El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-13
EUROPEAN WAR
SENDS Up ARMS
Causes Price Of Revolutions
in Mexico to Go Up; Car
rama Gets Foxy.

The war in Europe has become a hard
ship TO Mexican revolutions as Wen as
peaceful pursuits. 1t was learned TO-DAY
from ammunition buyers lot 9olH inc
Carranza and villa factions. Whlch, oe-
spite peace predictions. are a[Li-l5i-'
themselves to the limit Of their IuhoS'
that il is almost impossible 10 get SUI
fcient quantities CT munitions 10 sup
ply the Mexican demand
Advices from the trade cenleIS zen
Of mad buying" bv European nations
not only Of standard arms a aIninunl- =
tions but Of even Obsolete types o.
rifles II even is reported Inat Ger =
many has bought a large hummer OF
shot.uns TO use in close range fighting.
This has sent the prices on arms anu
cartridges % in huge strides, ana also
has cut down the Supply 70 alInOst
nothing The Carranza and villa agents
rival one another in making prices on
Both sides Buy.
Agents estimate that villa has Sc
cured already about 100000 car
tridges for small arms and machlne
guns. A large portion Of this supply
has been crossed since the embargo on
munitions was raised q few weeks ago
by the Washington government Rifles
also have been crossing the border AT
this port in large quantities. The Car
for machine guns stat revolution
in Sonora has consumed large amounts
in new rifles and ammunition.
The European demand is so great
that Villa is said to have ceased buy
ing Mausers, because Of inability to get
cartridges. and is now combining his
purchases. to American made guns ex-
Carranza Is stubborn.
A telegram from the CarranZa press
bureau at Mexico City. which is con-
sidered significant in view Of the pend
ing Cancellation conference with the
Villa faction at Aguascalientes. said;
villa has published a manifesto in
viting the people and the army to unite
with him in order to overthrow the
person in charge Of the executive pow
er. making a proposition to place Fer
nandO Iglesias CalderOn in charge OF
the presidency. But Calderon previous
" had declared that he would not ac-
cept such q proposition. as he knows
that the division of the north does not
represent the Mexican people, being
only a group Of armed people and that
their designation would be equivalent
to a coup de etat' and preditOrism."
ObreEOn Somewhat Bitter.
Gen AlVarO ObregOn. one Of the dele
gates at Aguascalientes has sent a tel
egram to Col Francisco Elias Gales. a
Constitutionalist leader in Sonora. in
which Oregon commented on the dis
turbed conditions in his native state as
follows
1T is with deep pain that I learn that
our 4EdL DLOL44E4S Al e 1toLA " Al4B 14lt
another have tried to avoid this dis
aster for the benefit Of our fatherland.
both by exposing my life to danger and
with absolute self sacrifice. All my eff
forts have been totally fruitless, as
there are many in the division OF the
north who are very bitter and in some
there is an absolute lacl- Of patriot
ism"
Threatened by villa
It was Oregon who was arrested
~ D ton hr=f
on his first trip TO Chihuahua in the
interest Of preventing a rebellion Of the
division Of the north. Mexico City pa
pers reaching here tell Of a speech at