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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-12-24
BRICKYARDS

Dec. 22.-Merry Christmas.
Nj. and Mrs. A. R. Longfellow and
children spent Sunday at their farm,
in Rail Prairie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook of Fort Ripley
visited a few days this week at the.
home Of their SON, Carl Cook.
George Beauchamp of Minneapolis
visited few days at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. T. Birch last week.
Miss Clara Larsen returned Satur-
day from Pillager, to spend her Christ
mas vacation at her home here.
Edward Birch and sister Lottie,
Louis Strom and Sam Olson attended
the surprise part on Theodore Torher-
son, Saturday evening.
Miss Elizabeth Westberg visited
friends in Little Falls Friday and Sal
! urday.
A number of our young folks attend
ed the Christmas program given, by
| the teachers, Misses Berg and: Elvig;.
! at their school in Twin Lakes, Wednee,.
day evening.
Miss Della Quine of Culdrum spent
/ the weekend at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs: IF: Muncy and daug1,!
tiers, Jeanette and Merle, visited Sun
day at the home of Mrs. E. Manbeck-
| Miss Mary Kull returned to her
home at Green Prairie Sunday, to
! spend a two weeks vacation.
| Werner Anderson returned home last
| Friday from a visit with relatives in
Iowa. r
! Word has been received from Mr..
L. c. Savage, who was called to Mas
silon, Iowa, by the serious illness "a,
her father, Mr.. Bright, Of hts aetil
at his home last Friday.
| Friends received the sad news of the
death Of Mrs. Charles Nordquist of
tuberculosis, at her home in Geneva.
| III. She leaves besides her husband.
three small children, Everett, Eaenard
and Airline, to mourn her loss. 1lEs
and Mrs. NordGuist were former resi-
| dents Of this place.
Members Of the Meadow View Sur
day school will give a Christmas md
gram at the Assembly hall Friday eve
ming at 8 o'clock. Everybody welcome
to attend. ><' - =, - = s..
Rev. j. Watson of Little Falls will
hold services at the Assembly hall 6un-
day at 2:45 p. h. Everybody come.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-12-24
PlERZ

Pierz journal (l6): Frank Langen
returned last week to GelenA, Miiln..
to resume his duties as rsta ton agent.
Louis Eller will soon leave for Al
berta, Canada, on business. Frank
Loidolt will take charge Of the har-
ness shop during his absence. szs
Ben Rose of New Munich, owner Of
the Herman Block farm, spent a fsyx
days here this week, looking after his
place. :. ~.,,~ - ar. -,
The village council is making an
Improvement, which will largely ~
sist in fighting fires. The bell towers
are to be enclosed by boarding up from
bottom to top, for place to hang md,
dry hose after a fire. One Length Of.
hose is so feet. Placed across q fofst
in upper end of tower both ends hang
ing down, so feet will oe drained Of
water and a good fire at the bottom
Will soon dry and get them ready for
use.
Nick Meyer, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Meyer returned home from De-
troit, Mich, last Saturday, where. he.
had been working in boiler shop for
tie last eight months. ~
Hubert Bednar of Canada, now here.
on q visit, says that where he lives
the Germans are treated as well as any
Canadian and he has no IomplAint TO
make. He says further that propert
in his neighborhood has not been,, ~
duced in price, and that It IL - ..valu--
able today as it was before the,wa1:
Fred Gravel of Onamia was IN PieYx:
between trains last Monday,
J. j. Hennen of st. Paul was here.
visiting his father and other ~relatives
the first Of the week. He just sold
1894 acres of land, 20 miles north of
lngoma, Roseboud county, Mont.
John Macho and wife and, their son
Tony and wife Of Philbrook, visited at
The Theser home in Agram last. Sh,..
day. They came by auto.
Peter Theisen Of Meyer, Mitchell
county, Iowa, was here visiting with
The Math. Valentine family last week.
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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-12-24

