El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-28

record as any man in Mexico who Is
in n position Of power.
Villareal was once editor Of Span
ish paper published in St Louis lie
is daring and at the same time tacIL L
He is not antagonistic towards Amer
leans, and frequently goes out Of ms
way to accommodate them. In ms
frankness and hatred of shams, he IS
much more like an American than any
Of the other Mexican leaders.
Liked by Leaders.
Carranza and Villa both like Villa
real and he is the only man they ootn
like. While he has always protected
foreigners and even forbade the publ
cation of anti American articles IN
Monterey, he was much hurt by the
presence of American troops in vera
cruz. This was the one thing Whlcn
stood in the way Of his approval OF
things American.
Villa, the Military Genius.
As to Villa. he has long ago become
familiar in ability and character to
Americans. He is n great military
genius, but no civil executive, and ne
knows it. His game now is to be the
power behind the throne-to rule
through the de facto Mexico city presl-
dent EulaliO Gutierrez. If Villa ever
attempts to occupy the presidential
chair he will probably travel the rest
of the road of Diaz, Huerta and Car
rama in short order.
Gutierrez Formerly n Waterman.
Before the present trouble started.
Gutierrez was a Waterman employed
by the big MazipUl Copper company at
Zacatecas This concern owns fac
tories, mines and railroads. It is the
property of Britishers.
Gutierrez made himself power in
the "Constitutionalist' party rather
by destroying property than by actual
hrr fcrH 10 lot n nj n
the Zacatecas district and set out to
annoy his old employer, general man
ager- Percy Carr, of the MaziTul Cop
per company, who, Of course, had never
heard of Gutierrez while the latter
was a humble Waterman.
The copper company was the Iro-
prietOr of the railroad running to Zaca-
teCas and had arranged a special train
to take away the families Of foreign
ers. As soon as Gutierrez heard Of
this he telephoned to Carr in Saltillo
that Carr must pay him S27, 900 for the
privilege of running this train over
Carrs own railroad or else the sol
diers of the exwatChman would not
let the cars pass.
IF you don't pay and send the train
through, you know what will happen,
said Gutierrez, and he could not have
made his meaning clearer to Carr had
he drawn his finger across his throat
So Carr paid the money and the
women and children, chiefly Americans
rea ched the border without hurt
Known As "The Destroyer"
Gutierrez's speciality of running
houses, bridges and railroads earned
for him the title of The Destroyer"
He never displayed any such military
! ability as Villa. But destruction IS
popular with the Mexican sOldiery.
Gutierrez plundered and robbed with
slight heed to what Carranza and villa
were doing. He seized property of
Americans and put it to his own pur-
poses, it is claimed.
Seizcs 100000 of Ore.
Last July he sent a demand to Carr
ordering him to resume all the Mazi-
] pul industries at once. 1t must be
remembered that the British company
| had been closed down for months.
There was no fuel, no cars no rail-
road tracks, nor there was no financial
! basis. Yet the order from the eX-
/ Waterman read to start up the works.
as North Mexico is now pacified and
| there is no excuse for delay
/ 1t was a physical impossibiity, so
! Carr went to Carranza with final
! protest Carranza informed Carr he
! could delay resumption and for this
| Gutierrez seized $500, 600 worth Of ore
! owned by the company and sought to
| sell it as contraband, in which he
| probably succeeded.
! Carranza's force, it is claimed, has
| degenerated into a band of looters
| The scenes accompanying ms eVacua-
J ton Of Mexico City, it is learned, were