Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-25
MONEY CAUSE Of
CARRANZA' s WAR
AGAINST HUERTA
NOT PATRIOTISM
Falls Committee Secures
Evidence to Show That It
Was Not to Avenge Ma
defO That Revolt Occurred
DON VENUSTIANO HAD
BEEN LEVYING TRIBUTE
Acting President of Mexico
Sought to Learn Why 40
thousand Dollars Had
Been Taken From Bank,

tsT MORNING JouRnAL sPEcIAL LEASED wiRGl
San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 24.-Cop-
les of official kilograms that indicate
Carran2a's refusal to recognize HUI
erta had for its basis a more per-
sonal interest than the "avenging
OF the blood of Madero," were
placed in evidence at the last hear
ing here today of the senate sub
committee investigating the Mex
lean situation. The correspondence
tends to show II was not until Ht-
erta took CarranZa, then governor
of Coahuila, to task for alleged ex-
tortng of money from banks at
SaltillO that he determined to at
tempt by revolution the restoration
of the constitutional order.
A message to the American state
department from the consular Off
Ger then at Saltillo, was that Carran-
"a had decided to recognize the new
government, but the correspond
indicated, it was sent without
knowledge of the controversy be-
tween Carranza and Huerta. The
dispute was concerning the mainte-
nance of state troops. The former
government had appropriated an
nualy a certain amount of money
for that purpose and regarding the
continuance of the plan it is known
Madero and CarranZa had disa-
greed The dispute was revived at-
ter Huerta assumed control of the
government,
1t was from the local organiza-
ton that many of the leaders Of
the army Carranza later recruited,
came. Among them were Pablo
Gonzalez, santos Coy, Lucio Blanco,
Francisco Cos and Eulalio Cutter
reg.
When Trouble Began.
The controversy under the
Huerta administration began Feb
ruary 20, 1913. with the formal
notification Of CarranZa by Alberto
Ftancis Granados, Huerta's secres
Cay ca interior and subsequently
executed by the Carranzistas, that
Huerta was the president ad in
term and called upon him to as
sist in the establishment of
peace.
Suggesting a telegraphic confer
ence, Carranza sent the following
in. reply:
Il have just received your at
tentive message of the 22nd in
stant, to which / refer. To assist
in the establishment of peace In
the republic and to solve the deli
cate situation caused by the exist
ing relations between the federal
government and those of this state
wherein a conflict might occur,
permit me to propose to you tel
egraphic conference on the day
and hour that you may be pleased
to name"
This message was sent on Febru-
ary rs, seven days after the fall of
the Madero government and three
days after the death of President
and was dispatched after
he had sent two personal repre-
to the Mexican capital.
as shown by the following tele#
gram. dated February "a:
Sends own Messenger.
"Your attentive message of yes
terday. To treat of the matters to
which / referred in my anterior
message, Mr.. Eliseo Arredondo,
member of the general congress,
will leave tomorrow for your city
this government and
| also consider it proper that Mr.,
Rafael r. Arizpe, who resides in
your city, shall accompany him in.
the same capacity to whom / have
this day addressed a letter with
that purpose in view. l hope the
affairs concerning which the afore-
said gentleman will speak with you
will be arranged satisfactorily"
on February 25 Arredondo and
Arizpe sent Carranza the following
message:
I'VE have just had conference
Of all things satisfactory with the
of the interior and tOmor-
row we will carry it through with
the honorable president of the re-
public,
Everything Lovely.
On the next day Arrendondo and
Arizpe wired Governor Carranza
IS follows:
I'VE had cordial conference
With Mr.. President and the min
ster of foreign affairs and minis
.er of the interior. 1t has been
agreed to preserve the constitu-
tional order in our state; that the
federal government shall pay the
auxiliary forces. they being sub
iect to the orders of the same un-