The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10
u. s. VILLA
IN REVOLT, LANSING TOLD
Calranza Agent Blames Carothers for the Northern
Leaders Persistency-No Mercy for
Leading Group of P~lotters.

nc M have seen in each one of the
towns how the people en- masse have as
seinbled to cordially welcome him and
10 express their gratitude and affection
to him. / have had the honor to ad
dress these multitudes more than a hun
dred times when they have come to well
come First Ohief Carranza as thei.
liberator.
The Land Problem.
MANY times has First Chief Car
rama declared that he will not permit
tho contiscaion Of property. and ,.,at
without the necessity Of resort'ng to
that arbitrary measure. tho land prob
lem, the object Of which Is to put the
cultivation and possession Of the land
within the OF agriculturists o.
small means. will be solved.
when villa rebelled against tho au-
thority of First Chief Carranza, taking
with him some Of the Generals who at
tended the Aga~ascalientes convention.
he forces at his disposal amounted to
Mt least $4,000 men. Ever since, while
the forces of First Chief C~arranza
have replaced their losees with new men
and increased their standing army
thanks to The citizens who voluntarily
offer their services, the TO. ses OF villa
have decreased to such a degree that the
rebel General OF Chihuahua at present
only has sono five or six thousand
soldiers.
'Zapata's forces have also been re-.
duced to a few gangs. who only engage
IN attacking trains II numbering de-
Icnceless persons. robbing them with
out mercy or consideration OF any kind.
"four Excellencles have expressed the
desire to recognize a government In
Mexico. and nv Tho moral s,spsNnrt ,,6l,t,
that recognition will give to the govern
ment thus recognized, contribute to the
prompt reestablishment of public peace
in that nation.
IN my opinion what has been stated
In this memorandum Is enough to fully
convince your Excellencies that the only
government now existing In Mexico Ia
tina of Nenustiano C%arranza. FIRST Chief
OF the Constitutionalist army In charge
or the executive power.
III our Exceilencies recommend such
acknowledgment to your respective Gov
ernments the Mexican people will be sin
cerely grateful.
Plots on the border.
The enemies OF First Chief Carranza,
realizing that the triumph OF the Com
stitutional party Is certain and final
and that the Government of First Chief
tarranza Will have to be recognized by
the United STATES and the principal ma
tions Of America and Europe. have made
use of the most treacherous and perfid-
ious of intrigues to prevent or delay that
acknowledgment. and. II possible. to pro-
woke a war between Mexico and the
United Sta;es.
such intrigue consists in organizing
bands Of marauders along the frontier.
composed OF fol overs 81 Magon and
Huerta, to annoy the American soldiers
and to attack the ranches situated along
the border.
Some American c~itizcus and many
Mcxicans have been killed I'm consequence
NJ the abominable work OF hose gangs
of evildoers.
1T is necessary above all that the
people freely elect officers for the gov
eminent of their municipalities. After
these are elected ARRANGEMENTS will be
made for the organization az Il cunstitu-
cnt Congress. which at tie same time
that II snail revis. the Constitution Of
Mexico, adapting the same to the re-
auirements and needs of the triumphant
revolution. shall ratify the acts of First
Chief Carranza as representative OF the
executive power.
Congress being the only entity with
power to Convokc the people to the cleo
Nlol " Il AI'oiueiN' Nv 't'SAANuclt WI
gress will issue such call, the election
Of II Constitutional President will be
held and the First Chief Of tho Consti-
, nationalist army will surrender the gov
eminent to the Presid"'l elected by the
people.
This method. tho rational and only
legal and logical one for the ree>tab-
! list ment of constitutional government,
has already been the cause of a
| decree OF First Chief Car-anza, namely
the decree OF December l.. 1914. issued
in Vera Cruz, which your EXcellencics
| are cognizant Of"