Evening star., 1914-09-26
SAYS VILLA SOUGHT
IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
Gen. Carranza, in Statement,
Declares Demands Could
Not. Be Met.
CONSTITUTIONALISTS FIT
TO MEET ANY EMERGENCY
First Battle in New Revolution
Goes Against Forces Of Pres
ent Government.

| VenuStiano CarranZa, the acting head
of the Mexican government, in the long
| statement which he gave out last
| night, reviewing the difficulties be-
| tween himself and Gen. Francisco Viii
la. states that the situation is grave,
but that the constitutionalists are
| ready for any emergency. Gen. Villa,
| he declared, demanded impossible
! changes in the call issued for a con-
| ference of constitutionalist chiefs Oc-
! tober /.
| Gen. Villas demands, he says. were
| that the general conference pledge it.
| self to re-establish the national and
state civil regimes within thirty days
| after the conference ends its discus
| sion; that no present army officer shall
| be eligible as a candidate for any elec-
| tive office; that the federal state legis-
| lature be convoked Immediately and
| that the electoral college be chosen
| for the election of a permanent presl-
| dent.
| To these demands Gen. Carranza re-
| piled that only the conference itself was
able to take up these questions.
| Regarding the cutting of the railway
lines north of Aguascalientes. Gen. Car
rama says this is not a hostile but
necessary act in view of Gen. Villas
warlike preparations. If anarchy comes
and blood is spilled as a result Of this
the blame, he says, is on the head of
Villa. Nearby garrisons are assembling
| for transportation to Aguascl ,,e=.
1t is reported here that a special train
| will leave Mexico City for Vera Cruz
tomorrow nignt cariEn pa-s.n2 3
booked on steamers to sail for the north.
i The gap in tae railway nae 10
Cruz it is reported here, is several miles
, in extent.
Carranza Loses First Battle.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., September 26.-Car-
| rama forces under Gen. Benjamin Hill
were routed yesterday by the troops of
Gov. Maytorena in the first engagement
Of the new revolution proclaimed by the
| state Of Sonora in connection with Gen.
Villas defiance Of Carranza Hills loss
is indefinite
Fighting began near Santa Barbara
and continued throughout the retreat
toward Santa Cruz which Hi ordered
when ne found his troops outnumbered
A concentration Of the Carranza forces,
including all garrisons in northern So
nora which answer Hills general order
TOR their aid, is ordered for Naco, where
1t Is expected the definite test Of strength
will come.
Hills wounded last night arrived at
Naco with Cananea refugees. Supplies
and munitions are reported on the way.
ana as the troops are withdrawn from
the, west they are burning the railroad
bridges. Maytorena's forces are said to
be following closely.
Tne first contingent of wounded num-
bered twenty-nine, among whom were
Col. Arnulfe Gomez. second in COM
mand, and Capt. Abad.
Maytorena reported that his men had
killed seventy-eight of Hills troops
including two majors and nine other
officers.
NACO. Sonora, Mexico. September IS.
TWO hundred were left dead on the
field between Santa Barbara and Santa
forces of Gov. Maytorena and Gen.
BENJAMIN Hill yesterday. according to
fugitive Carranza soldiers. Gen. Hill
is mere today awaiting orders from
make another stand at this point
against Maytorena-
Meantime 700 of Hills men have
evacuated Cananea and Comechare.
when locomotives pulling their troop
trains died" from lack of coal, about
twenty miles east Of Santa Cruz. Two
other locomotives were sent from here
today to rescue the stranded troops.
The rout of Hills troops yesterday Is
| said to have been primarily due to the
wounding Of Lieut.. Col. Gomez. COM
manding the advance guard. Gomez
had Maytorena Yaquis in fight when
ne received a bullet. Discovering their
commander was wounded, Gomez's men
lied.
Santa Cruz has been cut off from
communication since . o'clock last
night. Gen. Iturbide, the Carranza
commander in Sinaloa. is reported to
be at Guaymas today with several
thousand troops on the way to Sonora
to check Maytorena.
Appeal Made to Villa.
Ell PAsO. Texas, September 2s.-Gen.
Villa has received an appeal from his
| brothers-in-arm at Mexico City to lay
aside his differences with the first
| CHIEF and thus prevent another revo-
| luton in Mexico. The message was ad-
| dressed to Rafael E. Mustquiez, Car
| ranzas consular agent here, who was
asked to transmit it to Gen. Villa at
| Chihuahua.
good will, inviting you to assist us in
| the pacihcation of the repuo.ic," sad
| the appeal to Villa and his generals.
I'VE take for basis the fact" the
| communication continued, that there
| are no fundamental reasons for the
| new civil war"
The appeal was signed by Lucio Blan-
| CO, the Coahuila leader, who was nrst
| to Join Carranza in the anti-Huerta
| revolt: Edoardo Hay, who was one of
| the first to join Francisco Madero in
| his revolution against Porhrio Diaz;
| Rafael Buelna, the "boy chief" Of the
| west coast, who. youth Of less than
| Carranza. and I. L. PesQueira. former
| Governor of Sonora, which state was
the first to rebel against the Carransa
! government.
! George C. Carothers, special agent Of
the State Department, left yesterday