The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
VILLAS army ACTS
AS ESCORT FOR new
MEXICAN PRESIDENT
WILL FIGHT IF HIS
GENERALS SUPPORT HIN-ARM-
ED CLASH BETWEEN OLD OND
NEW REGIMES SOON.

FL Paso, Tex, Nov. 4--Mexico to-
night has three capitals. Mexico City,
the constitutional and historical CEN
ter of the nation; Puebla, where Gen.
eral carranza today formally estab-
lished his capital, and Aguas Calientes.
the capital Of Provisional President
Eulalio Gutierrez. The conference OF
generals which has proclaimed itself
the national congress. and the head
quarters of Villas army, are at Aguas
Calientes Meanwhile, fighting be-
tween General Villas vanguards and
CarranZa troops was reported near Sa-
linas, between Aguas Calientes and
San Luis Potosi. and north of Leon,
which lies south of Aguas Calientes.
This action was mentioned in dis
patches received here tonight as mark
4aR-;he- arst- steps toward carrying
out the order of the Aguas Calientes
conference TO drive General Carrauza
out OF Mexico.
General villa and his army have
been constituted the presidential guard
to escort Provisional President Gutter
reg to Mexico City. No determined re-
sistance Is expected until the army
reaches Queretaro. though both Mon
terey and San Luis Potosi are occu-
pea py lFr3HSd LTOOpS
Carranxa Delegates Held.
Official Constitutionalist messages
from Puebla today stated that General
Carranza had received advices from
Sinoai on the Pacific coast. that GEN.
erals Dieguez, Carrosco. caballero and
Aguilar had repudiated the Aguas
Calientes conference. CarranZa dele
gates. although not actually under ar
rest. are being held at Aguas Cali
entes. according to advices received
here today. The delegation will be
held here until assurances are given
that Villas representatives In Car
rama territory are released. The
movement Of large bodies of Villas
troops into the city is pointed TO by
Carranzistas as proving the conten-
tion that they have held for weeks.
that the convention was at the mercy
Of Villa since the first. and that the
Northern leader has maintained a mill
tary dictatorship over 1t.
Extracts Of "A speech made by Car
rama at, Pueala were wired TO Car
rama representatives here today. The
message quotes Carranza as follows:
THE brave generals at Aguas Cali
entes have made effective a resigna-
tion that WAS never even presented,
and have appointed president. There
fore, they have fallen into a trap--a
trap that was laid by the delegates
who formerly helped in the downfall
of Madero They made a blunder with
Madero and now they are trying to re-
peat II.
III the chiefs of the army abandon
me in this case, as a represen tative Of
the army, I will go into exile. But
should they support nc, as I conf
IDENTIFY expect they. viii. I viii fight
10 the bitter end"
I villa Plans Attack on Laredo.
: Charges are made here that villa
{ is recruiting troops at San Antonio
and that these troops are destined 70
attack Laredo. Carranza's strongest
/ border port. Laredo has a strong
rison.
1 Shots were fred across the river
by soldiers of the Juarez garrison
! Tuesday evening according TO Amer
lean army officers. No one on the
! American side was hit. About a
dozen shots were fred. Detachments
of the Sixth and Sixteenth Infantry
were engaged in tactical maneuvers or
the American side, and during the pro-
cess of working out the problem many
blank shots were fred by the oppos-
/ ing armies" This firing was hear6
| in JuareZ. where IL was at first in
terpreted as an attack by flibusters
About 400 cavalrymen were rushed
from Juarez to the river bank. The
shooting on the American side was al
it's height and the Mexicans promptly
threw out n patrol along the river
bank and commenced firing across tc
i the American side. They soon dis
covered that the movement on the
American side was simply a maneuvel
and the firing from the Mexican side
! stopped before anyone was injured
Most OF the Mexicans soon after rode
back into town