The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-30
VILLA THE BIG
 MAN OF MEXICO

the quicker their troubles will be over. He has been the biggest man in Mex. ico ever since he chased General Mer- cado out of the City of Chihuahua and broke the backbone of the Fed eral army"
 Tho foregoing statement was made in letter received in Juneau recent ly by Frank Carroll, manager of the local branch of the Ingersoll-Rand company, from the manager of the In. gersoll.Rand house, at El Paso, Tex. as. The letter was written october 10. Continuing the writer says:
 "It is true he has had assistance In General obregon on the West, and General Gonzales on the East, but the main point is that Villa influenced all the big movements and personally conducted all the important battles, with possibly one exception, which have resulted in the downfall of the Huerta government.
 "Just how successful he has been is not only shown by his popularity in the North of Mexico, but by the fact that he has really had the moral sup port of the United States and still has 1t to greater extent than any man in Mexico not excepting Carranza him self, who could have established him self in the good graceS of not only his own people, but the people of the United States, had he been broad. minded and unselfish man, but his conduct on several occasions when he had an opportunity to show his friend ship toward the United States was such as to brand him forever as q narrow-minded partisan and an anti American Mexican. Upon several oc- casions he all but caused armed con flict between his country and the United States and on several occas. ions 1t was only prevented by the cool.headed Villa.
 'Tt is not surprising therefore as l say that there should have developed disposition to antagonize Villa, and it may be said to Villas credit that while he has been patient and fore bearing to a much greater extent than the average man not accredited with the many undesirable attributes that are generally assigned to Villa would have shown, there undoubtedly would have been an armed conflict between the Carranza and Villa fac tions before now, had he not exhib- tied unusual patience and shown rare judgment in handling a very delicate situation, and at all times smother ing his own personal ambitions.
 "Very few people in the United States have had any great confidence in Mir. Carranza's ability to make good on that job, because he has been known to be a very selfish man, and while he might otherwise be quail fled any man who takes upon him self the responsibility of holding down the lid in Mexico City. particularly one who is indebted to others for the position which he holds, as is dis tinctly the case with 'Mr. Carranza, must be big enough to acknowledge the obligation. This seems to be the old Generals greatest shortcoming, and it is not surprising to anyone on this side who has taken the trouble to keep posted on Mexican affairs that he should in the hour of his triumph practically ignore those who were directly responsible for his being ele- vated to the high position which he has undertaken to occupy. Until such time as he can bring himself to give proper recognition to the army chiefs who have lead the fight against Hu- erta, he cannot hope nor expect to- have their support, and is not entitled to it, much less can he hope to re- concile the various factions in the Republic of Mexico by any such nar- row policy as that he has started out upon.
 "At present there IS every indica- tion that there will be peaceful so- lution of the trouble between Carran- ga and Villa; if not, firmly believe Mexico is in for another war, or-rath- CT a continuation of the one suppos- ed to be over. It is to be hoped that Carranza will ultimately see the folly of his actions and for the good of the cause which he and Villa both claim to support, either resign and let all of the Chiefs get together and rame a man upon whom they can agree, call the elections, and in that way bring about some sort of uniform action which appears impossible un- der the present arrangement.
 "The convention in Mexico City on October 1st, at which time Mir. Car ranza tendered his resignation as pro visional president was undoubtedly one of the biggest farces that has ev- CT been pulled off in that or any oth- CT country since that convention was packed with men who have really had no active part in bringing about the results of the war; and should there fore have had no voice in such mat ters-unless properly delegated by one of the Chiefs who has had such ex- perience and has rendered such valu- able assistance.
 "When the revolution against Hu- erta was inaugurated, it was well known fact that Carranza could not
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