Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-18
Villa Adherent Made
President of Mexico

Washington, Jan. 18.-Mexico CITY
is under martial law today The pop
ulace is almost panic stricken, bus
mess houses are closed and military
authorities are quelling riots precipi
tated by the sudden departure of
Gutierrez, the deposed provisional
president. The authorities have exc
cuted several leaders of the disorders
and have made wholesale arrests.
American Consul Silliman in Mex
leo City today reported these facts
to the state department. He stated
that the convention, after a stormy
session, formally deposed Gutierrez
and assumed control of the govern
ment, naming General CARA as chief
executive. Gutierrez, with three men,
bers of his cabinet and about 5000
troops, fled from the capital yester-
day.
Mounted police are patroling the
capital and General Palafox, newly
appointed military governor of the
district, announced that severe pun
ishment would be meted out to dis
turbers of the peace.
Assurances have been given Sill
man by CARA that sufficient troops
are available for the preservation OF
order. The authorities do not antici-
pate an attack upon the city. Sill
man declared, however, that great
anxiety prevails.
81 must admit that the situation is
very much Mixed" said Secretary Bry-
an. at is not easy to predict the
outcome. The tense situation at the
capital may soon be relieved, as we
have word that Villa now is on his
way to Mexico City in an endeavor to
adjust the matter"
Mexico City, Jan. 1S.-Provisional
President Eulalio Gutierrez has been
superseded as head of the convention
government by General Rogue Con
zales Cara, presiding officer of the
convention, which Saturday night
elected him provisional president to
serve until an election shall be held
and a president duly selected by bal
lot. General Cara is known as a Vii
la adherent. General Gutierrez left
Mexico City this morning for Pachu-
ca, accompanied by Generals Blanco,
Robles and Jose Vasconcelos as u
"body guard" These officers, told off
ty General Cara ostensibly as ro-
tectors of the deposed provisional ex-
ecutive, as a matter of fact will act
as his captors in the sense that they
,Rie charged with seeing that Gutter
rez commits no act which shall be det-
rimental to the Villa interests.
General CARA proclaimed martial
law as his first official act, and the
convention was simultaneously pro
claimed as the supreme governing
Eody, to remain in control until new
executive shall be selected by popular
vote, together with the legislative and
judicial heads.
General CARA first came into prom
inence in a political sense when he
served as member of the Carranza-
Villa peace committee which attempt
ed to arrange a settlement between the
two leaders early last summer.
Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 18.-The elec
tion of Colonel Cara as provisional
president of Mexico was confirmed bv
local Villa authorities here today. Ac
cording to these officials President
Cara will only hold the office tempo
rarily, as the convention of generals
now in session at Mexico City will i'm
mediately take up the election of a
new president.
The name of General Felipe An
geles, chief of the artillery division of
the convention army, has already been
placed before the convention of gen
erals for consideration. General Jose
Isabel Robles, minister of war in the
Gutierrez cabinet, has also been sug-
gested to the delegates as a candidate
to succeed Cara.
There is no explanation forthcom-
ing from the local convention Off
cials regarding the change in the
presidency.
With the replacement of Gutierrez
as president the present cabinet OF
the convention government has beer
abolished. The convention will act
in conjunction with President Garza
until new president is selected and
following the election a new cabinet
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