Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-30
Distinguished Artillery Com
mander Is Warmly Attached
to Villa; Calls ON General
Hugh |, Scott,
ISSUES STATEMENT
DEFINING POSITION
Declares Elements Opposed to
ReactionarieS Must Get To-
gether for Formation of a
New Government,

""NFftH
washington, June 29.--General Fe-
! l.pe Angeles, veteran OF many an mr.
tlllery duel In Mexican battles and
the right hand man OF General villa.
came to Washington today 10 deny
lntimations that he was involved In
/ the activities OF ViCtoriano Huerta
1 ana his associates, aud at the same
ume TO learn the sentiment OF Of
hcials generally toward the Mexican
/ problem.
The general issued statement
saying that he was opposed TO HUI
erta and all that ne represented IN
Mexican politics and that after a brief
stay here would 20 10 sonora on a
| private mission for General villa.
returning thereafter 10 the battle
front 70 remain with his chief
Wants tn See President
General Angeles has been hopeful
mat ne would have an opportunity
10 tAlk with President Wilson. He
was not directed by Villa to do 80
[ he said. hut is anxious to learn from
( the president or other high officials
Just what policy the United States
intends TO pursue toward the Mexican
question. Continuous lighting by the
factions now IN the field with no
I hope OF recognition would be use
less, General Angeles believes and he
agrees heartily with President VIII
sons recent statement that the yarl-
Gus elements must come 10 an nm
derstanding. lie told his friends that
neither he nor General villa had any
candidate for the provisional presi-
deneyi hut would support any cana
! Nnteu tile principles ana ideals for
which the revolution had been fought
lie insists that II General Carranza
refuses TO enter into an agreement
on the provisional government to be
created by q coalition OF the divi-
sions Of the original constitutionalist
movement, the moral support and
recognition Of the United States
should be accorded TO those elements
in Mexico which are willing to stop /
lighting and support n government 1
created by peaceful agreement and |
standing for liberal principles
Sees General scott.
Major General Hugh L. Scott chief I
OF staff of the United States army. (
was the only official upon whom Cen 4
eral Angeles called today. Enrique c. 1
Llorente. Washington representative 1
OF General villa. accompanied the 1
visitor 10 the war department and
acted as interpreter. Angeles brought /
a letter OF introduction from General
villa TO General Scott, tho latter two
having developed an intimate friend
ship in recent years on the Mexican
border The contents Of the letter
were not disclosed, but Il Is under
stood to have shown clearly that
Generals villa and Angeles were on
intimate terms instead Of at odds as
has been persistently reported
Angeles received his military edu
cation in France and was for a long
time. superintendent Of the military
school at Chapultepec, the Mexican
West Point. lie defended MaderO In
the street fighting Ia Mexico CITY and
took a prominent part In the later
campaign against Huerta. To his
skill In the handling Of artillery, has
been attributed much OF Villas mill
tary success
II is understood that General Ans
geles explained TO General Scott that
as a precaution against the counter
movement Of Huerta
and his followers. large forces Of VII
la troops had been dispatched north
ward and that General villa also
had sent thousands OF men to gar
rlsOn the coal fields and other parts
OF northern Mexico which comprised
the base Of supplies for his army
For this reason, he said General
Ohregon had moro troops than villa
In the recent encounters In central
Mexico. General Angeles paid tribute
10 the Zapatistas, and declared they
must be taken into consideration IN
any settlement OF the Mexican prob
lem. /,
Angeles Statement. II
Late today General Angeles Issued
the following:
"The cordial relations that have
ong existed between General Nilla
and myself remain unchanged and |
shall shortly report to him in person
fcr assignment to duty.
81 am now, as ] always have been. ,
opposed to Huerta, his regime. ana ,
al that IIuerta and his fellow traitors
stand fos
Il have neither seen nor conferred /.
with any person or persons represent
Ing the reactiOnary element in Mex
leo. While IN Boston. / received go ,
eial visit from Mr. Manuel Calero, who
acted as my counsel when ] was inn
DrisOned BY Huerta IN 1918. but the
political affairs Of Mexico were not /
discussed.
II advocate the restoration Of con-
stitutional government in Mexico by
means so that the gov
srnment when set up may snjoin con-
ltitutlonal sanction and thus AFFECT
he reforms so urgently demanded by
he people by means entirely lawful.
like General Villa. ! favor the
suggestion Of President Wilson, that
he conten1ing factions should confer
and IN a patriotic spirit endeavor 70
aarmOnlze their differences in order
10 establish constitutional government
4 government which the United States
and the other nations of the world
san accept and recognize.
When shown a dispatch from Cor
nish, n. Fl, that Colonel Jesus Agui-
lar and Major Yrenco A. Garcia had