Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-03-04

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lie says: 1.-The members Of the
Asuascalientes convention which was
now meeting in Mexico City, justly
alarmed by these daily murders. in
formed. me that they desired to change
their residence from Mexico City to
the town of San Luis Potosi, where
they expected to convene in safety.
"A large number of the members Of
the convention proceeded to the above
city and General Villa having been in
formed by his agents of what had hap
pened had the audacity to issue or
ders OF arrest. and execution against
these persons whose immunity was
absolute and who were the source
from which Villa derived the authority
with which he is invested.
Delegates Flee.
In view OF these terrible orders the
delegates, carrying the flag of the con-
vention. called for protection on the
Carranza Governor of the State of
Nuevo Laredo. in which State they
are at present"
Indicative of what an empty honor
Gutierrez held and how the so-called
convention party now means but one
man-Villa-is the following excerpt
from the same narratives:
"On Sunday, December 31st, Gen.
eral Villa came to my home, revolver
in hand, accompanied by ten or
twelve armed men. besides two thou
sand cavalry, who surrounded my
house and removed the rneager guard
of twenty men who were defending
me. With the courage instilled in him
by such an array of force, Villa shame
fully insulted me and hurled baseless.
notifying and criminal charges at
me.
with shame and indignation / had
to be spectator of all these outrages
because | did not have sufficient force
to halt the reign of murder and rob-
berry that Villa conducted"
The flight of Gutierrez from Mexico
City, accompanied by many prominent
men in the so-called Convention
party, strikingly illustrated to the
world the impossibility of this or any
other kindred government ruling in
Mexico that was not subservient to the
wishes of Villa
The abandonment OF Gutierrez and
the other prominent men of the Con-
vention party has left Villa isolated
and alone and made the issue in Mexi-
co now r.effnite and certain. 1t is:
Shall Villa be allowed to become the
v,
people themselves rule?
The outlook In Mexico at present
is really encouraging, though the con-
fusion attendant upon military opera.
tions has served to make this country
consider the situation more dark than
ever before. Ali the patriotic ele-
ments in Mexico are rallying to Car
ranza's standard. Villa with his own
division of the army is fighting the
rest Of the nation and an indication
or what his movement really signifies
is the fact that he has invited ell the
old Federal army officers against
whom the Madero revolution and its
successor that drove Huerta from pow
er was waged. to join him.
World conditions are such that no
government in Mexico can exist with
out the friendship of this country and
without its moral and financial help.
In a sense then, Americans are in duty
bound to look upon the situation III
Mexico from an intelligent and a sym.
pathetic angle.
Carranza Misunderstood.
CarranZa has been grossly misun-
derstood in this country. He is a
man OF probity, clean living and in
tense patriotism. He is not a wealthy
man. He has reared his family in
comfort, having made his living from
the raising of cattle. He himself has
visited the United States many times.
He has had his family educated in
this country. Every man whom he
has selected to become a member of
his Cabinet he has first sent to this
country to become acquainted with the
American idea, system and plan OF
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sumo.
Carranza is unmilitary, educated,
having taken a law degree, intensely
Mexican, and whole-heartedly desir-
Gus of helping the downtrodden peon
to obtain ''his chance in life" Villa
contrastingly is uleducated, ignorant,
brutal, unrestrained in his passions,
totally unappreciative of the needs Of
his country and is simply riding his
vanity to what he hopes will be the
dictatorship of Mexico.
Illustrative of the character of the
two men is the fact that Carranza, not
even to gain valuable political ends,
would stultify himself to the extent of
currying favor with the Washington
administration as long as our troops
were at Vera Cruz. His feelings Of
friendship he kept locked in his heart
until the time he deemed proper to
express them. Villa, on the other
hand. has been one thing to this
country and another to Mexico He
has taken every occasion to slobber
ingly express his regard and friend
ship for this country and the admin
istration, while in Mexico he has at
tempted to gain recruits for his army
by demagogically declaring that the
United States intends to annex Mexico
and that he in the role of his country's
savior calls upon the ex-Federals to
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