Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-18
VILLA WRITES LETTERS
TO FRIENDS IN CAPITAL
Denies Story Of Attack on French.
woman and Lauds Gen.
Felipe Angeles.

Gen. Francisco Villa has written q
number of personal letters to friends
in Washington recently. endeavortng
to counterfeit influences which he pre-
sumes are at work to d.scredit him and
Gen. Felipe Angeles with the American
public. Two of these letters, obtained
by a reporter for The Star last night.
enter into explanations as to recent
dispatches from Mexico and the border.
one of which said that at the time Villa
was in Mexico City party of his Off
GERS had maltreated the French pro-
prietress of the Palace Hotel in Mexico
City. and the other impugned the 10y
atty of Gen. Angeles to the cause head
ed by Villa.
The letters are frank and apparently
sincere. They are written on dignified
stationery. engraved Private CORE.
spondence of Gen. Francisco Villa"
TRANSACTIONS of the letters are, in part,
as follows:
headquarters. Army Of the North,
In the Field. oath March. 1915.
Relative to the rumors in circulation
tending to inspire a lack of confidence
order that you may clear away the bad
atmosphere created by the intriguing
and perverse individuals who are max
ing a campaign against our meritori-
GUS comrade and friend, that author
iZe you to most emphatically deny
these malicious rumors rejecting upon
the reputation of Gen. Angeles, who,
as you know. Is one of the sanest ele-
ments of the revolution and an honor
able and democratic gentleman
FRANCISCO VILLA"
Affair of the Palace Hotel.
Headquarters, Army of the North.
10
(Extract)
"s suppose that my enemies
have already had recourse to all kinds
of intrigues and falsehoods, and have
employed every ignoble means to try to
disparage me: but this does not annoy
me, since l have a clear and tranquil
conscience, and can at any time quick
ly and concisely explain each and every
one of my acts. and demonstrate that
l have tried always to comply with my
duty as a Mexican.
The affair of the Palace Hotel. in
Mexico, will surely be exploited by nay
enemies. and in order that you may
not be surprised, and so that you may
use it as you see fit. 1 will give you
ject.
while in Mexico City, I went one
morning, accompanied by several mem
bers of my staff, to the Palace Hotel.
with the llI6HItOH Ol ldhlHS UItdhldS I
in the restaurant Of that place. The
proprietress of the establishment. on
observing US enter. burst into insolent
jeers and loud laughter, and expressed
herself in most offensive terms against
the revolution, and especially against
me. personally. Justly indignant, be-
cause of the strange attitude of the
lady in question. ordered that she be
Immediately removed to general head
quarters, situated at No. rs Liverpool
street. and at the same time directed
that the French minister be requested
to call. and to him I related the circum-
stances. asking him to interrogate the
lady in order that she might state
whether she had any complaint against
me, or whether she. or any of her en-
ployes, had been the victims Of any
atrocity or injury on our part
French Minister Satisfied.
1.-THE French minister was at once sat
isfied with my conduct. and offered no
objection should the lady be imprisoned
for, say, two or three days. for the offense