El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-20
VILLISTASF FORMALLY SURRENDER;
WILL YIELD JUAREZ To CARRANZA
Agreement Is Signed by Villa Generals and Mexican
Consul Whereby Villa Army Agrees to Cease War
fare and Lay Down Arms; Robes Issues State
ment Declaring Juar ez to Be Turned Over
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T Paso by . general who heard HIN de-
| liver the farewell speech:
I have no more bullets for lle1-cans
I Intervention by the United States gov
not in face Of Developments, divide the
/ Mexican people so as TO Weahen z
! united effort TO defend their merry.
Gen. Villa repeated this part OF ms
address twice, and each llne brcl sl.
forth a storm Of applause and eneeIlil NJ,
reports declare. The farewell speech
TO his generals was made Thursday
His application for permission TO com g
to the United States according TO oA-
story, wss made by his brother, Coz
HipolitO villa, and the state Depart
ments reply arrived Saturday. Upon
receipt of the news OF its arrival. in
code from his brother, Gen villa
mounted his horse, ana surrounded D.
his body guard of ''faithfuls," rode out
of the Chihuahua state capital, declar-
ing he was simply Withdrawing from
the seat Of former Nillista government
affairs. it is reported
CnrraRza Criticised.
Observers OF the situation declared
Sunday night that Carranza was max
ing the big mistake Of which Francisco
J. Madero was guilty that or taxing
the enemy into camp, ana thereby
sowing the seed for a new revolt
against the government by ambitious
military politicians.
It was learned Sunday that no pub
lie election would be called in Mexico
With the result OF the election once
settled ii would be found that there
was not enough pie to go around. Il
was said. and CarranZa's rev recruits,
in the persons Of former Villa chief
tains, would combine against the gov
eminent once more.
villa Troops Get Coal.
villa officials in Juarez continue 10
spite OF the reported dis5anding Of the
Villa forces. \ customs broker ar
ranged Sunday for the shipment of 20
cars of coal to Chihuahua for villa
trains.
Americans coming from Parral sun
DAY reported Gen. Jacinto Trevino at
Escalon station, between Torreon and
Chihuahua The American said Cen
Trevino was having difficulty in oper-
aung his troop trains, as the railroad
had been wrecked and he was forced TO
use OLD. Scrapped railroad iron TO re-
pair it One rail. which was laid near
Escalon. broke in three places when
the locomotive passed over it. Progress
was slow, as the ties had 10 be replaced
and rails taken up after the trains had
passed over them to be used in front,
the Americans declared
Carranzn Forces Wait.
Three hundred CarTanza troops are
TO the United States military
authorities here as at Peleya. \. n,
eight miles west Of FL Paso, awaiting
the outcome Of peace negotiations be-
tween the Villa and Constitutionalist
factions in Mexico, now in progress in
this city
Arrietas Threaten TOrreOn.
Merchants Of Torreon. COahuila. have
wired their customs brokers at Eagle
Pass, IT is stated here BIZ arriFals from
there, ordering everything consigned to :
the Laguna city held At the border. be- !
cause OF threatened assault on Tor
reOn by two independent commands j
From the same source IL is reported
that the Arrieta brothers at Durango
city have declared themselves inde-
pendent of Carranza-
MexieO's Revolutions.
The revolution which is supposed to 3
end in the collapse Of the Villa cause
30 far as the Constitutionalist organ /
zation is concerned. started in 1907 I
with the activities Of Antonio Villareal I