Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1920-05-22

when the A. B. C. conference to dis
cuss the differences between the Unit
ed States and Huerta was called in
Buffalo. Gen. Carranza refused to
suspend hostilities and declined to
abide by the result Of those diplomatic
negotiations. The fighting went on
with the result that Gen. Huerta re-
signed the provisional presidency July
Is, 1914, and a month later Gen. Car
rama made his triumphal entry into
Mexico City, Huerta in the meantime
having fled to Spain.
Shortly afterward independent rev.
olutionists led by Zapata, Gen. Pascual
OroZcO and others commenced. DisSen-
sion between Villa and Carranza, that
began at the Torreon conference.
reached a climax Sept. %, 1914. when
Villa declared war on Carranza. Gen.
Alvaro Oregon became Carranza's
leading general.
The Villa generals met at Aqua Cal
ientes in November, 1914, and, in ALI
ance with the Zapata faction, formed
a conventiOnist government. The cap
ital changed hands several times and
was not finally taken by Geny3Qbregon
until the summer of 1915. WE
The beginning of the end Of the
Villa-Zapata party as military pow
er followed swiftly the heavy defeats
of Villa by Gen. Alvaro Obregon. Villa
was forced to give up Torreon and cons
centrate his dwindling forces in north3]
ern Chihuahua and eastern Sonora,
occasional trays and raids
which eliminated in the attack on Col
hue. NJ M hot ltoI ~, he
vasion Of Mexican territory by General
Pershing.
RECOGNIZED BY WILSON
In the diplomatic exchanges that
ensued between President Wilson and
Carranza, who had been officially rec
ognized as the head of the de facto
government by the United States in
October, 1915, he insisted on the re-
spect by the United States of Mexico's
sovereignty and the concession to his
government of reciprocal rights of in
vasion. He maintained his position
despite the crisis caused by the clash
es between Mexican and American
soldiers at Parral and Carrizal; but
when war seemed unavoidable Carran-
"a succeeded in stemming the tide by
his proposal for the appointment of q
joint commission to settle the difficult
ties amicably. The proposal was &C
copied by President Wilson and the de-
alterations of the commission resulted
in the withdrawal of the American
army and the restoration of friendly
relations between the two countries.
In the meantime Carranza had
called constitutional congress
which accepted most of the reforms
he outlined. On March II, 1917, he
was elected president. More than l.
1000 votes were cast for him. He
took the oath of office May l, 1917.
In message to the Mexican con-
gress following his Inauguration as
president, Carranza declared MeXico's
"strict" neutrality. His note to neutral
nations, however, urging them to de-
clare embargoes against all the Euro
pean belligerents, as a means of end
ing the war, and the warmth of his
language in congratulating Emperor
William on the occasion of his last
birthday, aroused comment in the
United States, as did also the publica-
ton of the Zimmerman note. inviting
Mexico to take "by conquest the
state of Texas.
WORD RECEIVED
WASHINGTON, May 22.-Official
dispatches received by one embassy
here from it's diplomatic representative
at Mexico City, also reports the death
of Carranza but gives no details.