Cornelius Bates, Who. hos been visit
ing with. his father, I. J. Ba$se FOR.
the past week, left Friday evs1ing for
Chicago, where he il emf 16yea with
the Chicago Portrait Co. -
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-09-28
SECC|ON EDITORIAL
FRIVOLIDAD

les IN Irgado SUI turno Il lbs con>anguneos del apdstol CO.
FL cN-gObernad0r cOnyencioHiSta de NuevO Leon. aquFi que consul
mo Ia hazana nuaca vista de eIerar Ell rob" Il la categoria de ely por
prdi0 de- III decretO que pubfc0 Ia prenSa titSta de allendr y aqaende
Fl Bravo. ma caidO e. man0> dc las autoridadf> anrrlcanaS. al tFa>pontr
Ia frOntPFa de Texas con TN grup0 lie genie armada
No SabPmaS 81 fuFr0n rangers" los que 10 aprehendirrOn. per0 10
mas probable es que no haya acOntecida ai porqr los RANGERS" Snn gen
teS que "cumplen Su drbcr" con rNtr90rdirari0 ceo. ctandO como en- el
raso de PaScual Grozc0, Sc vioEm las "inlioIaGaS" Iryes de Ia nrutralidId
de este pals
FL pocedimento emplrado para Ia captura de hadfro' M s procr-
drmientO dc rangers ' hay que SupOnFr p0r la mrmo que aigHna otra
Ruerya publica al Sryirio del gohicrnO federal americana. TUE III cncar-
qada de llevarla 4 cabO.
ESto sin embargo, no tirnc mus que una imp0rtanca reauva. Sabi-
do : que en- los EStadOS lniio> 50 obSrrya fclmentr aGuella miNina de
Juirrz que oOrga Il los amigos ahD mas que 4 los tnenhgo>- y al >enGr
Nadero 81 lie ha otorgado, e FL prrSente case 1u>hcia y gracrn: Il Pas
cal OrOLco solo >e k cOnccdi0 imSticia d S"ca~
EStO ra hiPn. Mfi0r dicho. este no e>ta del tGdO mai : a PaScual
Ornzco Sc le lutheran conccdii0 en- los ENadoS InidoS los mHmoS priVi-
legiOS que Il Raul MaderO. PaSruaI Oro2cO no twirra en- cl mGmentO az
tual I'M lugar de prefrrPncia IN el cOral6n de- >uS cOnciudadan0S Sera
FL hcch0. de todoS modes II dra de Sfr SignhicatiN0. AparIe de que
In caSa de Ia civilization sale ganand0 IN POGO. I'll que Ia in toAhHIdad
de IL neutraliiad americana sra enCOmfndada Il genieS meme celo>aS del
cUmplimientO de Su debCr" que los rangers de TEXAS. 81 cStahrce I'm
prrcrdentr para 10 future. que drnCga. desdr af0ra. Ia ra"ntr de mpu-
nitad de que di>frutaban los partitarios. amigos ' cnnSricro> d"l profit
90 de Tateolco. hi las cu~E> puedc >upOner>r QUE no cSl remote cl
da en- que los partidario> lie AHa y de- Carranza steam metid0> con la mis-
ma Iara que los partdariOS del general tiurria. l0 que qurre drcr que
llegara la Nz de que Ia "ju>tica" e>irene r0pa nueNa.....
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-09-28

