El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-09
VILLA WILLING To TAKE HALF
THE RULE UNDER NEW REGIME
Says Peace Can Be Established Mexico if He Names
Half the Cabinet and Carranza HALF the Cabinet to
Select Neutral; Declares Recognition of Carranza
by United States Will Not Stop Him Fighting.
dictionary government as Carranza rep
Must Have an Election.

: dictionary government as Carranza rep
| resents.
Must Have an Election.
Until you have an election by all
I the people III bet you there viii be no
| peace in Mexico. Now, the nearest you
I can come to that is my plan II Is as
follows: Have half the government
/ officers sent to the capitals in the
cities. states and nation by 'Conven-
tionalist' representative, the other
! half by 'Constituuonalist' or Carran-
cista representatives then select
president who shall not be biased III
favor of or against either Convention
alist' or Constitutionalist factions. and
unrespOnsive to pressure from any slde
or person. no matter how influential
Under this joint government am
willing to be eliminated am not
ambitious to be president or TO hold
office at all l am fighting Tor the
freedom Of the poor people OF Mexico
not for myself
Would Not Divide Country.
do you mean that Mexico be cut IN
half and one half run by the Conven-
tionalist government, while the other
half is run by the 'COnstitutiOnalist
government
NO, no, no." calculated Villa 4
would not divide Mexico. That would
be against the constitution which
guarantees the unity Of the nation as
a whole I mean one government, IN
which half the officers be represen-
taJiyes Of the COnyenuOnalisT faction
which is everywhere the popular one
in Mexico, and the other half Of the
officers be representatives Of the Con
stitutiOnalist faction. Then the pres
ident selected would. of course, have
to be absolutely neutral and picked
carefully by joint conference Of Car
rama and Villa leaders"
VIII Keep Fighting Carranza-
IF Carrznza - recognized. people
viii say that you ought to stop fight
ing, as you have agreed TO send dele
gates to confer with them" said the
reporter. Will you Keep on nShting
if CarranZa is recognized"
I shall fight Carranza and his des-
potic principles as long as he and his
principles are threatening the freedom
of the poor people of Mexico said
Gen villa
How many troops have you with
which to fight Carranza
i cannot count them. they are so
scattered throughout every state IN
Mexico under so many commands Car
rama cannot defeat my army. try as he
may, and represent himself and his
strength as he will
VIII Keep Up the War.
But Just how will recognition OF
Carranza affect you and the 'Conven-
tionalist' cause2" This was as near
an impertinent question as the reporter
cared to ask
the recognition of the so-called Con-
stitutiOnalist government, which is no
more than Carranza and the old reac-
tionaries. the 'Conventionalist forces
viii continue as though nothing had
happened The interests of the com
mon people, the poor and oppressed Of
Mexico demand it"
Gen. Villas military headquarters
train, which brought him up from the
south and landed him in Juarez at
o'clock Friday morning, was a long one.
There were 16 cars IN II, seven freight
cars. two Pullmans, day coach, an
express car and one cabOose ahead OF
Villas headquarters, pullman,
freight and two cabOOses trailing after
it
Villa did not care to state when he
would leave. which direction he would
take, or how long he would remain
at the border. He seemed free from
all care, and in the best Of humor.
His stay, he said, was indeterminate
and subject TO sudden change Of plans