Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-05

tunate incident. In due time the
greater part of the American people
also arrived at the understanding of
the patriotism that had prompted Car.
rama.
After Carranza had established a
government in the national capital he
Issued call to all the military lead.
ers and governors of States who had
signed the plan of Guadalupe to meet
In convention on October LIST, in Mexi.
co City, for the purpose of drafting
program of reforms and to name a
date for the calling of general cleo.
lions.
Villa, ever since his first break with
Carranza, had been throwing obstacles
in the way of successful pacification
OF the country. In order to show him
that he harbored no i'll feelings Car.
rama named Villa to go with General
Obregon on peace mission to settle
local strife in the State of Sonora.
Villa in the course of these negotia.
lions became SO incensed at Obregon,
who held an equal rank with him in
the Constitutionalist army, because
the latter refused to accept his unau-
thorized dictation and withdrew Gen.
eral Hill from Sonora in order that
Governor Maytorena, Villas ally,
might control the situation and array
that State against Carranza's author
ity, that in frenzy of anger he at
tempted to kill Obregon. Fortunately
being restrained from this by subor-
dinate officers, he highhandedly placed
Obregon under arrest These events
happened but few days before the
time that the Mexico City convention
was to assemble
When Carranza was informed of
Villas unwarranted persecution of
Obregon, he ordered the train service
north of the City of Aguascalientes,
some distance south of where Obre-
gon was held by Villa, discontinued
temporarily from Mexico City, until he
could determine whether or not Villa
intended his treatment Of Obregon to
presage a hostile military movement
against Carranza.
Villas InsoIence.
Villa sent a telegram to Carranza
asking him to explain what he termed
this hostile action against his division
of the North. Carranza sent him the
following reply: Before answering
your message which l have just re-
ceived desire an explanation of your
conduct towards General Oregon in
Chihuahua" Instead Of Villa giving
the requested explanation to his su-
perior officer he replied insolently that
he would no longer recognize Carran-
"a the First Chief of the Republic.
In explanation OF this traitorous con-
duct Villa gave the ridiculous and pet
~ reason that he had broken with Car
rama and Was willing to plunge the
country into a civil war, because Car
rama did not have sufficient intelli-
gence or ability to govern Mexico. How
farcical this statement really was can
be best understood when It is ex-
planned that villa can scarcely read
or write and has never read a single
book in his life, whilst on the other
hand Carranza is a man OF education,
culture and business experience.
The convention that Carranza had
called to meet in Mexico City opened
its sessions on the appointed day. Car
rama rendered his resignation as First
Chief 20 the convention and asked the
delega' es to accept it if they thought
thereby such action would be con
oucfve to establishing permanent
peace in Mexico. The convention
unanimously rejected his resignation
and passed vote Of confidence in the
First Chief.
villa and his army of the North had
refused to send delegates to this con
vention. In last effort to settle the
olmeuity between the Division Of the
worth and the remainder Of the Con.
sututionalist army. certain LEADER
among the Constitutionalists proposed
tnat q commission be sent to treat
with villa and that the convention
user adjourn from Mexico City t,
Aguascalientes Carranza, foreseeing,
as afterwards came to pass, the futil
ny OF this action, opposed it, but final
~ allowed the delegates OF their own
voiltion to move to Aguascalientes to
treat with the chiefs Of the Northern
Division.
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