Evening star., 1915-01-22
Carranza Troops, Recent VIC
tors, Said to Be Prepar-
ing for Flight.
CHARGE OF COERCION
MADE BY GEN. GUTIERREZ
Villaistas Executed by Men of Ban
deras"-Mexico City proclaims
Death for Depredations.

Zapata forces were within four miles
of Puebla when an official dispatch
was filed from there to the State De-
partment last night, and the Carranza
defenders were reporting loading ar
tillery and equipment, apparently 1or
retreat. The Carranza troops recently
drove the Villa-Zapata army out of
the city with heavy loss.
Other official reports were summarize
ed at the State Department in this
statement:
"a dispatch from Mexico City says
| strict orders have been issued against
any kind of depreciation under PAIN OF
death The convention did not trans
ary 19 January 20 Mexican dollars
went to 12i2 cents. The local supply
of petroleum and gasoline In Mexico
City is reported about exhausted.
Troops of Gen. villa are now at Rea-
ia. "A large force of Carranza troops.
under Gen. Vasauez, has retreated back
to Monclova."
Carranza Agency Statement.
The Carranza agency here today issued
the following:
Vera Cruz advises that economic con-
ditions in Mexico City are reported in
and soldiers are committing depreda-
tions of all kinds. Gen. Obregon has Is
sued stringent orders to his troops
against foraging and confiscation of any
kind.
san Antonio telegraphs that reports
there say that Felicitas Villareal.
former treasurer of the convention,
was among the prominent Villaistas
executed in Mexico City by the men of
Banderas. A private telegram says
that Gen. Obregon at Apam has re-
ceived couriers from Gen. Murguia.
| who states that he is besieging Quere-
taro and has complete control of the
railroads to the south. Teodoro Eli
condo, Villa governor of Queretaro, has
offered to surrender the city if granted
an amnesty"
Gutierrez Alleges Coercion.
Gen. Eulalio Gutierrez. elected pro-
visional president Of Mexico by the con-
vention at Aguascalientes, has not
| abandoned his claim to that office with
his departure from Mexico City. In a
proclamation issued from Pachucah, and
| reported to the State Department last
evening, Gutierrez, asserting that he is
the legally chosen executive. charges that
the convention. which reassembled at
Mexico City. was under military coercion,
and formally declares Villa, Zapata and
Otner generals QepOSeu lToiH tHeiT Gull
mands.
This proclamation. which is virtually
the same as the manifesto which
Gutierrez offered to issue two weeks
ago, while he still was in the capital, If
Gen. Obregon and others would join
him in movement to eliminate villa
and Zapata, accuses both of the latter
officers of murder. brigandage and
/ high handed insubordination, declares
independence Of Carranza as well, and
calls upon the Mexican nation for sup
port.
Is Supported by Troops.
With several thousand we1l-armed
troops, according to consular dis
patches, Gutierrez has moved north
from Pachucah and it is believed he is
heading for San Luis Potosi. His ac-
ton brings three rival factions into
the field of Mexican politics. each
| claiming to exercise the sovereign au-
thority Of government. Gen. Carranza
at Vera Cruz as first chief of the con-
| stitutionalist army" claims executive
authority by the plan of Guadalupe;
Col. Rogue Gonzalez Cara, temporary
executive now of Mexico City, was ap-
pointed by the. convention in session
| there, on the ground that the departure
| of Gutierrez was an automatic resigna-
| tion Of his Office.
Gems. villa and Zapata, according to
| official sd> 'ces, are still working in
| harmony Importing the convention.
The hol.. of Gen. Gutierrez. accord
| ing to official dispatches, appears to be
| to form a junction with Gems. Obregon
| Villareal and Gonzalez. and such other
| chiefs hitherto loyal to Carranza as he
| believes will agree to eliminate not
only the first chief, but Villa and Ia
pata.