Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-09-28
|CARRANzA GOES
BACK TO CAPITAL
All His Departments Moved to
Mexico City.
FIGHT TO KEEP ROAD OPEN
Campaign on Big Scale In Progress.
Bandits Demand $4,000 Ransom
For Americana. 3. c.
Protocol.
FIGHT TO KEEP ROAD OPEN

washington. CarranZa now
has moved all the departments of his
Government from Vera Cruz to Mexico
City and again is preparing to go to
the capital himself, according to OH
eiai information. The Ministers OF
Foreign Affairs and War were the last
to leave.
dispatches to the State Department
also indicate that Carranza's move,
ment to crush Villa and his allies is
being conducted on a big scale.
While Obregon is advancing to meet
villa and Maytorena, who are affect
ing consolidation near Santa Bar
bara, Carranza has begun a campaign
against Zapata in the south. The only
indication of success on the part OF
villa is a message from Capt. Sher'
bourne Hopkins, counsel for the Will
stas, who is now in Ell Paso. He wired
the agency here that Villa had cap
tured Zacatecas, an important railroad
centre and capital of the State of the
same name.
in the territory Villa claims to con
troll was shown by the reported failure
of American consuls to obtain the re
lease of E. p. Fuller, an American
ranch owner, captured by bandits
south of Juarez. Mrs. Fuller advised
the department from Ell Paso that a
man named McCabe, who was kid
mapped at the same time, has been
released in order to carry demand
for $4,000 gold as ransom for Fuller,
whose life is threatened in the event
it is not given. The department has
sent an urgent demand to Villa per
sonally to rescue Fuller.
In an official communication to the
Secretary of State Enrique Llorente,
representative in Washington of the
Villistas, notified the American Gov
eminent that any pledge Carranza
might make concerning the payment
of the claims of foreigners would be
illegal and could not be recognized
He points out that only the Mexican
Congress has jurisdiction over such
matters and that it has not been in
session for long time.
ANY obligation, even though of a
moral nature, entered into by Mr.. Car
rama, who lacks authorization to rep
resent the country, even in the capa-
city of simple executive, would lack
validity" said Mr.. Llorente.
VIII Stand BY A. 3. C. Protocol.
The department has been advised
informally. that Carranza will stand
upon the terms of the protocol signed
by the representatives of the A. B. G..
powers at Niagara Falls in 1914. Under
that document the powers signing it
agreed to recognize a government
established in Mexico as the result
of the decision of the Mexican people
themselves, and that the only thing re-
quired of that government by the other
powers should be the guarantee Of
the protection of foreign lives and
property and the creation of a com
mission to settle all claims for dam
ages sustained by foreigners during
the four years of revolution.
In Carranzas interest it is pointed
out that under this protocol the
United States is bound to recognize
his government if these conditions are
complied with.
The Latin-American governments
have taken the position that the Car
ranzistas have established de facto
government that should be recognized
but they will not extend their recogni-
ton until after the United States has
acted