Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-05
CARRANZA
Will FIGHT
TILL DEATH
Issues a Def to the Generals
and Establishes His Govern
ment at Puebla.

SAN ANTONIO Texas, Nov. At
all of the chiefs of the constitutional
ist army abandon me, l will abandon
my native land, but if, on the other
hand, any part of them sustain me,
and uphold me, we will fight until
death"
These are the defiant words with
which General Carranza is credited in
a statement given out at the Mexican
consulate here after the receipt of a
telegram from Puebla late today.
The statement said General Carran-
"a had issued the following relative
to the atcion of the delegates at Aguas
Calientes:
"These valiant generals have made
effective resignation that has never
been presented or forwarded by me
and which have never presented. and
they have even gone so far as to ap-
point a president. And by this last
act they have fallen into neat trap,
prepared for them by some of the
Maderista congressman, the same ones
who distinguished themselves in the
great cause which led to the overthrow
of the democraticl government of the
Apostle Madero, ahd these very same
men are now causing more trouble for
the nation through their intrigues and
ambitions"
Ell PASO, Nov. 4.-Mexico, with two
provisional presidents, had two pro-
visional capitals today and neither of
them was in Mexico City
General CarranZa, who for several
DAYS has been at Puebla, ordered his
cabinet ministers, with the archives OF
the government, to proceed there. Pue-
bla is situated between the national
capital and Vera Cruz, where the Amer
lean forces remain.
The other capital is at Aguas Cali
entes, scene of the recent conference
OF revolutionary chiefs who attempted
I'm adjustment of the long-standing diff
ticulties between Carranza and Villa.
General Eulialio Gutierrez, elected by
the convention as provisional presl-
dent, officiated at that city.
With the admitted split between the
constitutional commander-in-chief and
his northern commander, there came
today the joining on either side OF
the various chieftains. The Carranza
general consulate here announces to-
day definite information that several
important leaders had Joined the Car
rama side. Among these were General
Alvaro Obregon, who has acted as
neutral in the Carranza-Villa difficulty;
General Lucio Blanco, cavalry COM
mander of Obregon's division and for
merly chief of the eastern zone, and
General Antonio Villareal, who has
been president of the Aguas Calientes
convention.
Villareal and Blanco left Aguas Cali
entes today for. Mexico City. Blanco
already has been operating about the
capital, fighting the Zapata rebels. Cen
eral Pablo Gonzales, commander OF the
eastern military zone, previously had
acknowledged his loyalty to the "hrst
chief"
According to the troops commanded
by these leaders and allowing margins
for official calculations, this would
place Carranza in a much stronger
position than his insurgent commander
in the north. Villa, however, has
much better organized army and su-
perior equipment. The west coast
country, with the exception OF Sonora
now dominated by Maytorena, Villa
adherent, has joined Carranza, his
agents declared.