The Washington times., 1915-06-03
CARRANzA PLANS
TODEFY WILSON
Will Continue Fighting in Belief
That He Soon viii Vanquist
Reactionaries In Mexico.
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] signed to the American consul gem
eral for the Chamber of Commerce
also arrived and Is being sold in two
pound quantities to needy families.
! No family is permitted to buy more
than two or three pounds of our.
corn, or beans Mt ono time.
Executed Flank Move.
The derArtment was also informed
today in advices from CHIHUAHUA.
dated June ., that the Villa officials
: there claim that General Villa exc
, cuted a flank movement. capturing
Silao and routing the Carrazista
cavalry. villa is said to have cap
tured all but two trains of arms and
ammunition. II
Adviccs from Nogales, bearing the
same date, state that Mexicans raid
ed Querobabi on the night OF June 1.
killing fve persons. After looting
the town they proceeded to Noria.
burning small railway bridges en-
route. Noria was also looted.
The Carranza statement issued by
the local agency follows:
Position of .Carranza.
The statement by Elisio Arrendondo.
setting forth General Carranza's posi-
ton, and given to The Times today,
the Carranza faction since the Presi-
dents emphatic demand was made on
the Mexican leaders. The statement
follows:
IL believe that President Wilson's
note is largely due to the lack Of
the United States and the constitu-
tionalist government of Mexico. and
that this has given room to the many
false reports which have victimized
p rysp at n
and omissions of which he Is in
capable. .lRasI .. ~ .u..os
BY a humanitarian spirit: and Mr..
timents, decreed just three or four
days ago the free entry OF food
stuffs Into the City. Of Mexico to
may be suffering from want Of articles
of prime necessity. even at the risk Of
extending this assistance to his
enemies. the Zapatistas, who are still
there.
Controls Most Territory.
'On the other hand. Mr.. Carranza
controls seven-eighths Of Mexico's ter
ritory, with nine-tenths of its popu-
lation; all seaports on the Mexican
Gulf and on the Pacific coast, except
Guaymas. and all frontier ports. ex-
cepting Piedras Negras, which is about
to fall in our hands. and Juarez. be-
cause Naco and Nogales, Sonora, are
neutral. Carranza has under his COM
thousand men, while II Villa and
Zapata would get together their ag-
gregate would not exceed $4,000 men.
Mr. Carranza has lately ordered the
advance of his troops toward the City
of Mexico, which he will undoubtedly
take before one week Is over, and l
understand he will Immediately estab-
lish there a provisional civil admins
tration. until he can wipe out the REM
nants OF the reactionaries and convene
b the people to elections for officers of
n constitutional government.
There Is no danger. thereto that
strife may prolong itself In Mexico
and cause greater calamities for the
people. which am inclined to believe
Government of the United States"
Villa Indorses Note.
Complete approval of President Will
sons note to the Mexican leaders was
expressed by Enrique c. Llorente, Gem
eral Villas confidential agent in WASH
ington, today. Mr.. Llorente declared
that General Villa would give the
triendliest consideration to President
wilson's suggestion that the Mexican
end the present state Of anarchy. He
telt satisfied that Villa would eliminate
himself as principal factor in Mexi-
tan affairs If by that course he could
vention governments cause. Mr.. Llor-
ente's statement is as follows:
The convention government. of whose
mander-in-chief, was created in the very
spirit in which President Wilson's
declaration was written. But unfor-
tunately many of those who had UNDER
taken TO support and maintain that
government failed in adherence to their
pledges.
Since then General Villa has on
numerous occasions signified a desire
10 reach an accord with those who are
opposing him, even expressing a will
ingness to entirely eliminate himself
from the situation should occasion seem
to SO demand.
General Villa will certainly give the
most serious. attentive. and practical
consideration to any friendly sugges-
tion that reaches him from President
Wilson. whose unselfishness Of purpose
he well understands, and fully appre-
CiateS.'
Action Is Characteristic.
Storenes action is accepted as a
characteristic Villista trait In all reil-
tions with the United States Villa has
made it plain that he valued this coun-
try's friendship, but whether he would
value 1t sufficiently to eliminate him
self entirely was considered doubtful.
AS for Caranza. officials are doubt
full. The men who knew him best
rather expected that he would send
word that he was the real ruler of
Mexico and the man that should be
recognized. Consul Silliman was looked
to to influence him to make concessions,
The President and his Cabinet arc
expected tomorrow to get down to con-
sideration Of what is reasonable
time" to be given the factions to get
together. 1t was considered certain that
this would be just what 1t said-probab-
ly not more than a fortnight at the
outside.
AS matter of fact the hand of the
President may be forced before that
time. nisquieting reports of the kill
ing Of Americans reached here today.
They came through unofficial channels
and lacked confirmation. But the fact
that the killing of j. NJ. Bennett in
the Panuca oil fields took place ten
days ago and news of il reached the
State Department only yesterday forced
officials to fear that there might be
truth in the report that at least six
Americans have been slain in that Sec
ton recently
So far as the question of intervention
is concerned one of the men with whom
the President has discussed the situa-
tion with pei feet frankness, said today:
assumptions that the army and navy