La gratitud es IN sentimiento que
solo Sc a!berga en- los corazones bien
nacidoS.
. Fruto del bien recibido, material
o moralmente considerable, es como
una ofrenda inspirada pOr el carino
para ell que nos ha hecho IN benefit
clio V Sc puede significar de diferen-
ties maneras, que nunca falta a las
almas a~gradecidas Ia inspiration ne
cesaria para correspondent 10 recibi-
do.
La mano que sc nos tiende genera
sa para aliviar nuestras necesidades;
la Dalabra de consuelo con que Sc le-
vanta nuestro amino decade, infun-
d~iendosenos Ia esperanto que alivia y
la conformidad que fortalece; ell con-
sejo que nos dirige, la advertencia
u nos encamina, Ia instruction que
nos saliva, Ia protection que nos ayu-
da V ell esfuerzo moral, en- una pala-
bra, que duplica nuestro escaso va
Ter por eli apoyo que presta q nues-
ira propia personalidad, son motives
u cream en- nOsotroS una obligation
que aceptamoS Y que tratamoS de
cumplir, cuando tenemos conciencia
cabal de 10 que eS II gratitud.
Solo Ell las almaS ruineS, en- los CO.
razoneS meZquinoS. en- los c~aractereS
altivos que Green e~rr0neamente que
TODD Sc 10 merecen, el beneficio, bajo
cualquiera de SuS formas, no eS mas
que el cump!imiento de una obliga-
ci0n q que les da derecho SUI original
idioSincracia. Reciben como 81 Sc les
ofrendara. Y son como los reyes con
derecho divine que hacen gracia con
permitir 4 suS subditoS que lleguen
hasta elloS. Los que tai obran Sc
llaman los ingratos: Ia peor eSpecie
de Ia humanidad que podria simboli-
zarSe propiamente en- un cuadro que
representara 4 una virgen dando ca
lor en- Su Seno a m]uribundo reptil que,
al volver 4 Ia vida, clava su vtnenoso
diente en- el tibio lecho de rosas dom
de Ia compassion lie diera albergue.
No Sc concibe como puede haber
ingratos en- e. mundo. porque no Sc
concibe como pueda nadie yer con
malos ojos Ia mano que lie ayuda Y la
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-09-28

Alghn diabO cOiuelo que anda. como en- Ia novela d" Cooma. hnrgan-
do cOnSpifacioneS e intriga> pr sobrr los tciMl0S lie las cnSaS. to sable
henSiGn de Raul Madero cl prcredente iuStificatiNo que intoqurn manana'
O ese otro dA las auordadr> ancricana>. para perScgur al carranciS-
mo y obigarlO Il rpplegarSP Il trrritnrin de- MtNicO .anteS de- que haNa dh-
do cima a Ia derrOta de Villa. -: No sierra est" acto de perSecIcIon on
ira cl ,liSmo. FL eNpedicntc TWc SirVa para drmo>trar nahana. cuandc
los rarranciIaS Sran encarceIadO> la imparcialidad y neutraliiad del 90
bhernO de In CASA Blanca. ..:
Possible eS que aSi SEA, nurS las mltinaS nOticiaS rccibidaS S0hrc Ia df-
tenci0n del conSanguineo del ap0s,A (O hacrn Saber que este >ta trata-
do con benignifad. pueS no Scri cncarcPtad0. pnr tempo mdeflnido como
Fl general Huerta, nj perSCguidO cOn Sana como Jose Ines SaEaiar. III MI
chO menOS, pueSlO en- maHO> De los rangers" teNanOS. para que fStOS lc
preston las garantiaS de vida que tOdO hOmbrc neceSta: SiO lnicamente
lleyadO Il FL PaSO. para >u Identification y purSt0 II hbrrtad sin 0traS
fOrmalidadcS \ este tratancntO cOmO - de verse. NADIA tpnc de rlg0-
rfSta, Y puPde pTeStarSe Il muchaS interprctacione>.
LO mas probable eS que don Rail- MadrrO dr~putS de este fncidcnte
SGa SirndO tan amigo del gDMrrnO americana. como ante>.....
ESQ SicmprF Srrr para atO pueS ben Sabido rs que n los ESladoS
UnidO> Sc 0b>"rVa iicimcntc auucIia maNima tie !uarrA que otnrga a ioS
amigos. agO mas que a los eueniGo>.
\ los amigos. cgnip FL rnnr MadcrO. 81 les 0torga "iuSicIa Y gracia;
4 los cnrNigOS como pascuai OrGzcO. "iuSiicia a ecaS.'
= ESQ FS TODD. .....
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POLIMARK.

