El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
RIVER0S WANTS
To CONE HERE
Villista Governor Going to
Sonora Through States;
Monterey Under Siege.

Gen. Felipe RiverOs, Vilhsta gov
! ernOr Of Sinaloa, is coming to Juarez
I and will later request permission from
! the United States to be allowed to
| travel through this country to Sonora,
/ according to Nillista adviceS received
! here. This move on the part OF Gov
/ RiverOs viii cause a change in the
/ SinalOa campaign, as it was announced
/ Friday that, following a conference
/ with Villa, RiverOs had left TOrreOn to
{ take charge of the campaign against
/ Snaloa that was to be waged from the
Heast
! It is believed that Riveros will first
/ go to NOgales and viii then proceed
| south on the Southern Pacific of Mex
/ leo. 1t is reported that the Carran-
cistas hold this line as FAR as AlamOs,
/ a short distance into southern Sonora.
Most Of Gov RlYerOsS troops are sta
! toned in Durango and these have al
, ready been ordered to move against
the state. Salina Cruz and Guaymas
are already held by the convention
forces and the principal point of at
tack in the west coast campaign will
be Mazatlan and ManzanilIO.
In connection with the campaign.
Gov. RiverOs has issued proclamation
to the people of SinalOa announcing
that when he gains control of the
state, he viii give all classes gUaran-
tees. without social distinction. and
that his government viii return to the
rightfuI owners all property confis-
Gated by the Carrancistas.
Monterey Fight.
Inc attack on Monterey has appar-
entity settled down to a seige. Neither
faction is claiming advantage, though
the CaTrancistas declare that the line
near MatamOras which has been out
OF commission for some months, viii
soon be reOpened and will permit of
extensive troop movements from
Tampico to MatamOras and thence to
Monterey that viii materially alter the
situation in NueVO Leon
No general offensive has yet been !
made from Mexico City against
Puebla, but if is stated in VilIista /
adVlces that large columns are now
being formed for the recapture Of the /
city According to advices from the /
capital, the chief losses suffered i'm the !
Puebla battle were by the Zapatistas. J
and ZaData has now declared that the 3
y ork Of recapture must be done by the
Nillistas.
New Secretary Named
Jesus Urueta has been appointed sub
secretary Of foreign relations in the
Carranza cabinet. according to a teIe-
gram received by the Carrauza con-
Srlate here. Recently Juan Amador. of
inns city, was appointed to the position, !
but on account OF business reasons he
was unable to accept
The Green Papers of Mexico re-
ply TO the recently issued Carranza I
"Red Papers Of Mexico" have been is
sued by the convention agency in
w - 2 .Vil- me correspondence be-
tween villa and CarranZa prior to the
Torreon conference together with mes
saSeS exchanged since that date. are
Slven as proof that Villa has lived up
10 all agreements with the first chief
and that Carranza has acted at vari-
ance Win signed agreements.
SniuliO rs VIIln Base.
Emphatic denial is made bv Villa (
gents OF the report that the conven-
uon troops are preparing to evacuate
9a!tilo. IT is stated that SaltiIlo is
oeihg USED as base for operations I
against Monterey and that the city has
been strongly fortified and is prepared /
TO withstand an attack