El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-16
OURGED To
ATTACK EL PASO.
Brother Says He Didn't
When He Had Men, Then
Whv Attack Columbus?

Hip" Villa, the former Chihuahua
miIkman, brother of Pancho Villa,
most notorious bandit of the western
hemisphere. has given out a state
ment in san Antonio. Texas. where he
is temporarily residing, in defence of
Pancho and asserting that his brother
has come back" and again holds Chi
huahua state in the palm of his hand.
Hip who was the car of JuareZ
when his brother was the car of
northern Mexico. says Pancho was not
at Columbus and asks why Villa should
have chosen 10 make a raid on such
a small place with a small band of
men when, with $4,000 men. he refused
10 attack unprotected FL Paso,"
though urged TO do so at the time
Carranza was recognized.
United States Attack Forbidden.
Ny brother was not pleased" says
Hips" statement, when he learned
Of the recognition at Juarez in October.
1915. He had a garrison there Of $4,000
men. Unwise and vicious men around
him urged him to strike = blow at
that time at the unprotected American
border He spurned the suggestion and
censured the proposition He said he
could not understand why CarranZa
had been recognized, but that recOgni-
ton would not keep Carranza going.
He told me. as well as others, that
Carranza lacked capacity to govern
Mexico He assured ME and his sub
ordinates that he would not modest
the United States and strictly forbade
any action which would compromise
the friendly relations
Some advisers urged him TO give
ha oh leave = II
Fl PasO: he brushed them all aside
He told us he was a Mexican: that he
was born in Mexico; had fought in
Mexico and would die in Mexico He
said nothing could induce him to ref
ugee in a foreign land
Further AnSered mt L. :.
Ny brother then planned his cam
Daign against Sonora At Aqua Prleta
he learned that Carranza troops had
passed through the United States from
Eagle Pass to Douglas 70 reinforce
CarranZa's troops at Aqua Prieta- TINS
astOnished and angered my brother
but he was not nearly so angry ar
a qua Prieta as he had been at Juarez-
The Sonora campaign was unSuc-
cessful Ny brother returned 10 en-.
luahua City and telegraphed me TO
come down from JuareZ- I went 10
CITY and was present when
he made to his subordinareS his fare
could have heard that speech
After quoting some of the things
Pancho is supposed to have said in
the speech. Hip says his brother con-
Guided with the following:
d" 7 now release YOU from all loyalty
to me and wash my hands of You. and
whatever you do hereafter you VIII do
IN your own responsibility I shall
longer a general; ] am simply
private.
How Things Came Out.
Things have come out Just as my
cold
IS all that Carranza would not sue
,eed. because. he said Carranza dld
rot have sense enough TO take advan-
age OF recognition Without an army,
Without a navy, without munitions OF
var, with little or no money, in fact.
With nothing but his own personality F
nd viii. my brother has. il newspaper .
epOrtS are correct, regained his lost 9
lower in Northern Mexico. He holds B
he state of Chihuahua in the hollow /
f his hand OF his vOlitIon he re- 1
uced himself from the rank OF gen I
raj Of an army to that OF a private /
Individual. He gave up all power and |
IL responsibility But I do know that {
rom that humble position. voluntarily
ssumed by my brother at Chihuahua |
,ity, in December. 1915. he has in the
asst eleven months. become once more i
leader OF men, That is the record I
submit il cannot fail to appeal to /.
nen who admire pluck and persist !
nee"
Santa YsabeI and Columbus.
Have You anything to say whether (
II not your brother, Gen Francisco T.
Tilla, was at the Santa Ysabel mas .
acre or the Columbus raid2'
7 have no absolute knowledge on I.
ither subject I firmly believe that
le was at neither place, and had moth Z
ny to do with these incidents AL .
hOugh I have no absolute knowledge,
-et I am sure he was not at Santa Z
sabel. and had nothing to do with :
he massacre Of Americans there It :
$ easy to deduce from the facts that Z
lie renowned his leadership and that .
lie Immediately left for the mountains !
f Chihuahua and Durango and that /
10 knew absolutely nothing OF this de- !
lorable incident. !
"As for the Columbus raid. I have {
10 direct knowledge. Nv information
$ that my brother was nowhere near :
Columbus. had nothing to do with in I
tigatinE or directing the raid. or. in !
act. with anything directly bearing
n the raid II is said that his anger D.
Oward Americans induced him TO make
he raid II that had been his motive
Why did he not yield to the tempta- !,
ions al Juarez when he had %. 900 men.
nd when he was urged to cross the
'order and attack an unprotected
ity2"