News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03

that the country cried for were
thought to follow as a necessary con
sequence.
The movement against Huerta was
a magnificent effort on the part of the
MeXicans to regain the ideals Madero
had given them, and not to sink back
again into the despotic days of Diaz
! The present struggle in Mexico has
i, not justifabie grounds for it's exist
ence. Villa has made this issue: 81
am to dominate Mexico" and has en-
deavored to cloak it in mantle of
verbal patriotism and empty sounding
platitudes. The element behind Car
rama is not supporting the personal
lty Of Carranza. At all times it has
been willing to sacrifice him for the
| greater good of the country 1t has
simply rallied to him in this present
conflict, because of his honesty, iuteg-
Tity and deep seated patriotism, and
| because he stands for a government
Of principle and not of men,
~ ACfCiullOh GlSGII1oL I1u0IId swept
| through Mexico with the irresistible
! 1orce that has ever animated every
real struggle for liberty and the dash
! ing victories of Villa, Gonzales, Obre-
| gon, Herrera and others against the
Federal troops brought the victorious
revolutionists into Mexico City after
II months of struggle. Ruerta fed
an exile to Spain.
Only one small cloud specked the
horizon of the revolution during its
early days. This was when Villa, be-
| ing ordered by Carranza to send re-
Inducements to brother general, re-
fused to accept the commands of his
superior officer and. carried his in
subordination to such a length that
when his resignation as division COM
mander was accepted by Carranza, he
paid no attention to this action and
continued to remain in charge of his
army.
Carranza's position in this matter
was similar to that of President Lin
coin during our Civil War, when Nc
Clellan, Fremont, Hooker, Burnside
and Meade scoffed at the Presidents
knowledge of military strategy and re-
fused to give any heed to his direc-
tons as Commander in Chief of the
Union forces. In each case, Lincoln
was compelled to remove the insubor-
dinate general from his command.
Carranza Retires.
Carranza setting aside all personal
considera tons and DESTROYS, above
anything else, of bringing the revo-
luton to a triumphant conclusion,
agreed to allow General Gonzales to
hold a conference with General Villa,
in order that the personal differences
between the two men might be ad-
justed and the welfare of the constitu-
tionalist cause not be jeopardized.
This was effected, but it was clear to
the minds of all MeXicans that unless
Villa changed his mental attitude and
ceased to allow certain clique of re-
dictionaries, who had come close to
his condolences, to initiate his vanity
beyond control, that they would use
him as a tool to undermine the now
all but attained success of the revolu-
ton. Events afterwards proved these
apDrehensions to be well grounded.
From the moment that Villa first be-
gan to dream dreams of an empire
and the traitOrous kitchen cabinet that
surrounded him began to see the prob
ability Of their nefarious work ripen-
ing into success, there began a we'll
organized and systematic campaign
of publicity in this country with the
purpose of painting Carranza as Anti
American" ambitious" hostile"
"dictatorial," Stubborn" etc. He was
dubbed an "old man in his tottering
senility," and other such libelous de-
scriptions of him we're sent broadcast
as to create in this country an impress
sion that Carranza was totally unfit
to act as the Chief Executive of Mex
leo.
Carranza is not a diplomat, in fact,
his blunt honesty is at times discon-
certing in it's sincerity; straight cuts
rather than winding paths, are the ia
vorite ways of his mental trains. He
is essentially Anglo-Saxon in his men,
tai workings and utterly lacks the usu-
al Latin habits of circumlocution and
procrastination.
Vera Cruz Note.
This was strikingly evidenced in his
sO-called Vera Cruz note to this coun-
try. Carrapza felt that the ocupa-
ton of Vera Cruz by our troops was
VOCATION OF the bOfeTbl8nly OF MEX |
leo. Northerns in the Civil War would !
have entertained the same feeling of |
resentment against England had she |
IN account of some differences with |
The Confederacy occupied Mobile. All |
America would have been united in |
hostile array against the British A |
somewhat similar sentiment animated |
Mexico when the United States army |
by force took possession of Vera Cruz. |
Fortunately, after a storm of aggra- |
walton had swept this country over |
what was termed "Carranza's insolent |
stand" the administration came TO |
appreciate Carranza's position and |
nothing that marred the friendly feel |
ing between the White House and the /
Constituhonalist came of this unfor