The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21
ANGELES Is PUT OUT
OF REBEL CABINET
Villas Choice for President Is
Dropped by the ''First
Chief"
HE DISOBEYED ORDERS
Refused to Take Command Of
Villas Army to Besiege
Zacatecas.
HE DISOBEYED ORDERS

Ell PAso. June 2o.-"To be In At the
death" and keep pace with villa, Gen.
Carranza has ordered the two armies re-
naming loyal TO him. those under Con.
zales and Oregon. TO proceed al once
and as rapidly as possible IN the direc-
ton OF Mexico city. Obreson abandoned
his attack on Maza,lan to-day In order
10 advance on Mexico city and he there
when Villa reaches the national capital.
Carranza and his military advisers are
said 10 have decided to LEI Guaymas and
Mazatlan remain In the hands OF the Fed
erals and proceed az once against Guada-
lajara and then TO Mexico city to co.
operate with villa. Enough OF Obregons
troops will he LETT behind TO keep the
Federals from leaving Guaymas or Man
zanillo.
villa remains At Torreon. but his army
has almost all advanced south toward
Zacatocas. He has not yet conferred with
Natera, whose elevation by CarranBa
caused the split between Carranza and
villa Natera has been unable To reach
villa because OF washouts on the rail-
road between Torreon and Zacatecss. The
washouts are delaying villa in advancing.
Natera has sent word to villa OF his
loyalty
virtually confirming statements in these
dispatches this week that villa was sup
porting Gen. Felipe Angeles for proyi-
s!onal President and that Angeles wa. no
longer recognized as n Carranza Cabinet
officer. came DISPATCHES to-day from Sal
tho stating that Angeles. Carranza's Min
lister of War. had been dropped from the
Cabinet by Carranza Tor "disobedience OF
orders"
Angeles Prorla m ed President.
simultaneously 4. Elias. Consul-Gen-
eral for the Huerta Government here, sen,
a message to the Huerta representatives
at Niagara Falls that villa had pro-
claimed Angeles provisional President.
Elias declared that two OF his agents were
N Torreon this week when villa issued
the proclamation. He admitted that they
had not sent copies to him and that he
had not seen the proclamation. Villas
agents denied that any such proclamation
had been Issued. So did Carranza agents
4 message was sent to villa to-day by
admirers consratulaNng him on the double
action OF breaking with Carrsnza and an
nouncing Angelica as his chief. The mes
sage was as follows:
with true and sincere enthusiasm as
corelgionsts we have the honor to con-
graduate you. II was already time tina,
you should save the revolution from the
perfidy of Carranza and his coterie.
These men have had no idea except to
favor Carranza for the ruinous purpose
OF eliminating The Maderlsla civnI, IA.
which Is the one that constitutes the Con-
stitutionalist party and IL animated by the
reform ideas necessary TO the nation
We salute you affectionately and offer
our services with all loyalty"
Villas reply was
Il received your telegram OF this date
and tender to you my appreclative
thanks. Permit me to manifest To you
that now IL the time that our beloved
country needs the help OF good MeSicans
and II you are disposed TO that end
shall be glad to have you cooperate with
me to obtain the triumph OF our cause
and to fight as l am doing for my coun-
try and not for personalities"
The telegram IL signed villa, General
in Chief" for the FIRST time lie had
been signing Chief OF the Division Of the
NORTH
Manuel Castillo Brito. one of the sign
ers OF the telegram to Villa, was Gov
ernor OF Campeche when Madero was
overthrow. He left Mexico several
months later and has been connected with
! the revolution since. Serrano and Del
vando OF FL Correo del Bravo who also
signed II, were deported from Chihuahua
by the Carranza military authorities and
have been editing a Spanish paper here In
support of Maytorena- Governor OF So
nora to whom Carranza is opposed, but
whom Villa Is supporting.
Carranza's sympathizers In I'll Paso as
sert that Carranza ordered Gen. Angeles
TO take temporary command OF Villas
artillery and go 10 Gen. Satera's relief al
J Zacatecas. Unwilling 10 go south without
villa, Angeles refused. Carranza repeated
the order. Then villa sent In his resigna-
ton, which Carranza refused.
Carranza men here say villa was honest
in his intentions and had actually begun
packing his baggage TO return to Chi
huahua, when Carranza accepted the res
| ignation and called for a council of villas
o. lerals TO elect a successor. II IL said
that Gen. Angeles, Emilio Madero and
Raoul Madero set on foot plan 10 elm
mate Carranza and put Angeles in his
place.
They persuaded the other Generals OF
Villas army to Join them and sent n round
| robin to Carranza saying they would serve
under no other than Villa. Thereupor
Villa was asked to make himself General