Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-17
REBELS READY TO NEG0-
TATE FOR TAKING OVER
GOVERNMENT.
DON'T Want more FIGHTING
Declares Unconditional Surrender
of Federals Are His Only
Terms.

MONTERREY, Mex, July lG-Fght-
ing ana bloodshed Is over in Mexico
ii the plans announced here today 10y
General yenustiano Carran1a. first
CHIEF Of tho constltutionalst army
40 into effect General Carran2a de-
clared his main object now would
be to conduct negotiations for the con
stitutlonalists to enter Mexico city
ami --sablsh her government without
further disorder shedding Of blood or
damage to property
Hoy these negotiations would be ar
ranged he declared he had not yet
determined ANA he was unable 10 say
At TINS time whether they would be
conducted through the A. H. c. ne
diators or direct with the fcdoralS.
Unconditional surrender, however,
viii be the only condition on which
these negotiations will be successful
General Carranzu made that PLAIN TO
American and European newspaper
men who talked with IN mtoda,.
Must Get Reforms.
Carranza declared that the re
form for which the conSutut.unallstS
fought must be obtained al whatever
and the substitution Of Carbajal in
itself would not cause the consutu-
tioualists to compromise on single
point OF the principles upon winch
thu movement was founded,
III the government machinery
through which those ends may be oD-
taincd was not surrendered Nolun-
tarly by the party Of Huerta,' he
SAID "tney would be obtained by
force"
because of the effort to make the
installation Of the cOn5ututiOnallst
government peaceful one, General
CarIanZs sdid he expected u piobdbIy
would he Il month before he entered
Mexico city. lie stated that ne did
not believe Carbaial was Stlons
enough to handle effectively the reins
Of power passed over to him by
Huerta, II the latter had left the re-
public for the island OF Curacao, as
was reported here today from the
United states.
Expects Negotiation.
Carranza said he thought Carbajal
or any man in ciyil llfe would flnd
the situation most difficult and he
expected that the new president would
open negotiations with him at once,
possibly today, and that telegraph
service with Mexico City would be
resumed today,
e. new u the situation facing Car
bajal General Carranza declared that
il might be necessary to send cOnsu-
tutionalist troops 10 Mexico city to
preserve order, and that such sit
uation was being prepared for.
A formal statement over his own
signature regarding the position Of
the Constitutionalists in view OF the
resignation Of Huerta was issued by
CaIranZa as follows:
"The retirement of Huerta OF the
power he had usurped and the sub
stItution In his place of a civilian
makes me believe that the substitute
will very soon institute negotiations
in order to deliver the remains of the
power that he has received. | es-
teem that it would be useless that he
would pretend anything else than TO
-...rcnder Internationally to the first
chief Of the constitutionalist army the
elements that he has received from
Huerta on the latter's retirement, but
IL II should not be 80, the campaign
will continue on our part until we
obtain by force tho complete tri-
umph of our cause, which is that of
Justice and the people, and in every
way obtain In very brief time the
success ful conclusion of the advance
OF our victorious forces in all parts
of the republic. (Signed
"VENUSTIANO CARRANzA." p"