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, Republican FrogreM and Hopes
.The republicans pre feeling much
better about Candidate Hughes and bis
part in the campaign. 'XV ben his let
ter of acceptance appeared it was
realized by partyleaderr. that a- mis
take had beep made”Tn'expecting too:
inuch of the -nomiriee. 'la the-light
of the Youngstown (O.) speech of
JW-^ndeded h£Ve %een- the
fHMt address oh the'r*^ublic»rti side,
hi the tart’cShiphfini Will-
iam J. Bryan—extravagant 'eerpecta
tkihß wef^’^rtterfained Of the Impres
sion which Mr HugheS's statement’ In
ac'eeptfnit ’ the nontfhation would 'pro
duce. He was looked ti>‘"bV thS party
find the ’’public ’generally to pydserit
the '^bublJcW'c^
ip .Ahiwl and. compelling .Mg.ht. That
Was a task not easy -bt aocomplish
jnbnt, ^io‘ miracle’ 'of -argument or
jbratory was, prqduc’gij.. .and, 'repub
licans. omfeetad ■ among .theossel res te
*ppilfe ’disappdbitnibn t." They sObW ’ came
to recognize, 'however, that too much
had been -looked for in the hope of an
Immediate and great uplift.
Since then Mr Hughes has kept
steadily-onJ tififea SiriiCy W. W choice,
going his own gait, and obviously in
cteaqjng his. effectiveness as a cam
paigner. He is not a Roosevelt with
the . abilijy, to capture publicity- >and
.^id^jPUbJio axtenpop, but Ahp. gepub
.ljcfin [belief is,that h? has inspired his
ap^ienpe^..xYiUi tpe, convigtien that he
.l»,-a.ptrqQgaml dependable persopal
,^y-—which is better. Jhe prompt, wfto
ip (Which, their,, candidate,. chaV*Ogud
the Adamson law ■ is acclaimed by re
publicans. and that Mr Hughes made
Itis.stand on an issue that is being
"gft'jMofigj the^ line i^ft^ce^d
welpome sign ot leadership.,Many
a republican. who "at the start, had
Houb^yAbout the wisdqtn of the ca'il-
^potjrae it}. .this matter J, .'how:;
believes that much has thereby bean |
Stained for the party cause?
The newspaper men who are travel
ing; With Mr Hughes in the middle
sVest report that the campaign in'his
Sands seems to be taking hold, and
that loci! candidates are looking td
him for help. Thia means that such
aspirants for office believe that -the
eantUdate for president is making
good. Jlr Hughes does not writ* hjs
•peecbes, and -so is not hampered by
Watmscrlpt, but"talks tb hiS audience
like a lawyer tp a jury In straightfor
ward style with little .eipbsßl^iunent
and no oratorical fireworks. Frank
Hitchcock domes' 'back »o the "national
headquarters In New York, after hav
■ing helped to organize the republican
forces Hi the middle West, with the
’heport that the ,party ^utldok has
greatly ini proved ip .that section -of
■She country. l ' Ait hands are feeling
Ijetter. He anticipate^ victory in
Illinois, Wisconsu 'and-Indiana. Es-
Benator. -Albert J, Beveridge, former
progressive, feels able to leave Indi
ana % mak# a’>-HAghes speech be
fore the Middlesex club in Boston,
■Where Senator Lodge ; gave hirri the
<ted hand.
Wherever republicans congregate
"they di*.’*tearing "that their fight is
trow well'under way. Shat their leader
iis growing in mastery of his difficult
task, and that'the country is Warming
tip to him and the party that is de
’tbimilned upon the overthrow of Pres
ident Wilson.' - 5 ■ ' - ;
'■ The Predicament of Greece
The • position In which Greece finds
Itself its a result of external forces
pnd internal divisions is truly pitiable,
<et sympathy is qualified by the fact
that .it'cannot be acquitted of a share
'in . ita misfortunes. Greece, like
Belgium, is, ,y creation of the
great powers, but, unlike it, has '
had lively -imperialistic ambitions
of its own. Greece had its full
share in bringing .on the war. It took
the lead in organizing the' Balkan
Sjßhgue for a war against Turkey. The
immediate purpose was the ^ejzure of
^Turkish ‘ territory, but the result of
•victory was the dislocation of the bal-
Jtnee of power, which led Germany and
’Austria to prepare with feverish haste
jtor an impending crisis. Simply as a
‘matter of practical statesmanship,
having etruck the blow it was for
Greece to foresee and to meet or avoid
tttt recoil. .
