Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-02

IAN and the territory of Tepic. The
detective went to the home of Fran
cisco Serrano, a civil engineer, living
at Tlalpam, suburb of Mexico City,
with letter said to have been writ
ten by another revolutionary chief,
which appears to have convinced Ser
rano of the bearers identity as Or
tega.
The detective won Serrano's conf
ience and offered to contribute $500
and 500 guns, promising that 1000
men would join the new cause. Ser
cano, it is alleged by the intelligence
department of the war office. sent a
note to Requena, asking his OPINION
tegarding acceptance of the offer.
At the department there is letter
supposed to have been written by Re-
quena to Serrano, in which Requena
advises acceptance of the rebels Of
fer AS if to corroborate the genuine
less of the invitation, 500 rifles have
oeen brought to the government ar
senal, which it is said were discovered
IN the place where Ortega said they
we're hidden. Pedro Villar, an attor-
ley, who identified himself with Gen.
Felix Diaz' political fortunes, went
o Havana to meet him, and accom-
panied hi INTO Vera Cruz in Novem-
ber, remaining with him until the
aight of his flight, and has also been
arrested.
Enrique Fernando CASTILLO, son in
law of Requena, and prominent in the
political affairs of the capital, is be-
ing sought by agents of the war de-
)artment. "a
The exact development of the plot
and the exact form the new govern
ment was to take are things on which
Gen. Banquet is uncommunicative,
nor do his agents profess to know
the details. They claim some evidence
to indicate the plans either were to
install as temporary president, Gen.
Fernandino Gonzales, an army officer
of repute, who is in Washington on
leave, or Gen. Felix Diaz.
MOndrag0n Disappears
Another feature which is interest
ing those working on the case is the
reported disappearance from Paris of
Gen. Mondragon, who was Diez's chief
lieutenant at the time of his revolt
here a year ago. He was removed
from the department of war and sent
to France on a special mission by
President Huerta. Information from
Paris is that he has not appeared at
the bank to collect his last remittance
from the government, now many days
overdue.
AS corroborative evidence it is re-
ported that an American while recent
ly in Havana was talking to Gen. Diaz
relatively to a concession which he
hoped to get in Mexico. Diaz advised
him not to do anything further until
he (Diaz) was in power, intimating
that the time would not be long.
Requena learned last night that his
arrest was probable and, although to
his friends he protested his innocence,
he made plans to leave the capital and
said on the steamer Ypiranga from
Vera Cruz on the 10th.
He was arrested at his home before
he could complete arrangements.
Requena's son appealed today to
Charge O'Shaughnessy to use his good
offices in behalf of his father.
Requena is imprisoned in Santiago
military prison, over which the police
have no jurisdiction. Villar was taken
to the penitentiary. Requena is an
aged man, reputedly wealthy, who up
to the time he was induced to take
the leadership of the Diaz party and
appear as vice presidential candidte
had never displayed active interest in
politics.