Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
CARRANZA CALLS AIDE
HERE TO BORDER POST
Consul, After Conference at
Embassy, Hurries to San
Diego, Cal.

The sudden departure of Theodore Ere
zieres, Carranza's Consul In this city,
for the border three days ago became
known last night.
Four days ago Frezieres received orders
TO proceed to Washington. and from there
left, according to admission at the Mex
lean Embassy, for San Diego, Cal. which
was referred to as most important dip.
lomatic post just now Washington Off
cials were Interested IN the fact that
Frezieres was ordered to the border at the
time that Carranza was drawing up his
note to the United States asking the with.
drawal of General Pershing and his troops.
Before coming to this city and acting
as the Carranza representative here Ere.
zleres was the chief of the Carranza
secret service in Mexico He was In charge
OF the First Chiefs bodyguard at the time
Carranza first entered Mexico following
the flight OF Huerta. IL was Frezeres
who discovered villa and General Felipe
Angeles In a house In Mexico City
while they were plotting against Car
rama. lie reported this to the First
Chief and asked permission to slay the
two. Carranza forbade such n course
and, privately. Frezieres always blamed
the First Chief for permitting Villa to
get away from Mexico City with his
skin whole. Frezieres contended that
had Villa been snuffed at the very out
set Carranza would have had his Govern
ment In hand long before he did
At the same time that II became
known here that Frezieres suddenly had
left for border points. Il became known
that Roberto Pesqueira, the confidential
fiscal agent of Carranza in New York,
had returned recently from the border
and that he likely would leave for there
within n few days.
AS soon as Carranza felt that he had
grip on his country he dispatched three
MAY 70 Nhn TRtN NAI NaAn
redondo, son of Carranza's sister, was
detailed to Washington; Theodore FIRE.
zieres, who comes of old French stock in
Mexico. was first sent to Washington,
later to Baltimore and finally made Con-
sui here on June 4, 1916; Roberto
Pesqueira, n brilliant young Mexican and
known to be the right-hand man of Luis
Cabrera, Minister of Finance in the Car
ranza Cabinet, was sent to New York.
When Carranza was recognized he
named his nephew, Arredondo, the pro-
visional Ambassador to this country. This
caused some feeling as Pesqueira and
Frezieres had been mentioned for the
place. 1t was openly stated at the time
that Pesqueira and Arredondo had
words over the appointment and that
Pesqueira might be recalled from this
country altogether.
Following the villa plotting incident
in Mexico City and Immediately after the
American forces evacuated Vera Cruz,
Carranza sent Frezieres there to organ
ize the police force of the district.
Frezieres' title was General Inspector of
Police for the Vera Cruz district.
The local consulate Is now in charge
of young man from Pesqueras office
in the Equitable Building, New York
This young man refused to talk yester-
day. 1t was learned that DIR. r. G.
Pellcer. who has been doing diplomatic
work for Carranza, at various border
points. was on his way to take up
Frezieres' work and would be named the
consul