tar pacifiramentr t0ioS los needles
pu>ihIr> que -tirnrian a rr>tmnrar rl
Orrien cn Ia R"pGhIira vrrira. De
bidu a los ~antrrehrntrS hlSt6rlroS
de- WlrStra pelitra. h"mOS llrgado
n ser NirtlralineIltr Responsibilities.
ante los gOhirrnoS ir Europa. p0r
las p@riidaE, djlr han Snfriio csas
NaciomeS. EnormrS. Sunia> So han
iMrrtidn on, Mexico Y ii no Obra-
mos con presteza. los acrreiOreS
ruropeos 10 liarin por Su pr0pia
rupnta? y .eS de- eSprrarse que
el pueblo atneriranO yea y con-
$irnla 5~cInrjantn eSiadO de coSa>?
No uuerenl0S hacer menri6n nj
de las vidas De ~riudadanO> ameri-
rauO< que han Sido Sarrifirad0S.
nj de los cuaIrOcirntOS milIOnrS de-
pesos. que representa- nurstFo 4
pital ]invrrtidu nj lie Ia destruction
de- la prOpieiad que perIenerc 4
nurslrOS comralriotas....
Tn esrritOr del Independence
>ugirrc que So pOnsa VII embargo
Immediate IN cl rnyi0 y %elnbarqur
de- aInlas Y municioneS para las
(Pass a Ia Pag 5a. Col. la.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-09-28

voluntad agena que lie saliva. Sin en-
barge, la experienced habla Y habla
alto: Isl q%uieres tener ingratos, haz
beneficios." Y cuando vemos que al
guien hace NAL 4 otra persona, pre-
guntamos a esta: Que benefieio lie
habeis hecho a csc hombre?" como 81
para recibir el NAL fuera forZoso ha-
Ger un beneficio. No sucede este,
afortunadamente, de IN mode inva-
riable; pero sucede con gran ~frecuen-
cia V a clio Sc debe la e%xistencia del
adagio.
;Desventurada raZa humana, cue a
traves de los siglos, Marcia pegada
a Ia costra de sus malos i~nstintos y
cast no evoluciona en- el sentido del
bien,
Lo que Ia experienced demuestra,
ell fruto que en- la vida Sc va recogien-
do de la manera como los hombres
correspondent ell bien que Sc les ha-
ce, engendran en- el alma, primero
generosa y dispueSta al bien ageno.
una amarga desilucion que la hace
apatica para aquella noble labor Y
POGO a POGO egoista Y reServada, Gle
ga V sorda 4 todoS los reclamos de Ia
miseria y Ia desgracia.
ES cierto que hay eSpiritus ruines
V egoistaS por n~aturaleza: desgracia-
damente nueStra eSpecie no Sc distin-
que por los buenoS instintos natura-
les y eSpontaneos; pero debe tenerse
en- cuenta que ell mayor numero de los
egoismos es originate pOr Ia dolorosa
discipline de Ia ex2eriencia que ha
hecho yer como han desfilado por Ell
mundo tantos Y tantos Cristos, azota-
dos, vejados Y escarnecidos por aque-
Hos 4 ~quienes han tratado de redi-
mir.
Y este ~fen0meno, q primera vista
ineXplicable, tiene n demonstration
sencilla Y compensate.
En- la gran mayoria de los casos,
por no decir en- Ia univerSalidad de
ellos, el otorgamiento de IN beneficio
establece una diferencia de alto a
bajo entire el benefactor Y ell bene-
ficiadO. No SiemDre eS el sepuuGo
un hombre normalmente compensate
y el hecho lie sugiere cast Siempre
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-09-28
J. 4!

La fusa de Torradn Ia cmprrn-
dier0n los villiStaS ruanGo Ia,
furrzaS de- Obrcs6n cSiaball muy
IejoS de- Ia rIudad. Lo arroyo, no
=. empuJc de- las arlnaS precolS-
illuclonallSlaS. SlIo ri eSpanlaDlc
mnnSiruo del liaunhrc. \ anlrS de
ronrluir Ia drSorupaciGn de- la pla-
"a. abrirron las compuerias dc las
prrsas Y canaleS. inundando las
planirirs. ,diZdur para evilar 81 a.
vouce. del enrmigo. aunluc con rs-
to solo hicirron mas criIica. Ia. ST.
lu,ri6p III. ,los .ruo 50 .nu.dahan
4 T., s,i;de ia l,s ,rnnas soL,Io-
In. noi.,nos :. aao,na ran am IL.
ns,oriGn vo norfis 50 ,itSnur,hrr
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Ode nueStr0 EnviadO Especial
en- III PaSO TrNaS.)

