The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-01-27
PLANS new NATION
VILLA WOULD ESTABLISH REPUB-
Lie In NORTHERN MEXICO
TROOPS LEAVE CAPITAL

TROOPS LEAVE CAPITAL
r Neither Gutierrez, Cararnza' OF
villa Can Conquer it is Planned to
Draw Or and Establish Separate
Country-Affairs Are Greatly Tn
settleJ.
A dispatch from Ell Paso. Texas,
Wednesday tells Of a movement that
has started in Mexico to eliminate
both Carranza and Villa Gen. Al
vare Obregon, 'Carranza's military
chief, heads the NOV with Gen.
Eualio Gutierrez, the national con-
vention' 81 provisional president, who
recently fed from the capital.
They have agreed together and
with several Of the Carranza and
Villa leaders, it is reported, to Or
ganize an Independent movement to
establish a lasting peace. This agree
ment, It was said, dates back to the
early part Of the present month.
Several prominent Villa officials
have been imprisoned or executed as
q. result OF the new movement, 1t was
reported. Luis Benavides, Gen. Villas
private, secretary, Is reported in jail
at Mexico City.
The troops which left Mexico City
with Gutierrez have formed juno
ton with Obregon's column and are
preparing to enter the capital, accord
: ing to reports.
Advices from Mexico City indicates
that the Mexican capital soon would
be evacuated by the convention
forces. Carranza troops are reported
at Apan, within fifty miles Of the city.
State department dispatches receiv-
ed at Washington said Gen. Villas
followers "were leaving for the north,
but did not explain whether the
movement was general or merely pre-
liminary to evacuation. Gen Villa
has been named again as commander
in-chtef Of the convention forces.
From Washington comes story
that Gen. Francisco Villa is contem-
plating the evacuation Of Mexico City,
the withdrawal of his forces toward
Torreon, and the establishment Of an
independent government or republic
sn northern Mexico
Official dispatches received by the
state department strengthen this I'M
preston and indicate thst Villa, sup
ported mainly by Gen. Felipe Angeles
and the Maderos, may .ot up such
government in the north, giving it the
color Of authority by asserting that 1t
Is done under the name OF the So
called convention.
villa has not entered Mexico City
In the present crisis. He started for
the capital from Aguascaheates when
he learned Of the fight Of Provisional
President Gutierrez, but halted at
Queretaro, and is giving orders to his
agents in the capital from that point.
There have been reports IN Mexico
City that Villa was coming there, but
Ihe belief is growing that he Will re-
turn to the north instead Of taking
chances on being cooped up IN the
capital.
While villa is prep ring for the
contingency Of the capture OF the
capital by Gen. Obregon's forces and
arranging for withdrawal toward the
north, Gen. Angeles, who has for
some time been Villas real choice for
the presidency, is handling the situa-
tion in the north from Monterey as
base.
On Friday, just before the fight OF
Gen. Gutierrez from the CAPITA, Gen.
Angeles entered Monterey with the
Maderos and delivered a significant
speech to the people. He made
strong plea for the support Of all the
religious elements Of the country,
and declared in favor Of religious
federation. The Angeles speech is in
terpreted by some as e Eeynote speech
for the provisional presidency Of the
proposed Villa government in the
north.
These and other developments are
REGARDED ss strengthening the theory
that it is Villas intention to estaoilsh
q new republic in the north whlcn
would include everything north OF a
line drawn from Matamoras at the
mouth Of the Rio Grande river,
through Monterey, Torreon, and Du-
rango to the Pacific coast.
The rew villa government, It is be-
ueyed, would take over the states OF
Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango,
Coahuila, and the northern ends OF
Nueyo Leon and Tamaulipas. It is
generally admit that if Villa, An
eeles. and the Maderos should mass
their troops in this region it would be
difficult for the Carrancistas or any
other element to dislodge them with
out a most difficult campaign.
Gen. Obregon, he leading command
er Of the Carrancista forces. is now
preparing to capture the Mexican cap
ital. and expects to be in control
there very soon. The fact that the
villa, provisional government forces
are moving records because they are
uncertain Of their ability to defend
the capital, is interpreted as fore
runner of the evacuat' OF Of Mexico
City and its capture Dy the forces OF
Gen obregon.
Forces acting under the directions
of Gen. Obregon and the Constitu-
tionalists are now in control Of the
region westward from Guacalajara
to the Pacific coast. Guadala]ara is
expected to fall any day, if it has not
already been evacuated by the con-
yention forces. as the Constitutional
lists claim. The capture Of Guadala-
lara and the occupation Of Mexico
City by the forces Of Gen. Ooregon
would render precarious the position
of detached convention units.
After the withdrawal Of the provi-
sional government forces and the es-
tablishment Of Villas republic in the
north. it is believed to be Villas plan
to count upon the possibility Of dis
sension among the Carrancistas anc
to attack them in an effort to retake
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