The Washington times., 1915-03-21
.(I,S.' TO 'REGOGN[zE
VILLA IF He WINS
. Capture of Vera Cruz and Tam.
:, pico by His Troops Pre-
dicted Soon.
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messy was recalled from the Mexican
\ capital. A confidential agent is the
grade Of diplomatic representative be-
low charge d'affaires. Villa already is
represented by such an agent here, En-
~'rique Llorente, though at present he is
i not given official recognition by this
8 government.
Capture of Camargo, "a border city be-
tween Neuvo Laredo and MatamoraS,
!. officially reported to the State Depart
4 ment gives Villa control over the state
4 Of Neuvo Leon, and cmpletes his mas
l ,tery of northern Mexico.
III Large forces of Villistas under Gems.
Il manuel Chao and Carrero Torres ere
tsnow pressing against Tampico, which is
II defended by Gems. Pablo Gonzales and
4 Luis Caballero, commanding the Car
Il tranzistaS.
Il Villa is at Monterey with part CT his
1 force. but Is expected to leave this week
4 to take personal command of his forces
In the assault on Tampico.
n Going To Mexico City,,
III Officials. today pointed out that the
II presence of Duval west, the Texas law
Ii YER who is President Wilson's personal
Il representative at Havana, Is most signi-
II ficant at this time.
II He will reach Vera Cruz by the middle
y Of next week, and is expected to go di-
/ rect TO Mexico City. There he will
/ await the outcome of the present fight
I ing. Should Villa win out. then West
will be in position to act with the Bra
( lillian minister in keeping Villa and
1 Zapata in line.
/ The Administration Is anxious that
\ West shall defer to the Brazilian min
\ lister and at least appear to be working
\ with him. The plan is to demonstrate
| to IIatin-America that the United States
/ is honestly assuming an unselfish at
! titude toward Mexico, and that it wants
( the moral assistance of Latin-AmerIca
i in bringing order out of chaos in the
Southern republic.
< When the time comes for negotiations
I for settlement the United States ex-
poets to be able to assure the new per-
manent government of Mexico recognt-
ton by all of the nations on this hemis-
phere, and to furnish the money that
Will be needed to place a real Mexican
: government on its feet.
/, If Villa and his crowd win, then the
. United States will frankly demand that
the land question be settled in the in
representative and honest administra-
tons are made possible only through 4
real universal suffrage.
West will assure the faction that wins
and there is no doubt that the Ad-
mtnistration feels certain that Villa will
dominate-that the Administration has
resisted the most violent pressure from
its friends and foes to forCibly inter-
NcHe III MSNlCdH dildlIS, tndl DcHlHu ali
of the fighting in Mexico has been a
deep-seated wrong which for the saliva
'tion of Mexico had to be worked out
with violence.
Attorney Charles w. Douglas, per-
sonal counsel for CarranZa, returned to
Washington last night from a visit to
Vera Cruz He took occasion to en-
phatcally deny the reports that Car
rama entertained feelings of hostility
to either the United States or Srain.
Friend of America.
General Carranza Is one Of the most
sincere Of the friends of the United
States" said Douglas. NATURALLY, he
Is Jealous Of the national spirit and
honor of Mexico. But he realizes per-
fectly that the United States Is the
most wonderful nation in the world
And he resents the suggestion made by
his enemies here that he is stubborn
and not inclined to listen to sugs estions
from this country.
And the claim that he is opposed to
Spain because he insisted that the Span
ish envoy at Mexico City be recalled is
ridiculous. General Caranza is
Spaniard. and loves Spain. But he in
sists t hat Spaniards who supported
1tuerta in his murderous policies are
not true representatives Of the Spanish
spirit.
The Carranzista cause Is going to
triumph In Mexico eventually. And
when he comes in, power he will lead
MIS- country to peace and prosperity"
Mr.. Douglas expects to see Secretary
Bryan this week to present the Car
rama side OF the Mexican situation