOns in Parral. Chin while
garrisoning that place for the Mexican
governments account, we're reported to he
superior to those committed by Salazar.
when the latter captured the place at the
head Of his Orozquista command
After the loss Of ParraI to the Orozuris-
tas, Villa was ordered to Torreon to incor-
porate Gen. VictorianO Huerta's division,
and to date still everybody rememb ers
Villas royal behavior while he STAYED in
Torreon and Gomez Palacio CONSISTING in
the assault Of little stores in day time,
threatening Of newspaper reporters (for in
stance ImpaTciaIs reporter, the late Mr.
Strauss etc.
AS to Villas present campaign AGAINST
the Huertistas, we will only recite the muir
dering Of about 16 poor innocent Spaniards
in and around Torreon in October, 1913 af-
ter the place had fallen into his bloody
hands. Villas report that those poor Span
lards were shot on account Of having been
found guilty as government spies, and fur
thermOre Of having served in the sOcaIled
''Defensa Social Of Torreon," is nothing but
a lie, with the view to justify his crimes in
the eyes Of short sighted sympathizers in
the United States Of America
Another case that happened In Torreon,
while Villa was controlling the city, may
be recited.
On the list Of "pernicious spaniards' to
be shot the next day was a wealthy Span
lard Of Torreon, for the only reason that
he was a Spaniard, who had never meddled
with Mexican politics ialthough he, as well
as all honest foreigners in that country
who own property attractive to the bandits
with very few exceptions, had more sym
pathy for the federals than for the rebels,
on account OF the inferior record Of the
latter As soon as his wife "a Mexican
woman of the good class) learned Of such
sad news, she decided to call upon Villa to
intercede for her husband. The general re-
ceived the poor lady, but at first did not
understand that it was her husband, who
was next TO be Shot ana therefore ne
asked her what right she claimed to plead
for him, whereupon he was informed Of the
real fact. and then exclaimed: '1s that so,
a Mexican woman like you married to a
Spaniard. I should say, I in your place
should prefer to be married to a dog"
Dr. Rauschbaum claims that Villa is
fighting for the lives and the country Of
the Mexicans. to re-establish peace and or
der. to establish justice and equity, etc.
All Of Us, undersigned, lived for a period
of years in Mexico, and really are unable
to understand such a remarkable friendly
feeling existing here for Villa and his fol-
lowers, who are allowed to enter and leave
EI PasO whenever they want and feel like,
while the federais and their sympathizers
are hunted like rabbits, Notwithstanding the
federal army in Mexico has always done
and is always doing its very best to pro-
tect life and interests Of foreigners in first
place.
We all claim to know just as much about
Mexico as anyone else in this city, and to
e entitled to speak with some authority.
Carl Hagerman,
John p. Jackson
l. Walters,
c. Matthew,
FS-S-- W. c. Anerseua