Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-02
D|Az ISSUES
A MANIFESTO
CALLING ARMY
HAS NO PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS,
BUT BELIEVES HIS NAME THE EN-
BLEM TO COMBAT THE CARRANZA
PARTY IN A NEW REVOLT.

Ell PASO. Texas. Nov. IA copy Of the
manifesto issued by General Felix Diaz.
leader Of the new revolutionary movement
in Mexico, has been received here. II \
datd Camp Buena Vista, state of Vera
Cruz, September 3. 1917, and l. signed bv
the nephew of Mcxico's former president.
The manifesto calls upon all who are in
sympathy with his new movement. e>pe-
ially the members of the old federal army.
10 join a rcorganIzaed army which he d
cIarcs Is not dissolved, because it, di~>olu-
tion has not been decreed. but was dis
persed because of special circumstances.
The purpose of the movement J. the over
throw Of the o-caied ..Carrancista party
and the restoration of the constitution of
1857, it states.
IL don't come To offer anything which
| canot fulfill Neither have ! any per
sonal aspirations" Geenral Diaz stated
in the pramble in this fanifeSto. ''But
my name having been used III former oc-
currences, believe | am an emblem To-
combat the Carrancista party. and - II
has ben proved by the recognition by the
majority of the citizens who have risen
up in arms in many of the states OF the
Mexican union. The archives of this head
quarters shown il to be So"
The manifesto continues with a long de-
nouncement of the So-callcd ''Carranci~to
government declaring that all the prom
ises of this party have ben broken and
that these who disagreed with it, leaders
have been placed in jail. Charges are made
in the manifesto that the right of suffrage
has been ridiculed, that lands have been
apporinioned among a few Carrancistas.
The constitution of 1857 has been an
nulled and a new one promulgated ''care-
Ie~Sly framed by two or three men Of no
worth and sanctioned By a mob Of llliterate
people"
Predicting that the days of the carranza
PARTY are numbered the manifesto conln-
GcS:
.We await the end. confidlng III the pa
rioiism and un-elfi~hneS- Of the good
MexcanS whom | have at my side and
scattered throughout the republic. Of the
varlike generals who with me are willing
to sacrifice themselves for the salvation
.nd reconstruction Of the country.
..But for the present this manifesto 4
-olcly for the purpose of solemnly inviting
I'll men who are rightly inclined. all who
have a spark Of patriotism. especially
those members Of the federal army who
vere 80 outraged and villanou,ly DETAINED
md lastly all Of my true friends and -ym-
athizers in the noble cause which we de-
nd in order that without loss Of time and
ith what elements of war they can col
'rct they may poin the reorganized national
rmy which l. the army of the people. who.
ke single citizen. will tear to piccS the
.Iiculous Carranci~ta constitution and re-
tore the great constitution Of 1857
..Thc federal army l. not dissolved AcT
..ordingly the members Of that army VIII"
.'nn't respond 10 these summons will be
iken into consideration upon the teriuina-
Ion Of the struggle whose end j. near
Reports have been reahing the border
ere for more than month OF the new
.oyement headed by Felix Daz and aided
General Manuel Mondragon, Merelo
Crraveo and other former military leaders.
Their activities have been confined 10 the
ouih of Mexico, according To these re-
i.orts. The movement is said to have the
aeking Of the old Diaz mederal or cientifi-
20 movement, the old clerical leaders who
re- opposed to certain articles IN the new
pnstitution and others who were clasSed
i, reactionaries by the present government
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