The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-10-02
WILL NEITHER SEEK PRESIDENCY
NOR VICE PRESIDENCY OF
MEXICO, is FORMAL AN
NOUNCEMENT.
FOLLOWS VERY CLOSELY
DECLARATION or CARRANZA
Supreme Chief" Agrees to Eliminate
Self, Providing All Military Lead
ers Stay Out Of Race-Strength-
ems Hopes Of Washington
Officials for Peace.

Washington. Sept. 80 Formal an
houncement from General Villa that be
viii nos be a candidate for president
or vice president of Mexico was re
ceiYed at the state department through
Consul Carothers at Chihuahua City.
The dispatch was the first TO reach
Washington from Central Mexico since
Villas revolt, greatly strengthening
the hopes of officials here for a peace
ful adjustment of the difficulties be
tween the two leaders.
Significance of Assurance.
Special significance was attached to
Villas assurance because il followed
so closely the declaration OF General
Carranza that he would not become a
candidate if Villa would give a SINH
lar promise and all the military lead.
ers We're eliminated as presidential
possibilities.
General Funston. commanding the
American forces at Vera Cruz, inform
ed the war department that General
Iapata, the southern rebel, had lodged
a protest with him against the surren-
der of Vera Cruz to the Carranza GOV
eminent.
Zapata made it plain that he did
not recognize Carranza as the first
chief Of the Constitutionalists.
Pacification Committee En- Route.
Mexico City.-The pacifcation COM
mittee, organized among officials here
in an endeavor to adjust differences
between Generals Carranza and Villa,
ject of reaching the nearest point
where they can consult the generals OF
the division Of the north. They viii
try TO arrange 4 cessation of HOSTILE
ties and ecure an agreement which
Will prevent further clashes between
the factions.
Where the conference will be hello
has not been made public. Torreon
has been suggested as tn most likely
place.
The commission believes both Car
rama and Villa are surrounded by ele-
ments preJudicial to continued peace.
Carranza Answers Protest.
General Carranza answered a mes
sage sent by General Francisco Villas
division Of the army which. while pro
testing loyalty, asked the first chief of
the Constitutionalists to resign in fay
or OF Fernando Iglesias Calderon. thus
maintaining the honor OF the Constitu.
tionalist cause and preventing blood.
shed, anarchy and possible intervcn-
ton.
While the text Of General Carrauza's
answer has not been made public, gov
eminent officials are most optimistic
regarding the results which it NAV
have.
1t is semi-oficially stated that the
general conference is to be postponed
from Oct. | to Oct. s, when all diff.
existing between General VII.
la and General Carranza will be ad.
justed amicably through an under
standing that no northern chief shall
be a candidate for either temporary or
permanent president.
Meeting May Be Delayed.
FL Paso, Texas.-The beginning Of
actual hostilities between the divided
Constitutionalist army awaits General
Carranza's answer to General villa.
who has demanded that he resign in
favor OF Fernando Iglesias Calderon rs
iirst chief. So far as could be learned
here. however, there has been estab.
lished no actual armiStice.