NADIA mas hOrriblementr irigicO.
nj cn los d]OlOroSOS rapituIos de
Dante .ilighieri. que 81 panorama
de muerln Y de dOlOr OfrrcidO pOr
In region que IN iapideceS de fusa
nStin abandOnandO los villiStaS. VA
no cS IiniramenIr Ia careStia de vi
varrs Que ~alcanZa 10 incOnccbible.
nj las dificultadeS matcrlalcS para
nbtenrr mrndrugOS lie pan 4 cam
bio De cenlenarcS de pesos: va no
son Snlamrntc las brutalldadeS de
una S~OldadcSca iniiScipiinada que
rrSponde al ruegO cen Ia lnJurla y
a Ia humiliation con 81 @Olpc: ah0-
"a hay que Sumar a TODD ESQ eI
cStadO de SObre-cNiiaciGn de los
que huyen: Ell pinicO loco de los
que So qurdan: Ia furiosa irrespon-
Sabilidad dc los que maian pOr sal
varSc: rl rgOiSmo general que Sa-
crifica afectOs y ,irbereS. y hace
que las madrHS.-anIeS tan amOrO-
Sas y abnegadaS.-olvidep a Su>
hijOS. Y que los hiiOs maldigan a
las madreS.
Chihuahua parrcr una lumba y
TnrreGn un ccmrnteri0. POr las ca
lies de rSaS cllldadeS Vagan. como
" j.. lao,
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.,rm.u,io nom ,n,.ri.o,a l., ro,
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!, uai,r ,mn np,.,b. n~sn.rorsr d4s-
NM. l.. .E,.b, conference, ,nn 81
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Ia. - IA continuation Il" IA CUE
IRA lr gurrrilIaS "nirr Villa va
paIa por una parir. ' las VA dHbili-
jadaS lurrzaS ir Carranza. por IA
oIra. I.n nror au,. irbr lemcrSr. en-
81 case de- duc Villa ' 81, a>ocia-
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Por Ia Patria y por la Raza
"A =

la idea de Ia comparaci6n, viendo Ia
enorme d~iferencia que eXiste entire
el V ouien lie ha tendido una mano
generosa. A la reflexi0n sigue Ia con-
ciencia del escaso waller, la %inconfOr-
midad con la suerte, el anallsls de
las circunstancias del que beneficial, a
quien Sc empieza por yer con envldla
v, POGO a POGO, con mala voluntad;
ell espiritu bajo Y vii del beneficiado
juzgase humillado, Sc subleba y solo
conserva por algun tempo los escru-
puios apenas necesarios para no mani
fesrarse abiertamente hostil; pero que
haya una circunstancia cualqulera que
lie excite q la rebeldia; que encuen-
ire algun motive real o imaginarlo pa
IA manifestar su propio sentir y....
adi0s gratitud. consideration Y bue-
mas formas. La bestia humana rom
pc ell freno que la contenla, salta las
trancas de la razon y Sc manifesto
tai cual es: indomita, mas a la ma
no que la acaricia que a Ia que des-
carga ell latigo sobre sus espaldas.
Y este ha sucedido aver y hoy, y
sucedera siempre, porque para ha-
Ger un beneficio. no sc va abrlendo
en- cada case un proceso de investiga-
ci0n para yer 81 es necesario hacer-
10. De aqui las decepciones, el re-
traimiento, Ia indiferencia y Ell egois-
mo de muchos que han sido buenos y
que despues de sacrificados y pues-
tos Ell Ia picota del escarnio, que
dan escamados y no vuelven nunca a
abrir ia puerta de la compassion a los
tristes reclamos de Ia desgracia, ge-
neralmente repugnante por 10 ingra-
ia.
Sin embargo de TODD, hay que ha-
Ger I'm esfuerzo Y levantarnos por en-
Gina de todas las miseriaS humans.
Es el acto mas bello de la vida, curar
una llaga, enjugar n lagrima, ha-
Ger renacer una esperanza Y recibir
como ofrenda una flor cuyas espinas
nos punzan Ia mano.
Cae una gotta de sangre.
les el precio de toda r%edenci0n.
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Pass Ia pagins s. eolumna l.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-04