»* ! When A ' the rscoil came in the great
Jtfar and its extension to the near
,'J^st. Greece, uhliko Belgium, had an
alternative. It could discard ambition.
SHV** that it:; Wanted more Turkish
aSritory, renounce as too perilous the
booty wiilch it had seized by conquest
but a XW before, and live in pence
? 4^A^.wetiinsula. like, Spain. Or if this
■peaßßcfation'Was tdo great for Greek
W-M W stomach, it could play it*
4ha bast of its ability, as
Bulgaria and Rumania bare done, jo
prolKbJ! the’war. Such a policy may
"hot cornmand sympathy, but by the
moral standards of. imperialism it
cannot be condemned. It is on a par.
for example, with the policy by which
Prussia rose to greatness, and'which
German historians find wholly ad
mirable.
The. misfortunes of, Greece, in the
last analysis, are due to the fact’ that
it took neither course. Unable to face
renunciation of its hopes, it likewise
failed, by weakness, irresolution and
divided counsels, to play well the
cards in its hand. Its position has
been like that of Prussia in the weak
days following Frederick the Great,
which Prussian historians deplore.
Like Prussia, it was faced by a great
hazard, for it s lay’ Within reach both
of sea power and of the German
army. Entente fleets hovered along
Its coasts, and the Jate ot Servia and
Belgium was a deterrent. BuL.un-
Uker Servia and Belgium, it had an op
tion. that is to say a chance to blun
der. It is not too much. to say that
from the severely practical point of
view Greek, statesmanship in this crisis
has been as bad as could well be.
For this irresolute drifting policy
there have been, of course. Internal
reasons due to conflicts „ot interests,
of desires, of parties, of 'personali
ties. On one side has stood the ag
gressive Cretan imperialist. Veni
zelos. chief Instigator of the war
with .Turkey and the almost fanatical
advocate of. fulfilling Hellenic destiny,
at any cost, by taking part In the war
oh the side bt the entente. On the
other side have stood King Constan
tine. hho is generally believed to be
pledged to keep Greece from’Joining
the .allies, the court party, .which is
(Strongly pro-German, and. a great part
of the army officers. Also while t eni
izefts ha’s a great popular following,
specially in Crete and ip Macedonia, a
bitter opposition to him has spread
widely, especially, since he came into
antagonism with -the king, who .has
great -popularity.
Thus ’ all the conditions tended to
make Greece the helpless footban if
fortune. The advice of Venizelos tn
aco -at ohce in honorable fulfilmeiit
of treaty pledges to Servia were re
jected but, on. the other hand, when
Germany seemed likely to win Greece
Could- hot follow Bulgaria because of
the allied fleets. The king, by strain
ing" royal authority, could keep the
VenizeUpts from making Handsome
terms with the "allies when Greece,
coujd have had its own price. But he
could not keep Greece in a, state of
meek resignation when Bulgarian
armies seized territories won in a war
whose wounds are yet raw. The king,
like. Venizelos, had a defensible pro
graib,. but. neither could ''deliver tne
'.goods,”. .Venizelos was‘balked by hfs
enemies, k^nstan'ine was balked by
the temper of tne Greek people, which
wais not: for. "peace at -any price.
Hampered by -these contending forces,
rtrtece in helplessly drifting toward
Vrar presents indeed an unhappy spec
tacle, but its case is by no means -to
to. fhSf Of Belgium, Greece ’
is.in no sense.a. martyred nation.
The AnU-WUsOn “Drive’'
Abandcntng-for the moment, the .at
tack on Mr Wilson as a "weak” man.
Senator Weeks in his Middlesex club
speech opened an attack on the presi
dent as a "dictator” who has in effect
destroyed representative government..
TTx-Senator Beveridge of Indiana on
the same occasion thought it well to
concede that the president is not a
"knave,” but he was no less earnest
than our junior senator in denouncing
"the government by terrorism” at-
Washington, which "has usurped the
'functions of the representatives of
the people." Anyone who- desires
1 may try to reconcile Wilson "the
‘weakling" with Wilson "the dictator”
[qnd “terrorist.” It cannot easily be
done, but the very difficulty of the job
■ may attract the brightest blinds.
•The fact that the republican cam
■paign has been anti-Wilson above
' everything else carries wttb it inter
-esting implications and Interesting
consequences. The consequences are
seen in the effort to discredit almost
[ everything the president has- done.
