New-York tribune., 1916-07-11
Calls for Aid to Kill and
Drive Out Gringoes,"
Is Report.
ASSERTS CARRANZA
WON'T OPPOSE HIM
Says He Will Reclaim Part Of
Texas, Arizona and
New Mexico.

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RI Paso. Texas, July TO- Pancho
Villa is gathering an army for the ex-
press purpose of coming north to drive
the American army from Mexico and
to lay waste the American border
country, according to copies of pro
clamation issued by Villa and received
here tonight. In his proclamation.
which was issued at Jimincz. following
the capture Of that town by Nillistas.
Villa calls on all former Nillstas to
join his army without delay. as he is
gathering force to 90 against the
gringos 20 Kill and disperse them and
20 reclaim for Mexico the border
country Of Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona.
Villa tells his people that he soon
will have large army, sufficient to
drive the Americans from Mexico with
out trouble lie does not believe Car
rama troops will oppose him, as "all
true Mcxicans wish to see the grin
Eo> hllNtu from AUt NpuHNIJ
Unless the American soldiers get out
Of the way Carranza troops cannot
successfully combat the new Villista
campaign is the substance of protest
sent to-day by General Jacinto Trevino.
Carranza commander at Chihuahua
CITY. 20 Minister Of War Alvaro Obre-
gon. il was made known IN Juarez to-
night.
Report Villa Near Parral.
General Trevino. it is claimed. urges
Obregon 10 insist upon the Americans
getting out Of Mexico Immediately 70
facilitate the capture of Villa. 1T re-
quires so many Mexican soldiers" he
says. "to guard the strategic lines IN
western Chihuahua from encroachment
by the Americans that | cannot send
an army of sufficient size against the
Nillistas TO crush them"
According 10 reports reaching the
border country to-day. Pancho Villa
and fully 5000 bandits are now close
TO Parral. having driven back the Car
rama force under General Ramos,
nephew of the general whom Nillistas
killed last week. Major Ramos report
ed to General Trevino to-day that the
Nillistas fed when his l.200 men ap-
peared, and he had been unable 10 head
them of.
Villa is receiving heavy reinforce
ments i'm the Parral country. to-days
advices say, and he expects TO add sew
eral thousand men 10 his army before
he leaves Parral. All the Parral coun-
try is strongly Nillista, and the whole
population is said to be rejoicing over
the return of the bandits. who. they
say, always treated the peon well and
permitted no famine such as is now felt
throughout Southern Chihuahua.
Prepares to Attack Border.
From Parral Carranzistas have
learned, Villa probably will strike di-
rect for the American border, and al
ready he has sent bandit bands into
the Big Bend vicinity to begin the
raiding Of the American side.
Villa appeared in JimeneZ after its
capture by bandits. according to LA
Democrata.' a Carranzlsta organ pub
lished in Chihuahua City. a copy of
which reached FL Paso to-day. This
paper states that after annihllating the
de facto force under General Ramos az
Corralitos, the bandits entered Jimenez,
sacked the town, put 10 death the Car
rama officials and gave the captured
soldiers their choice Of joining their
party or Of having their right ears
cropped 900,
The paper says that later Villa en-
tered the town in a carriage. lie is
pictured as having walked on crutches
and as having seemed badly crippled