The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-24
GEN. VILLA REVOLTS
AGAINST CARRANZA
Ready to Start Troops Against Forces
of Constitutional Leader in
Mexico City.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-Gen. Fran
cisco Villa, dominant leader in northern
Mexico, according to a despatch from FL
Paso, Tex, last night denounced the cen
trail government headed by Nenustiano
Carranza, and announced his independence
in a statement to the Associated Press.
This placed the state of Chihuahua in
open revolt against the party IN power In
Mexico City as well as Sonora the next
border state to the west, where Gov.
Maytorenna previously has proclaimed his
independence of the constitutionalist par
ty as represented by Carranza.
Villas Statement.
Villas statement, in which he asserted
that besides Chihuahua and Sonora, Ia
catecas and a part of Coahuila, Carranza's
native state, had joined the uprising, was
received in FL Paso as follows: 'In view
of the attitude of Venustiano Carranza
which has been the cause of great injuries
to our country and since he could never
govern a republic, nor make happy a coun-
try which aspires to a real democracy, a
country which wants to have a govern
ment emanating from the people subject
to an Interpretation of the national feel
| ings, we have been obliged to renounce
him as commander-in-chief of the consti-
nationalist army in charge of the executive
power, and we have declared hostilities,
being disposed to fight until the last until
he is forced to abandon his power and
place the same in the hands of the real
representatives of the people who are dis
posed to remedy all evils of the republic
and to direct it through the proper road
of progress and well-being
I'VE are not in favor of persOnalism,
| but we are defenders of principles and
consequently we will not fight against any
other of the chiefs who have contributed
to the downfall of the usurper Huerta, our
difficulties being against the person OF
Venustiano Carranza The state of Sono
IA, Zacatecas and al part Of Coahuia have
seconded up to the present our attitude
and shortly we shall be joined by adher
ents from other localities. Gen. Obregor
will leave tonight for FL Paso, Tex.
! FRANCISCO VILLA"
Gen. Villa has telegraphed Gen. Carran
"a disavowing the latter as first chief Of
the constitutionalst army in charge of the
executive power in Mexico. This was an
nounced in telegram from Gen. CarranzS
last night to the constitutionalist agency
in Washington. Gen. Villa at the same
time announced that neither he nor hi,
delegates would participate in the nationa
convention called for October l at Mexico
City to designate a provisional president
Villa has nearly 10000. men under arms
As preliminary move he has seized al
the coal stored and in transit between
Juarez and Torreon, and viii use it fo
his troop trains
Hostilities will start in Sonora, wher,
Gen Benjamin Hill is in command o
$500 Carranza soldiers and Is holding Can
anea. An order issued by Gov. Mayto
rena, who is acting under orders from
Villa, bars all Carranza money from circu
lation in Sonora, and no Carranza none!
, is permitted by Villa to circulate in tn,
, interior of chihuahua. Half a million
1 pesos of Villa money was sent TO Sonora
. to take the place of the Carranza money