Even his distinguished opponent, -who
was formerly a "100- per cent judge.”
denies to Mt Wilson any- credit for
the new federal reserve banking and
currency system. Its bad features are
all democratic in -origin and its good
features are all republican, according
I to the judicial-minded Mr Hughes.
A child-tabor law was enacted because
Mr Wilson insisted upon it and Mr
Hughes has lately eehoed on the stump '
.the^ absurd denunciation of the new I
law as a "fake" which.emanated from ;
Chairman Willcox and the New. Yopk ;
headquarters. It would never do for
the republicans to concede that the ■
federal child-labdr act was the real '
thing, for would not Mr Wilson get'
the credit sor’ a good deed? So i
the campaign legalists at republic- |
an headquarters promptly discovered ;
the villainous "joker" in the text. How
far successful this little drive might
have been one cannot say; it is certain
that Senator Cummins of lowa a re
publican, was so -disgusted with the
attack on the child-labor law by his
own party that he Issued a statement
eaylng that "these qrixiciama are with -
'out any foundation whatever and -the
■persons who are giving them publicity
‘are either insincere or incompetent."
So it goes. The necessities of an
anti-Wilson campaign are so tremen
dously pressing that the republican
congressional committee has circulated
campaign literature calling attention
to the fact that not only Mr Wilson
but also the members of his family
“are of southern birth.” What a
dartlnable" thlhg it is to be southern
born, like George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln? There are more
references tp the states, "recently in
‘rebellion” in this campaign than be
fore in 20 years.and they are due.to
tjjf fact that Woodrow Wilson is
"southern, born.',' . .
. Then there, are the people' o£ : high
education and acute intelligence who
proclaim their purpose to vote Mr Mr
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1916
Hughes , not because of anything Mr.
■yt’llson has done but solely because of
something Mr Wilson has chanced-to
say. With them it is" no longer "deeds
•not words,” but “words not deeds” in
electing a president. Catch him com
ing or going! Hence Senator Weeks's
spirited denunciation of Wilson as a
“dictator" and ex-Senator ’Beveridge's
awful portrayal of Wilson as a “ter
'rorist” who has destroyed representa
tive institutions, while the other in
struments in the blaring anti-Wilson
orchestra trumpet him as a poor,
mean, despicable creature without any
more of the masculine Virtues than a
rabbit or a tin weathervane.
The implications of the anti-Wilson
ism upon which the republican drive
fs based are such* as to command at
tention. It is a drive against one man;
we hear scarcely anything about the
democratic party as a party; Evident
ly the man is much bigger than the
party; and evidently he is rathfeh of a
big man to He the objective of such an
assault. .It is possible, after all. that
Wilson, as one of his political friends
has expressed it, is the ablest man
and the. keenest political ..leader' the
democratic party has had since Ans
drew Jackson. He surely possesses:
more real political genius than any!
democratic president the caiiiiiry has.
had since Jackson retired in 1837.’
What he has accomplished in less than
four years with such an instrument;
of government as the democratic party:
proves it, The usual misrepresenta
tion of facts, exaggeration of mis
takes. distortion of utterances and the
systematized, silence concerning the
good to the mart's credit, cannot ob
scure the truth. The yoluma. of„flre
carries its own demonstration.
Explanations of the concenffatidn :
upon Mr Wilson of Lite fulrfofee of
the republican attack may well begin
with the sure instinct tot its most
formidable and threatening foe p/’U
party so habituated to power.^during
half a century as almost to justify
calling it a governing Wass. The
abler a democratic president may. be
the more menacing to the future con
trol of the government -by those who :
had long dominated governmental
functions and processes'does he ap
pear. and the more eager to destroy ;
him do they become. .Our old-time
governing class Is how exceedingly ;
anxious to regain power for its own
sake and there goes with this a sure
perception that the destruction of Wil
son means the demoralization apd fail- ;
ure ot the democratic party for a :
decade to come.
A campaign against one man. how
ever successful it may prove to be.
sweeps up in its train such a conglom- I
erate of contrary forces and unat-1
tached elements that an .adequate and i
reliable support for the administra
tion gaining- dffiefe'beeafise of it must j
W nreenriods.' Because of its 1 Supreme |
effort to destroy Wilson the reirablic- •
art campaign is eminently destructive ;
in character,' but. at-the same "time. I
it Is failing’ to fay the foundation ’of i
an administration that will be coh- i
structive in achievement. -A cafnpai|;n i
based on anti-Wilsoaism may succeed. |
but no gdministratmn ba^ed on anti- ;
Wilsqnism, can survive. < •
BBITISH TO RETALIATE
STRICT CONTROL OF SHIPPING
No Advantages to Be Allowed Cen
tral Powers Because of Sub
marine Warfare
The continued depletion of the
world's# supply Of tonnage as a result
of the operations of the siibmJunes
of the central powers wilt be met
by an increase in stringent measures,
by which the entente allies design to
control shipping so as io, insure .it'
being used to the best advantage of
the allies and prevent it even indi
rectly. aiding thjir opponents, accord
ing to a statement made to the As-'
scciated Press at London, Friday
by Lord Robert Cecil, minister of. war
trade.
