Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-29
CARRANzA ISSUES
ATTACK ON VILLA
Declares if Northern Chief Is
Allowed to Rebel Bloody
Strife Will Follow.
CAROTHERS is ACCUSED
OF BEING UMFRIENDLY
Pesquiera, Constitutionalist Agent,
Makes Charges Against U. S.
Representative in Mexico.


Francisco Villa is charged with having
appropriated customs and internal
revenues of the state of Chihuahua
without making an accounting to the
central government, in manifesto Is
sued i'll Mexico City yesterday by Gen.
| Carranza. The first chief" vigorously
scores the northern leader, and predicts
| a "bloody strife" if Villa Is permitted to
1rebel.
| The manifesto was made public at
constitutionalist headquarters here.
! Gen. Villa, who now appears to cham
pion the clergy, ought to remember that
on every place which he captured dur
ing the campaign he expelled the priests,
closed the churches and at Zacatecas es-
pecially he allowed his anti-relig Gus
sentiments to reach a climax, expelling
eleven Spaniards and three French
priests, who have never been since
| heard FROM" the document declares.
| Gen. Carranza asserts that at the
| time of the capture of Juarcz during
| the Madero revolution of 1911 Gen.
Villa and his partner. Pascual Orozco,
arrested the then provisional president
| of the republic (Madero) and urged the
| soldiers to execute him..
| Through Robert V. Pesqueira, his ac-
credited diplomatic representative in
the United States, Gen. Carranza last
night sent personal appeal to Pres1-
dent Wilson and the State Department
| protesting against the activities of
George c. Carothers and alleging undue
friendliness of agents of the United
States toward Gen. Villa.
The statement, given out at consti
| tutionalist headquarters here, is Gen.
Carranza's first direct appeal to this
country, and says, in part:
Accuses Carothers-
I'VE have every reason to believe
that the accredited representative of
the American government George c.
Carothers) is being Influenced by
Francisco Villa, alias Doroteo Arrange
This is his true name. He has as
sumed the name of Francisco Villa only
for reasons known to himself This
fact we would like the State Depart
ment and the American public to know.
AT the very moment that he was
openly declaring friendship for the
United States he was threatening to
invade this nation at Ell Paso. and de-
cfared to his closest advisers that hes
would conquer the nation in a few
months campaign; that when. few
the conduct of the United States was
justified in the Vera Cruz matter he
was at the same time swearing tyenge-
ance upon this nation.
1
istration, and especially Mr.. Wilson
himself. should know, in view of his
Mobile speech and the sentiments ex-
pressed then. that the special interests
part in American politics ard sustained
administrations of the past are in
league with this same Doroteo Arrange"
Not Authorized by Carranza.
Rafael Zubaran Capmany, confiden-
tial agent Of Gen. Carranza here, said
at the Mexican embassy today that
statement issued at San Antonio last
night by Roberto v. Pesqueira. attack
ing George G. Carothers. special agent
of the State Department in Mexico, had
not been authorized by Gen. Carranza,
but was personal expression from Mr..
PeSqueira. The latter was at one time
Washington representative of Carranza,
said Mr.. Capmany, but now holds no Of
fetal position under his government
Carranza adherents have previously
expressed, informally, to the State De-
partment their belief that no American
| consular agents should accompany Gen.
Villa.
Secretary Bryan several weeks ago
inquired into the controversy. confer
ring with Carothers personally here.
Mr. Bryan exonerated him from charges
Of partisanship and sent him back to
Villas territory. where he has been
since.
State Department officials today had
received no copy of the Pesqueira
statement and Mr.. Zubaran, who han
dies the business of the Carranza gov
ernment here, said he had no intention
| of bringing 1t to the attention of the
American government.
Await Aguascalientes Advices.
For three days the State Depart
ment has had no advices from its
agents at Aguascalientes, where the
Mexican national convention is dis
| cussing Gen. Carranza's resignation as
| first chief. Officials believe today that
| the deliberations have continued with
out result and that no report will be
| received until some conclusion is
| reached.
| Reports from Mexico City that the
delegates favor the plan of Ayala as
a basis of agrarian reform rather. than
the plan of Guadalupe were in line
with previous Indications that the
Zapata-Villa coalition was in complete
control of the convention, as the first
of the two plans was adopted by the
Zapata chieftains more than a wear
ago.
Several carloads of reinforcements for
Gov. Maytorena at Nogales, Sonora. are
expected hourly to arrive from En-
senada. according to a report to the war
Department today from Brig. Cen Bliss.
| The reinforcements are understood IN
include 170 men. seventy-six mules and
sixteen mountain guns. The situation al
Naco Is reported unchanged. The Car
Iranza garrison at Aqua Prleta ia heinp
reinforced from Naco