The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-03-23
REGAINING PLACE
AS IDOL OF Poems
Villas Audacity Wins Him SYM
pathy Among the Ignorant
MexiCanS.

Villas audacity In making such
bold attack on American soil and his
escape from the small mounted forces
that pursued him from Columbus has
done much toward placing him back
on his pedestal as the popular idol OF
the poems and ignoran, Mcxicans
The American invasion has given
him the argument that Carranza is in
league with the "gringos" and the dec.
laration that plans are on foot to
place the states of chihuahua and
Sonora under American rule. after
the example of Texas and California,
In all public statements since the
Columbus massacre. Carranza has
carefully avoided reference to the
American invasion. OF which he has
received both personal and official In
formation.
In III Paso. II IL taken for granted
that the ''gringo hate" so carefully
cultivated in Mexico for the last sixty
years is now 10 strong that Carran2a
would lose all prestige II he rocog
nizcd an invasion by the dcspised men
OF the North. whether that invasion
was under the name OF punitive ex
petition" or any other innocent ap
pcarirg phrase.
1t Is believed the general plan of In
vasion of Mexico under consideration
by the American forces Is laid along
three avenues OF entrance. According
to this theory. one United States col.
umn will enter Mexico through Juarcz
another from Douglas. Ariz.. and a
third will start from tho blackcncd
ruins OF Columbus.
Tho theory IL based on the belief
that the war department has decided
to take measures by which It hopes to
throw line OF forces midway east
and west across the state OF Chihua.
hua thereby cutting villa off from
further recruiting his forces In the
central part OF the republic.
With this line on the south the
Douglas column on the west and the
Juarcz column on the east, II Is be.
lIcved Villa will be corncrcd In ~"
the tips OF which will touch the inter.
national border line.
Then by the closing OF this Gordon
and the starting OF the third cNpcdi
tiOnary force on straight sweep
south from Columbus. II is believed
that the bandit chicftain and his forces
will be surrounded and forced into u
decisive battle. instead OF an endless
period OF guerrilla warfare IN the
hills
The Gordon would further have tn"
effect OF starving out villa and his
followers and isolating them from all
communications with potential assist
ancc In other parts OF the republic
The success of the plan liz admitted
to depend largely upon the ability OF
the American forces to overcome tn"
ever spreading Cnrranza opposition
which In now being considered one OF
tho strongest factors In the campaign
with the pitifully small forces avail
able al present. II In believed IN"
American forces viii experience great
difficulty In covering the 10000 OF
more square miles In the prescribed
area OF the ~" md al the same time
protecting their lines Of communica
ton. both from the onslaugh,s Of The
ontrappcd bandits and the hostile dis
position Of the Carranzis,aB.
The las, Ia negligible quantity by
no means Mcxicans arc Mcxicnnr
hrsi and tarranzistns second. An Car
rnnzistas they hnto villa. but nv Hcai
cans they soliily hate Americans.