Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-19

CuOlohdlinI dScH'y loIIl8NC iuduC pun
lie copy of letter alleged to have
been written by General Eualio Gu
tierrez, provisional president of Mex
leo, to General Obrcgon, the consti-
tutionalist commander, indicating that
the former intended to try to over
throw General Villa.
The state department received a
dispatch from Consul Silliman at Mex
leo City reporting that Gutierrez took
with him 5000 troops when he flee
from the capital. Other kilograms
from Silliman report that grave anx-
iety exists in Mexico City, that all
business houses have closed, that mar
tial law exists, and that there have
been number Of executions for dis
orders.
Copies of the letter from Gutierrez
end the answer are said to have been
found on the persons -f Jose Rod
rigueZ and Lieutenant Colonels Juan
Aguierre Escobar and Felipe Contre-
ras, delegates of President Gutierrez.
"They throw strong light on the
reasons and conditions that prompted
Gutierrez to flee from Mexico CITY
tc abandon the empty honor Of pro-
visional president" says the const-
tutionalist agency.
The statement of the constitutional
lists adds:
"a copy of a manifesto which Gu
tierrez promised to publish if Generals
Obregon and Aguilar accepted his pro-
posals was also found.
at recites that from the moment
Gutierrez appointed Villa chief Of the
oonventiOnist forces Villa had Haunted
the authority of Gutierrez and com
mitted the most despicable of crimes
He details a number Of murders com
nitted by Villa and Zapata in Mex
leo City against his express orders
He points out that not a single So
cial reform has been initiated either
ly Villa or Zapata.
"He says Villa has personally con-
Quoted the National Railways and de
tauched them; that he has, without
authority from the central govern
ment, issued millions of dollars worth
OF paper currency; that operations of
tie northern army have been carried
ahead despite his direct orders to the
contrary, as he was then conducting
leace negotiations with certain revo-
lutionary leaders; that Villa, revolver
in hand, with an escort of 1000 men.
came to his house and openly insult
ed him; that Villa has turned the con
Ventionist movement into a personal
dictatorship that has for it's ends the
~'spoliation Of the country"
The letter of General Gutierrez dat
ed January is as follows:
Generals Alvaro Obregon and Can
dido Aguilar, wherever they may be.
"My Dear Colleagues: By virtue of
a decision reached between General
Jose L. Robes, minister of war; Luz
clio Banco, minister of the interior.
Eugenio Aguierre Benavides, sub-sec-
retary Of war, and myself, we believe
it patriotic and honest to address you
in order to point out the convenience
of you suspending your advance to-
ward this capital while we are for
mulating plan Of campaign that we
intend to pursue against General Fran
cisco Villa, whom we have always had
the intention Of separating entirely
fro mthe cOnventionist party and from
all matters of public of our coun-
try.
"For your information | might tell
you that delegates have arrived here
from the states of Tamaulipas, Goa
hula, Neuvo Leon and San Luis Po-
tosi and have stated that the forces
which are operating in those states
are willing to support the attitude
which this government may assume
against Villa and that very few fol-
lowers will second his policy of brig
andage and desolation because mum
ber of the honest chiefs of the north
ern division are also willing to coop
crate with us"
General Obregon replied that he
was pleased to note General Gutter
rez's understanding of the justice of
the fight against Villa.
Zone of the strongest reasons we
had honest men to undertake this
new fight was that you, disregard
ing the counsel of your friends, null
lifted our efforts to avoid it by APP
pointing Villa chief of operations,
wrote General Obregon.
He said he could not stop any OF
his military operations. whenever
you, by your deeds, declare was