Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-23
OTHER LEADERS EXPRESS
LOYALTY TO CARRANzA
They Are Determined to Leave Set
Element OF Mexican Affairs in
His Hands.
NEARLY ALL ARE HEARD FROM
None of First Chiefs Fighting Men
Have Agreed to Accept Peace
Ovcrtures of Pan-American Con-
ference-Villa OBJECTIONS Denied.

WASHINGTON. August 22.--Further
declarations of adherence TO the Con-
stitutionalist government of Mexico
and loyalty to Carranza have been for
warded to the State Department by
General Salvador Alvarado. Governor
of tho State of Yucatan and commander
OF the army corps of the southeast,
and by General Martin Triana, Cover
nor and military commander of the
State Of Aguasca!icntes
With the receipt of these two, 1t
was stated at the headquarters of the
Constitutionalists in this city tonight
that practically all of the field officers
under CarranZa have followed the lead
of General Obregon and rcpudiatcd the
overtures for peace parleys. leaving
the settlement of all questions. far
as they were concerned. iii Carranza's
hands.
CARRANZA INTENDS
TO STRENGTHEN CABINET
AS indicating that Carranza intends
10 strengthen his cabinet and immedi
ately set up n provisional government
in the City of Mexico, 1t was announced
this evening that advices had been re-
ceived BY cable that Liccntiatc Rogue
Estrada yesterday took the Office Of
Minister of Justice in ,nc CarranZa cab
met.
Diaz Lombardo, Minister of Foreign
Affairs OF the provisional government
here that the report Of the detection OF
Generals Pereyra and Ceniccros to the
Carranzistas is false. He characterized
II as another attempt on ting part of
tho Carranzistas to deceive the public
into belief in their strength at this
time, when recognition of n govern
ment in Mexico Is being considered
Both generals named are actively en-
gagged in the forces of General Villa
Villa headquarters also report the ar
rival at Torrcon of several of their
generals. who came north with tho
flying column. and that skirmishing is
III progress in the outskirts OF Mon
tcrey They report also that the Car
ranzista troops. defeated, have aban-
doned Culiacan. capital of Sinaloa. and
rctreated to Mazatlan. This success.
they report, gives the convention forces
control not only of all the northern
part Of the state of Sinaloa but also the
entire west coas, OF Mexico north Of
Mazatlan.
Villas representatives. in this city
profess to know nothing about the ad :
mnis,ration's conside ration of the adj
visibility OF putting General Oregon
forward TO pacify Mexico and assume
the duties OF provisional President, re-
gardless of his letter published yes
rerday. declaring his allegiance 10
Carranza.
SOME THOUGHT OF OBREGON
AS COMPROMISE MAN
Pending the receipt OF General Car
ranza's reply TO the appeal of the Pan
American conference for peace par
lcys. II is no secret that the admin
!stration is giving some thought TO
the possibility OF General Ohrcgon as
Il compromise man for provisional
President around whom all factions
might be persuaded to rally. officials
Of the State Department were disap-
pointed to receive emphatic AN
nvowal Of allegiance to Carranza.
Officials in the state Department be 81
informed about Mexican affairs were
confident that evcntuaNy break Will
come between Carranza and The man
who has won his battles and who has
given him th"t degree of supremacy
in Mexico that he now enjoys Obre-
ron, they say, Is n man who will no,
submit 70 the dictatorial methods of
tarranza. He is a brilliant fighter. and
> is the youngest OF all the leaders Of
note being only thirty-tnree. He is
popular with his troops. and if he
broke with Carranza il is thought he
would carry with him most Of the men
who have fought under him He is
SAID TO be the one man who, more than
any other. Carranza fears.