The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
Break With Carranza Due to
Latter's Mediation
Attitude.

FL PAso June t7.--Pancho Villa n IN
Chihuahua arranging the details OF his
new rebel government for Mexico. accord
ing to his ieutenants at Juarez. Just
what the details are they decline to state,
II they know, but there Is a general be-
lief in Juarez that villa is backing Gen.
Felipe Angeles for provisional President
of Mexico
Col Thomas Ornelas seized tonight
81. 900, 900 in Carranza currency In Juarez.
The currency had been printed to replace
money issued by villa. Ornelas says he
will destroy It, Col. Ornelas said tonight
that martial law prevailed from Juarez
to Torreon. Villas men having replaced
Carranza civil officials.
Villas iieutenants at Juarex say tonight
that their leaders action In Selling the gov
ernment OF northern Mexico from Carranza
was inspired by higher motives than the
mere settlement of grudge for being dis
placed in command of the army. II was
asserted that villa declared Carranza was
making a mess OF The peace negotiations
| at Niagara Falls and determined TO
| eliminate Carranza.
Whether Villa is powerful enough to
| dominate the situation is not certain.
Panfilo Natcra. whose elevation TO COM
| mand the rebel army in the attack on
| Zacatecs,s at least contributed 10 the final
break between Carranza ana villa, is 20
! he reckoned with; also the Herrera
! brothers and the Arrieta brothers, leaders
! Of considerable armies. Villas force Is
made up OF the best fighters In northern
Mexico.
Friends OF Carranza In FL Paso and
Juarez declare ignorance OF the real cause
OF last nights action by villa. They
also declare they have received no ex'
plantations. They are anxiously awaiting
news from him, but nothing has come,
and the conclusion Ia that villa carried
out the same programme at Saltillo thR'
he carried out at Juarez, Torreon ana
Chihuahua, and that the telegraph lines
are all in his possession, even Mt the
provisional capital.
Carranxa Men Prisoners.
Following the seizure OF tho offices ir
Juarez from the Carranza officials last
night Villas officials to-day sent several
prominent Carranza officials south from
Juarez to Chihuahua under guard. Sera
| pio Aguirre. general treasurer OF the con
stitutionalists, n Carranza appointee' anc
II. Perez Abreu, chief OF the Carranza
publicity bureau, were among the pris
oners.
Manuel Chao former Governor of Chi
huahua under appointment of Carranza
who has been in Juarez for the last tel
| t,t. col from
villa. to-day took refuge in FL Paso.
had been rumored that he was sent Il
, Juarez by Carranza or Carranza lieuten
, ants to attempt to swcrve the garrison
= from villa.
, That Carranza was practising such NJ
3 attitude toward villa consistently u
1 charged by friends OF villa They assef
e that while villa has won all the oatue'
;. OF Importance and has religiously in al
a his public utterancos proclaimed his loyat
= to Carranza, who did no fighting car
A rama has studiously insulted him.
villa was replaced In command of tn
z advancing rebel army by Panflo Natera
I a favorlte of Carranza, who was NOR
n diplomatic In his conversations regarding
S Carranza and recently, II Is asserted
e Carranza served notice on villa that h
d must turn in to the "Constitutionalists
. treasurer all moneys collected In any wa
by his army and make requisition througl
q Carranza for what he needs to spend.
Tempered with Troops.
Following this Villas friends assor
that Carranza sent agents among villa
troops ito exhort them to disloyalN I
villa and even sent messages to Washing
ton, to the State Department, derogator
, to villa. All OF these actions, villa