Evening star., 1915-10-12

whom I have the honor to represent In
this country. has authorised me to say
to your excellency that his public dec
larations Of December IL, 1914. and
June II. 1915, bear the statement that
the government he represents. In its
capacity of a political entity. conscious
OF Its international obligations and oe
has afforded guarantee to the nation
ais, and has done likewise with regard
to foreigners and shall continue to see
that their lives and property are re-
tices established by civilized nations
and the treaties in force between Mex
leo and other countries.
That besides the above. he will rec
damages caused by the revolution.
which shall be settled in due time and
In terms OF Justice.
IT avail myself Of this opportunity to
reiterate to your excellency the assur-
ance OF my highest consideration
Called for Population.
The memorandum sets forth that Car
rama. as the legally elected governor
of Coahuilla, when Huerta overthrew
Madero called. upon all public officers
in the country to repudiate Huerta's
usurpation. It points out that none of
and says Carranza was constrained to
assume the leadership of the movement
because 1t was his duty to do so as the
governor OF the state OF Coahuila."
therefore. in the light of the federal
constitution of Mexico. the rightful
successor of Francisco l. Madero, in the
exercise of the executive power. to the
exclusion of any other public officer,
because he was the only one who COM
piled with his duty according to the
fundamental charter of the republic"
After reviewing the separation OF
Gen. Villa and his forces from the
authority of Gen. CarranZa, Mr.. Are
dondo deals at length with the mill
tary situation. asserting that the "a
pata faction never has been an organ
lied nucleus of resistance, but COM
posed merely Of bands of marauders"
Data is added to prove that "at the
present time Mr.. CarranZa controls
twenty-four states of the twenty-seven
which make up the republic, and the
territories of Topic and Quintana Roo
and the federal district, and has estsb-
lished in each of them a local govern
ment."
Has an Army of $50, 1000.
The memorandum describes the or
ganization of the various executive de-
partments in Mexico City and the
courts. and concludes with the various
guarantees for the protection of for
eigners. amnesty. treatment of the
clergy and plans for restoration of con-
stitutional order. 1t declares Car
rama has an army of 100000 which in
being carefully distributed throughout
the republic SO as to give effect to the
guarantees.
Word has been received here that
Gen. Carranza had left Vera Cruz for
Tampico on the gunooat Bravo. He
will arrive there Wednesday or Thurs
day, when he will begin a trip through
the northern states to meet Gen.
Obregon and other commanders and
arrange for consolidation of his forces
and reconstruction of railways and
communications
Message From Gen. Villa.
The following message from Gen.
Villa has been made public today at his
agency here:
please protest energetically in my
name against the declarations which
effect that 1 would accept an honora-
BILE American citizen as a regulator
between the factions. There is nothing
more absurd and false than this No
matter wnat may be our fortunes in
the struggle, l shall always be a de-
fender OIL the principle that the in
ternal problems of my country must be
solved by ourselves. without foreign
Practically all American women and
children In Guaymas and Empalmo, on
the west coast of Mexico, will leave to-
morrow for Nogales. according to q
brief dispatch to the Navy Department
today from the cruiser Chattanooga, at
Guaymas. The message said quiet pre-
vailed in that vicinity and gave no de-
tails or explanation of the departure Of
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