Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-06
VILLA WILLING
TO RETIRE TO
PRIVATE LIFE
viii Quit His Command, if Nee
essary, to Appease Car
rama, He Says.
ANSWERS STIPULATION
OF FORMER FIRST CHIEF
zapata Still to Be Heard From.
Delegates Enthusiastic at
Peace Outlook.
WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-General

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-General
has formally notified the ma
t-onal convention at Aguas Calientes
of his willingness to resign command
Of his troops and retire to private
life If that is necessary to bring
;bout the elimination of General
Carranza.
The convention, according to offi-
cial reports received here today. re-
ceived Villas communication with a
tumult of applause. No action was
taken on 1t, pending the report of a
commission which went to Puebla to
notify Carranza of the selection or
General Gutierrez as provisional pres
ident.
Villas statement is in answer to
the stipulations of General Carranza
that with his own retirement, villa
and Zapata should be eliminated
from military authority. According
to reports from American Consul Sill
Imam, resistance by Carranza ef the
conventions orders will depend on the
attitude of General Pablo Gonze.es,
commander of the division of the
east.
He is at Queretaro with several
thousand troops and indications are
that he will remain loyal to Carranza.
Carranza's visit to Ohregon, COM
mander of the division of tie north
west. it is believed, by officials here,
may have an important bearing on
the situation, as Obregon had de-
clared his loyalty to the convention,
and will endeavor to persuade Car
rama not to plunge Mexico into an
other civil war.
Invite Villas Troops for Guard.
Five thousand villa troops were in
vlted to Aguas Calientes by the con-
yer on to guard the city, according
to today's dispatches, when Generai
Gonzales had assumed a threatening
attitude at his heade. uarters, hun
dred miles south of Aguas Calientes.
Thareupon the delegates telegfapned
villa to send a force TO defend the
city against attack. No lighting had
AaIen piare when today's repArt was
,lispatcheo, both sides awassssg the
outcome of the conference at Pdeb'a.
Gutierrez has stated to American
agents that as soon as he is sworn IN
: az provisional president, he Will issue
the proclamation giving the guaran-
tees desired by the United States be-
fore withdrawing its forces from vera
Cruz. Villa has agreed TO support
Gutierrez in enforcing the proclama-
sion which Carranza declined to is
sue.
High officials here. however, SAID
TODAY that such proclamation would
not be sufficient to bring about the
American evacuation while the FORCES
Of General Candido Aguilar. who is
loyal to Carranza, is in command of
the State of Vera Cruz. Should Villa
send a force to that vicinity and
demonstrate that his troops are able
to back up the guarantees, Ameri-
can troops then might be withdrawn.
Conditions around Naco, Sonora,
reported today by Brigadier- General
Bliss, was summarized in this state
mept by Secretary Garrison.
General Hill is entrenched in a
semi-circle about Naco. Mexico. He
has about / 800 men, well armed with
plentv of ammunition and about 100
cavalry. fourteen machine guns and
one small field gun. After the recent
engagement Maytorena withdrew and
now has about 1000 men at Villa
verde, about eighteen miles southwest
on the railroad to Cananea. He also
has 500 men at Cananea and 900 faqut
Indians about seven miles north of
Vilayerde, but not on the railroad.
He also has $50 men at San Cedo, be-
tween Del Rio and Nogales. 1t is
rather thought that Maytorena will
not attack Hill in his present posi-
tion unless he can assemble larger
forces than he now has, but there may
he long range firing.