The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
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EI Paso, lex, March @3.-l ndFA
confirmed the Herrera revolt through
a State Department ofiiciais Nlao rs
ceived the information from Gayira.
However. they are denying this TO this
press. 1t looks authentic now"
This is the text OF the telegram
sent by Brigadier General Bell. COM
manding at Fort Bliss. to General
Funston at San Antonio late this at
ternoon.
Gavira is the Carranza commander
at Juarez. He has complete control
of the Mexican telegraph wire in the
State OF ChIhuahaa. The state De-
Eartment official is George Isrothers.s
The secret service agents of the dee
partment are operating under his d.
rection.
A warning was flashed to General
Pershing at Columbus during the
early hours of the morning, and an
-stt.isno~iedsf ae4at of the eassraunica.-
ton has already been received.
In the meantime Mexican Consul
Andreas Garcia here is making frantic
efforts to counterfeit the effect OF the
reports accepted AS true by the Amer
lean authorities. He has made pub
liz copy Of the following communities
from Luis Herrera himself:
Herrera Makes Denial.
Your telegram of yesterday re-
ceivee. Deny in my name emphat-
cally the rumor hat the reactionarics
have circulated say that ! have gone
over to villa. On the contrary. I am
ready 10 fight him as cncTgeticafiy az
possible"
Another message, said to have been
received from General Luis Gutierrez
military governor of Chihuahua,
reads:
y<x,.,,, =, :, . ,y.,,,,. ~, <,sss q on, r.
eral Herrera relating to the story that
the press OF the enemy has circulated.
You may emphaticaiIv deny ii. Per-
sons of the ideals of General I.,fi.
Herrera can never turn traitor and
ton alleged to have been received
adhere to a traitor like Franchises
villa General Herrera is not only
loyal to the government, but Is COS
operating without pause until the han
dit villa has been completely annihi-
lated.
Without considering the authenticity
of the kilograms General Bell has In
formation that Herrera, while posi-
bly, not declaring for Villa. announces
he will take the field against the
common enemy. In any event Herrera'a
troops are already marching north
from Chihuahua In the direction the
villistas are known to be operating.
Reports OF military activities wsach
have as their purpose tho protection
of the long stretch Of border hare
been received from many POINTS
There Is nothing official to show the
exact location OF General Pershiax's
advance guard.
Villa Stops Train.
A report credited to many sourccA
places Villa in the vicinity OF sipe.
tezuma, which on the Mexican Central
Railroad nearly eighty Mules n1rth-
east OF Namiauipa. jesse GarciN
Flores. who arrived LII Fl paso TO-DAY.
said that yesterday when tile tram On
which he was travelling reached .dnc-
tezuma. half way between ClaihuaisMn
and this city, 1t was stopped ny Ills
who had with him 1000 armed men.
Villa personally went through thu
train. saying he was searching fer
Americans. ss
II know Villa we'll. said FIUroA.A
tand talked with him. He declared
that from now on he would kill every
American he could get his hands "a.
He said Mexieans would not ~ hat1A.
ed. There were no Americans IN the
train and II was allowed to prcetcd
villa said that Lnis Herrera han
Joined with him 10 nGht the sconlmslls
enemy 1.-THE Americans. hli& tit0&
Colonel Cano would 1le0 min him s 9 ssB
Part Or Hard Coen W0a1.
III would appear frona thie M 5s5 s
ton that Aftar The aktf11l II
carrnnz1 trorps m Mead1 IA
part cf ~ bsnd I.