Lord Robert'admitted that eVen'the
present rate of destruction, wifhbut
considering the possibility of a re
sumption of unrestricted submarine
warfare, meant a'serious loss - “to tlfe
world's tonnage, and that consequent
ly It could not tje expected that Brit
ish coal or other Briffth facilities
should be expended on ships carrying
goods to blacklisted 'firths.' The en?
tente allies will increase thert" ship
ping measures, which ■ already are
proving valua,l''e. in making the best
use of available tonnage in propcitlo.n
a" the Germans succeed in destroying
merchant ships.
The minister of war trade said that
as a matter of course the entente
’alites would be favored, as regards tlje
use of tonnage, and that neutrals en
gaged In entente allied trade would
be given the next coiistdwation. Neu
trals suspected cf unneut-al acts, he
added, would not enjoy the usual fa
cilities.
Lord Robert said that"life ariswer of
Great Britain to the Amdriehn -’gov
ernment's protest against the seizure
of malls would be sent to Washing
ton almost immediately, and that the
reply to the American protest with
regard to the blacklist imposed by the
entente allies would -follow soon.
LIBERTY PARTY CANDIDATE
To the Editor of The Republican
Your very • fine article .in to-day's
issue on the political conventions of
1840 and 1844 adds one more to your
great number of valuable contribu
tions to our history. Yet the writer
is in error. I think, when he speaks
of Birney as the anti-Mason candi
date. He was the candidate of the
liberty party, which was strongly op
posed to the annexation of Texas, and
could find no comfort in Henry Clay
after the publication of some of ills
unfortunate letters. The opposition to
Masons, which was so strong about
1830 that some parties .refused ,to
have a Mason on thetr ticket* disap
peared as a national factor aeon-after
‘the second election of Andrew Jack
son. who was' a Mason. Birney may
have been against the Masons, out
no mention is made of this in his life
which- I have at hand. He is men
tioned as "the-candidate of the lib
erty party-for president in 1840 and
In iM4. JOHN A. CALLAHAN
' HU yoke. September 24. IMG.
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VILLA NOT THERE
THE CHIHUAHUA FIGHT
REPORTS EXAGGERATED
ACCORDING TO LANSING
Confidential Advises Disagree With
Gen Bell’s Sensational Account
of the Attack
Confidential official advices, it wqs,
announced at -Washington . Tuesday
at the state department, sppw that-
Villa was not present during the Hi
dalgo day fighting at Chihuahua City,
that no arms or ammunition were cap
tured by the bandits and that there
were no desertions from She Carranza
garrison. Secretary Lansing said the
dispatches bore out statements by
Eliseo Arrendondo, Mexican embassa
'dor-destgnate. regarding tne affair.
TM Source of th* department’s-infor
mation was not disclosed, but Mr Luin
sfng said he regarded it as authentic.
The report! will be sent to the Ameri
can commissioners at New London for
their guidance.' A cablegram to the
navy department‘Tuesday from Cap’t
Burrage, commanding the battleship
Nebraska at' Vera Cruz, reported all
quiet there.
A detailed account of tli^’ attack
reached the war department Thurs
day from Jsrig-Gen George Bell? coni
.mandjhs the .El Paso military district.
It asserts that Villa personally led
the "attacking forces; that he took and
held numerous important buildings an
the-city for several hours: that be
was joined by in Ml or more men of
the Carranza garrison and '-retired, i
promisiirg to return soon; taking
with him a large quantity bf captured
arms, ammunition and artillery.
(Jen Bell's dispatch does.ndt show
the source, of > his information and
many officials bellteve his account of
the incident .was founded on ’rumors
reaching the bdrder, as were yarious
staples which have, been transmitted
Joy .state department, agents.. They
were inclined to believe fqr tfiht req
bop that the fulj trutt; of wha’t hap'-
pehed is” not yet known. Reports sb
far received are similar ojily'fh that
they show a fight did occur on Satur
day, and that the Villa followers took
the penitentiary and some, other
buildings. They all conflict as to the
part Villa played, not even agreeing
that he was present.
