Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-23
EXACT MANNER (lF CApRANzA'S DEATH
 STILL IS MYSTERY
Whether Killed Fighting, Exc. cuted or Murdered is
 Unknown
OLD PROPHECY OF X
 NUN IS FULFILLED
Will Have Bearing When the |. s. Considers Recognition of Dcfacto Government

Washington, May 22.-Venustiano Carranza has joined the many Latin American dictators who have ended their stormy careers in flight and death.
 A fugitive in the mountains of Pucbla, the old man who kept the United State sand Mexico in broil five years, was killed Thursday by some of the troops which had pro- tected him as a loyal body guard in his flight from Mexico City.
 Whether he fell fighting or vic- tim of the celebrated Hey fuega" which made dead men of Madero and Suare2 or was murdered in coup detat is obscurcd in fragmentary in- formation coming from the tropical fastnesses of Tlaxasalantonga, where he died.
 Early dispatches today from Mex ico City said Carranza had been killed in an attack led by General Herrerra who had gone with him in flight but later deserted to the revolutionists. The announcement, made at hcadquar- tcrs of General Obregon, head of the revolutionary movement, gave the im- pression that Carranza had died in battle.
 But later advices to Fl Paso charge Carranza had been made prisoner and assassinated in 'cowardly man. ner" and said several friends who were with him had sent protest to General Pablo Gonzales.
 The full story may not be immedi- ately known and even then may be the subject of dispute.
 But it does bring to mind proph- ecy said to have been made by Nun, which is now being talked about in Mexico
 The nun prophesied, the report said, that after Mexico had seen three Franciscos in public life she would have for president an old man with a beard who would meet a violent death and that he would be succeeded by . president who mounted his horse from the "wrong" side. The prophecy also added that thereafter Mexico would lose it's independence.
 There have been three Franciscos in Mcxco's public life since the proph- esy was made. They were Francisco De La Sara, now an exile; Francisco Madero, the murdered president of 1913; and Francisco Villa, the bandit i leader. Carranza was well known for his whiskers. Obregon, who led the revolt against him and is expected by many to succeed him, lost an arm in 1.-the battle of Celays with Villa, and mounts his horse from the "wrong~ side.
 Was Anti-Ally. T Carranza's death and the manner Of it probably will have some important bearing on the action of the United States when it considers recognition
 of the new government. When presi- dent Wilson refused to recognize
 Huerta he based his action on the
 untimely death of Madero and Suarex, and announced a broad general policy that no government would be recog- ! nized which did not rest on constitu. tional elections and which was bafed
 on force of arms alone. As it genet~ ally is recognized that no government lin Mexico could hope to stand without |, recognition by the United States the 1 death of Carranza and what responsi- . blity the revolutionists may share m it is regarded by officials and dipl0s . mats here as certain to become lArGe ! element in the governments action.
 Carranza was the country governoz , of Coahuila, who united the MextcAn1 under the banner fthe cOrstitutious Ialists in 1913 and fought Huefta whS , seized the power with the wholes4IS
 executions which accompanied Met p dero's death. Headed by the militAry genius of iVlla his army won many 3 victories, But he soon quarreled VIII Villa and no sooner was he in Mex1f1 . City and recognized by the unite4 States than he had revolution ct
 his own hands with Villa. n Although aided by the United Statel
 government, Carranza pursued 4N anti i-American course and during ths . world war an anti-allied course. whiel was to negotiate a German-Japape1G| $ Mexican alliance against the Unitet
 States.