New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
Effect Discounted by Villa
Victories in North.
Officials Say.
SOUP KITCHENS
FEED STARVING
Gonzales Pledges Safety of Fo'-
eigners in Capital to the
Brazil Minister.
Iron The Tribune Bureau.l

Warrington, July 14.-Announcement
that an amnesty law, to induce those
who are in error to return TO the good
path and restore peace and order in the
republic" would be issued /. few days
was received from General Carranza
here to-day. Details were not disclosed
in the message, but IT Is understood all
the members of the Villa army, except
ing a few generals and Villa himself,
may return to their homes without fur
Their persecution if they will lay down
their arms.
Since Villa now claims to have
hemmed in General 0bregon, with the
most important Carranza armies, and
to have cut him off from his base at
Vera Cruz. the Importance of the Car
rama offer and its bearing on peace
will depend on developments in the
next few days.
Both Carranza and Villa have lost
their most skillful generals. General
Obregon, according to the Villistas, is
either dead or incapacitated, while Cen
eral Angeles, according to the Carran-
zistas, has split with Villa and will not
return TO Mexico. Both reports, how
ever, are taken here with a grain Of
salt.
Capital Conditions Still Bad.
That famine conditions still prevail
in the capital was indicated to-day in
d dispatch to the State Department
which told of the feeding of from eight
to ten thousand persons by soup kitch-
A description OF the occupation Of
Mexico City was received by the Car
rama Agency to-day, as follows:
Although the campaign was initiated
several days ago, much of the time was
expended in distributing the attacking
torces to surround Mexico City. Within
his period there were several eLcoun-
tiers of minor character, but any gen
eral attack was avoided by General
Gonzales until his forces were disposed
in accordance with their plans. These
minor engagements gave rise to reports
Of reverses, which were eagerly cred
tied by the reactionaries and spread
broadcast by them and their friends.
Replies to these allegations of repeated
reverses were withheld. To have re-
piled to them would have disclosed the
plan of campaign which in the end
proved a Constitutionalist triumph.
"At 10 o'clock on the morning Of the
11th the Constitutionalist forces under
General Machuca entered Mexico City,
only to find that the officials had fed
in panic to Cuernavaca. At once Cen
eral Gonzales issued manifesto re-
garding the conduct of the city during
the period of paciticatiOn and readjust-
ment He also issued the decree Of
amnesty for all military and civil of
tenders.
an the four days Of fighting the
enemy's losses were more than 5000
killed, and many more wounded and
missing. The triumph is being cele-
brated in the city of Vera Cruz now
Another column Of Villas forces
meanwhile, according to advices to his
agents here, is continuing the cam
paign toward Mexico City. After the
capture of Queretaro yesterday, 1t is
claimed they completely isolated Obre-
gon from his base of supplies.
A statement issued by the Villa agen-
cy follows:
"The confidential agency, on author
ity from General Villa, wishes TO deny
emphatically tn, report that he is to
relinquish his position as commander
in-chief in favor of General Jose Isabel
Robes, or that there is any movement
afoot among his generals aiming at
such action"
General Carranza has ordered the
erection of a wireless station at Cha