Many army officers still believe
either that Villa is dead or that h)s;
power is so thoroughly broken that'
he could not hope to re-establish him
self. Gen Pershing expressed'the lat
ter opinion in a- report to the *war.ide
partment some, .weeks ago., and Gep
Funston’S recommendation that the
American- troops be wffhdrttwn
Is Wlieved to have been fouhddd' mi
that view. If Gen Bell’s reports prove;
accurate -’howbver, and Villa bd #p
■pear in person at Chihuahua.’ft is''dk-
IT>ected thefact will be esttdjVshe'd;
| definitely by Witnesses whose eVideWe
could be accepted without oUostmW.'-'-
According to Gen Bell's "fn^of-m#-
tion Villa himself went to the. .goy
ernor’s palace, and made a - speech
from the balcony’ after his- forces hhd
Captured tile palace, the penitentiary
■and federal buildings.
Gen Bell’s Report ' '
'The report. reweqis the fac€,tliat„on
the 14th Villa sent a letter to Gen
Trevino, commander at Chihuahua,,
saying he would be in the city at 3
p. m. Saturday to “shake hands.”
Gen Bell expressed the opinion that
the raid was completely successful and
that Villa accomplished even more
than he said he would. ' Trevino’s
personal guard deserted him. it ap
pears and in the confusion many gov
ernment soldiers were killed by their
Own comrades. Gen Bell’s report fol
lows:—- " !
■■ '‘’Evidence increases to show that
Villa was completely successful in Ms
attack Saturday upon Chihuahua and
Accomplished all arid more' than he
said he would do. - There ts diversity
of opinion and statements as to the
number of men with which he en
tered Chihuahua. Some reports state
he had only about 500 white- others
-give him 1700 but all agree he was
able to secure possession of the peni
' tentiary, the governor’s palace and
’ federal buildings ard hold them for
■ several 1 hours and all this with a
! Carranza garrison at Chihuahua
which some place at not less than
6000. He liberated over 200 prison
ers. secured and carried away more
i than .16 automobile loads of arms
l and ammunition under an escort of
deserting Carranza; troops. He left
I Chihuahua with from 1000 to . 1500
men more than hq entered with. Villa
retired leisurely and practically with
out molestation. 'The firing by Tre
vin’o’s artillery occurred after Villa
troops had withdrawn.
“Qn September 14 Trevipp received
a tetter from Villi stating that he,
[ Villa, would be m’Chihuahua to shake
[hands with Trevino on the 16th. and
j he hoped that' he would have a sutta
, hie reception for him. that he might
■be hungry and would like to hat{e
' something to eat.
Villa Scouts In Disguise
"On the 15th it was reported that
Villa personally entered .Chihuahua,
was seen by many of his friends there
and reconnoitered the city. Of
course he was In disguise.. On the
night of the 15th the yillistas apt
broached Chihuahua from a camp he
had maintained for two days within
22 miles of that city. After Villa
columns had secured possession of
the penitentiary, the governor's pal.
ace and federal buildings. Villa him
self went to the governor’s palace,
into the main balcony, displayed Ms
face, and made a short speech, which
in substance was as follows: ‘Viva
-Mexico. You do not have your lib
erty. I will give you your liberty,
for'l am your brother. lam going to
return in a few days.'
"It appears there had been a ban
quet attended by most of Trevino’s
officers, and that about 2 o’clock this
banquet was finished and most of the
officers of the Carranza garrison were
asleep. As soon as Trevino heard of
the trouble he started toward the
governor's palace, but his personal
escort deserted him and went over
ro Villa. The party that attacked the
federal building rode into Ihe building
on horseback, and the guard there de
serted to them. It is reported that
many of the Carranza troops who
were killed were killed by other Cart
ranza troops, probably as a result of
artillery firing from Santa Rosa fiill.f’
Funston Believes Bell's. Report I.
Gen Funston said at San Antonlq.
Tex., Friday he placed full credence
In the report of Villa’s attack on Chl|-
nuahua City sent to the war depart
ment by Bfig-Gen George Bell, ,Jr.,
.. ! k
aticT given out for publication Thurs
day, He said he had been informed
that Gen Bell's, information was
gained from reliable persons who had
come to El Paso directly from Chi
huahua City immediately after the
battle. '
TREVINO DENIES REPORT
Carranza Commander at Chihuahua
Says Gen Bell’s Account of Fight
is Untrue
Commenting on the reports in the
American newspapers attributed to
Gen Bell. Jr., at El Paso, of the Villa
raid upon Chihuahua city last Satur
day, Gen Jacinto Travino, command
ing the Carranza army of the north.
