Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

elements officially proclaim their de-
sire to create a constitutional govern
ment in Mexico, they are proceeding
on two distinct plans of action what
we may call the conventionlStS, other-
wise the Zapata-Villa alliance, are OPP
Grating on the plan of Ayala. while the
Carranza forces, or constltutionailses:
so called. are operating on the plan OF
Guadalupe. The two plans Involve
substantially the same principles.
Leaving Washington in the middle
of last February. 1 went to Ell Paso ana
thence, accompanied by George Caroth-
ers, special agent of the Department OF
State, to Chihuahua, where L had eA-
tended interviews with the officers OF
Villas provisional government From
there 1 went to Torreon and on TO
Monterey, where / had interviews with
Gen. Felipe Angeles. the Villa general
in command. and Raoul Madero. the
Villa governor of the state OF NueSo
Leon. I may mention in passing that
Raoul Madero, of all the 100 .Maderos,
is the only one who has taken up arms
since the death of President Madero-
from there L returned to Iorreon
and thence to Aguascalientes and
Guadala jara. where Villa was with hls
army After several long talks with
hmi there I accompanied him to Tor
reon, trip lasting some days, in whlch
time I was with him a great deal
This trip was made by train. al
though many of my trips were made
by automobile in regions where the
tracks had been destroyed or Where
there were no railroads. Villa, with
his headquarters ever in the field, has
a train as his usual abiding place His
and the other armies in the held travel
much by train and know box cars as
their only shelter. These armies are
frnp
field in that they have. no tents:
doubt that there is military tent IN
Mexico.
From this trip I returned to FL
Paso, and then went by steamer to
Vera Cruz to see CarranZa. I found
him living in some state in very
handsome and we'll equipped building
on the water front. The fact that a
lighthouse has been erected on the
building has given rise to the state
ment that he has taken refuge in
lighthouse. This is far from correct.
Like the others l visited. Carranza
received me most amiably and was
very courteous in seeing that I Sc
cured the information I wanted. An
older and more sedate and deliberate
man than the others, he did not talk u
great deal himself for he is one who
and to revolve the substance of the
talk in his brain before he makes re-
sponse
He is a man of broader and more
liberal education than the others. for,
as you no doubt know. neither Villa
nor Zapata processes to have any edu-
cation Naturally shrewd. however.
they keep educated men near them,
and each has his force Of secretaries
After spending some two weeks in
Vera Cruz 1 proceeded in April to go
through the lines to the City of Mex
leo, accompanied by Consul General
Shanklin This and the return journey
furnished the most exciting incidents
of my entire trip. The railroad being
cut, / had to make a large part of the
trip each way by automobile. How
ever, by telegraph the tentative sched-
uie for passing me from one side to
the other was arranged. and this. al
though there were frequent hold-ups
by wandering bands. let me get
I'm making the journeys each side
would give an escort to a point near
which it was estimated the other forces
would be. and then leave me to go on
alone. there being no direct contact
ever between my respective escorts.
II spent a fortnight in the City OF
Mexico, interviewing President Cara