The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
VILLA WILLING QUIT
T0'EuM|RATE2CARRAIV,zAI
Notifies Aguascaiientes Convention, He
Will Resign Command Of Troops
and Retire to. Private Life. :. =.
iRECEIVED
WITH APPLAUSE
No Action Taken Pending Report OF
Commission Whicli Went TO Pueblo
to Notify Carranza OF Selection OF
Gutierrez. 80. ~.
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Commission Which, Went TO Pueblo
to Notify Carranza OF Selection OF
Gutierrez. -. ~.
WASIi1NGTON, November S.--Gen-
eral Villa has formally notIfed,the ma
tiona1 convention at -AguasGalientes of
his, Willingness to resign command OF
his troops and retire to- private life
III that iB necessary TO bring about the
elimination Of General Carranza.
The convention. according. to to days
official reports. received Villas com
munication with applause. No. action
was. taken OMIT, pending theireport OF
n commission which went to Pueb1a
to. notify Carraiiza OF the selection OF
General Gutierrez az Provisional Presi-
dent. 49,, III ts:..
Villas statement is\in answer ito the
stipulations OF General Carranzn that
villa and Zapataa s;,buid be eliminated
from military authority
According to reportg from American
Consul Silliman. resistance b. Carranza
or the conventions orders viii depend
on the attitude OF General. Pablo Con
znles. commander OF the Division of the
East. He Is at. Qrerstaro with several
thousand troops, and Indications are
that he Will remain loyal to Carransa.
Carranza's visit. TO Oregon. command
;, L
is believed by officials here, may, lave
an important bearing on the situation.
as Dbregon had daclareds hiB loyalty
70 the convention. and will endeayor
TO persuade Carranza not to plunge
Mexico into another civil war.
Five thousand Villa troops were m,
vited to .Aguasoalientea by: the con
vention to guard the city; according to
to-day's dispatches when General
Gonzales had assumed a threatening
attitude at-his headquarters. 100 miles
south of Aguaacalientes. No fshtinE
had taken place: when to day 3. report
was dispatched. both sides awaiting,
the outcome OF the conferences at
Puebla.
Gutierrez has stated to American.
agents: that, as soon.as heiis sworn In
as Provisional /. Pr esident he will issue
the proclamation giving the guarantees
desired by the United States before
withdrawing it's forces fpom Vera Cruz.
villa has agreed to support gutierrez
In enforcing the proc1amatio on which
Carranza declined TO issue -,
POPE BENEDICT WRITES
TO CATHOLICS IN; MEXICO
ROME. November 6.--Pope Benedict.
writing under the date. OF October Is,
sent n pnternal letter, to the! Archbishop
Mexican episcopacy in their distressing
situation. In that they; have been almost
all forced into exile. :.
The Pontiff encourages the Mexican
clergy to trust In n better future, and
says that he adds his prayers to theirs
for the triumph, of the Church and OF
justice. In the meanwhile he sends
them money for tho aid OF such priests
as have been deprived iof their: pos
sessions. as. well as to- succor; the CON
gregatioDo driven from their homes
He regrets. that his poverty does mot
permit him to send more Reports
received ut the Vatican depict al ise-
rious the present. condition, of the
Catholic Church-in Mexico. According
to, this Information priests have been
to Vera Cruz or to tho United States,
sacred images have been broken and
trampled upon and churches have been
used for, barracks. stables and public
dancing halls. ,-........--..-->,
Mexican leaders have not RETAINED
from pcrsesutipg the church, accord
Ing to these reports to the, Vatican.
General villa ordered tho hanging OF
Jesuit Christian brothers. and General
Carranza ordered the confiscation OF
property OF the clergy. Tire vicar
general of Mexico. under threat of pill
lage OF the churches, was Obliged to
givelup the administration OF the arch
diocese and the Catholic university, the
archbishopric. and several Catholic col
leges: at Puebla were converted into
barracks.
These reports contain a long list OF
indtgnities to tho church, which Include
Insults to the clergy and cries Of Down
with the Pope"
GUTIERREZ TAKES =, ~-t! !,
OATH AS PRESIDENT
AGUASCAL IENTES: November O.
General Gutierrez took the oath of of
fee as Provisional PRESIDENT OF Mex
leo at noon to-day. ,fe was escorted
into the convention hall by a commit
tee composed of Generals Angeles,
Perez and sEsDinosa. Other committees
met the party at the door of tho cham