this hostile action against his division
of the North. Carranza sent him the
following reply: Before answering
your message which l have just re.
ceiyed desire an explanation of your
conduct towards General Obregon in
chihuahua" Instead of Villa giving
the requested explanation to his SUI
perior officer he replied insolently that
he would no longer recognize Carran-
"a the First Chief of the Republic
In explanation Of this traitorous con-
duct Villa gave the ridiculous and pet
ty reason that he had broken with Car
rama and was willing to plunge the
country into civil war, because Car
rama did not have sufficient intelli-
gence or ability to govern Mexico. How
farcical this statement really was can
be best understood when it is ex-
planned that Villa can scarcely read
or write and has never read a single
book in his life, whilst on the other
hand CarranZa is man of education,
culture and business experience.
The convention that Carranza had
called to meet in Mexico City opened
its sessions on the appointed day Car.
rama rendered his resignation as First
Chief to the convention and asked the
delegates to accept ii if they thought
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-04

tives stated, to tender his resignation
We would have shortly secured Car
ranza's retirement had not General
Gutierrez, bullied into action by pres
sure brought upon him by Villa, sum
moned the latter to Aguascalientes
and placed him in command of all the
military forces in the country.
"This act violated the previous reso
luton Of the convention and was con
trary to its own mandates, or in other
words, contrary to the desires of what
was left of it, as it must be remem-
bered that out Of the 1856 registered
delegates many had withdrawn for one
reason or another until at last there
were only go members left and Is out
of this 60 had been recalled by their
signatories. A quorum in the conven.
tion necessitated 70 delegates.
"a brief resume of the situation at
this critical time might be stated as
follows: We said to Carranza: Retire
or we will fight you, your retirement
being made with the understanding
that Villa will be forced to withdraw.
We said to General Gutierrez and to
the convention: That Villa retire or
we will fight him and uphold the reso-
luton of the convention, Villas re-
tirement being with the understanding
that Carranza will be forced to retire
The reply we received from Cen
eral Gutierrez was that he had given
Villa the command of the forces which
were to fight against Carranza; that
is, he had violated the fundamental
resolution of the convention, which
was the basis of the whole agreement
and the essential condition of our obli-
cation.
This violent and illegal decision re-
lieved us of every obligation toward
an assembly without patriotism or
moral force, the tool of an ambitious
and savage faction to which we had
shown undeserved complacency cut
Of love for peace, but whose blind and
unconditional f1gureheads we could
not and would not be. -
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-04

thereby such action would be con-
ducive to establishing permanent
peace in Mexico. The convention
unanimously rejected his resignation
and passed vote of confidence in the
First Chief.
Villa and his army of the North had
refused to send delegates to this con-
vention. In last effort to settle the
difficulty between the Division of the
North and the remainder of the Con-
stitutionalist army, certain leaders
among the Constitutionalists proposed
that a commission be sent to treat
with Villa and that the convention
itself adjourn from Mexico City to
Aguascalientes. CarranZa, foreseeing,
as afterwards came to pass, the futil-
ity of this action, opposed it. but final
" allowed the delegates of their own
yolition to move to Aguascalientes to
treat with the chiefs of the Northern
Division.
Primarily the purpose Of the Aguas-
calientes meeting was simply to en-
deavor to persuade Villa to send rep
resentatives to the convention. After
wards 1t usurped sovereign powers
that 1t did not possess and which
Carranza never sanctioned. But Car
rama, putting aside the considerations
and rising nobly to the demands of the
situation, expressed to the conven-
ton in writing his willingness not
only to resign as First Chief in charge
of the executive power of the nation,
but to become an exile from his coun-
try II the delegates ask this of him.
The single condition that he stated
must govern this abdication was that
Villa should resign his command of
the Constitutionalist army Of the
North and if the convention so de-
creed, must also leave Mexico.
Story Of Convention.
The convention on November 9Th
passed a resolution calling for the re-
tIrement of both Carranza and Villa.
Antonio |. Villareal, Chairman Of the