Friday made a statement to the
Associated Press, in which he de
scribed if as a "tissue of lies and false
hoods." “I am at lose to know where
Gen Bell obtained such bad informa
tion,” he continued. “The Viliistas
carried absolutely nothing away with
them except Home of the .prisoners
from the penitentiary, many of whom
li'ave since returned to Chihuahua.
They captured neither ammunition,
cannon nor anything eise."
Gen Trevino asserted that every
unit of his force was co-ordinated,
that all prisoners examined bp him
agreed that Villa’s band did not num
ber more than t>00; ,tha,t there we no
defections from the garrison and that
all of thb automobiles in the city are
accounted for. none being carried
away 'by the outlaws. Government
fire ceased, only, lie Said- when the
hhndits had been repulsei. and there,
seemed danger of hitting tne pursuing
forces under Gens Ramos and Mer-
riero. , ..... ,
Gen Trevino announced that if the
reports of Villa’s attack on Chihua
hua City to Washington "by Gen Bell,
commanding the ill PaS6 district, is
the same as the Version of it received
at Chihuahua City, Mex„ lie would
ask the generat-to sepd a personal
representative there .to investigate the
facts at., first hand. .The^.same facili
ties ,to> investigate .wpiild be accorded
to anv .responsible resident of Chihua
hua City whom Gen,Bell might .com
riussion, Gen Tpev&iq added. .
In -a 'telegram Friday to Juan T.
BtirtlS, M^.xiCaH ednsul-gertoral hi New
York, JQ^P Trevino, .liftdr repeating his
statements, that his. forces defeated
the Villa Jnvaders at JJhihuahua City.
sayss "This foolish shedding of. blood
was with the intention, of creating dif r
Acuities for the conferees of the com
mission at New. London, at the mach
inaUoug of, American and Mexican po
litical "-interests.. . .They- themselves ano
now satisfied.tha.fr they have failed.’’
Ah official account by Gen Jacinto
Trevino, pt, the .‘attack 6n Chihuahua
wge rePTkfed’^t London, gt
j Monday-night; by the Mexican- com-
I rr^Slbnefs. The beport; says:—.
Sixteenth (September) at' dawn
this town was attacked by group of
about (MX) bandits apparently orders
direct of Francisco Villa; At first were
able take penitentiary and govern
ment and federal palace; F-irt prompt
ly dislodged.- Second besieged in
palaces by infantry backed our .artil
lery whose good shooting destroyed
[ this group. SurVivors shot. Garrison
■ refnathed Icyal and did duty. Regret
’ report some losses; "Among -wounded
I niusfeount myseif,:though did-not
irtipeWe'nly’ directing combat UH utter
rthlt enemy.'Forced of, Gens Cavazos,
and Huerta Vargas which .were com
ing in pursuit of bandits arrived here.
Am organizing quickly to form
column Which under Gen Matias
Tfatnos will renew pursuit will conr
eptete destruction*. - - Reports show
bandit^.-cgrrlefi. ,Qg. ,laj-ge number
woqnded.”, k .. . . ,J. . ' \.” s ? .
'say no one saw villa
Report of Carranza and Trevino on
. , Chihuah.ua, Fight
t . EUsea Arred,°>ido[ the Mexican' ejb-’
bassadof-ttesignate,' ■ conferred with
Secretary Lansing ■' at Washington
Tuesday and later made public a sum
mary of the Chihuqhqa fight based on
dispatches from Gen Carranza, Fpr
[ eign Minister Aguiter aild Gen Tre
vino. the Chlhuahb'a ’ commander.
| "These show,” the statement said,
-"that not one persbn in Chihuahua
• City has been able' to reliably state
I that Villa was In th? city; that there
: is absolutely no truth irr reports -that
i the.Carrant^.’ troops or Gen Trevino’s
; personal 'escort feVolted and that if
■ ther£ Wag afty disaffection it was. by
civilian? and .i small number of them.”
The ’attQjtkihg party remained only a
feW’hojrfs in possession of the penl
' teAiary ’and-fedefal palace before Gen
Trevino diSposbd his -forces and «n
---i yjloped Jt; -ft is' calculated that only
• one-third of -the bandits escaped, the
1 remainder being either killed, wound
'ed dr captured'. The embassadcii also
i announced a f ’port beteived from the
। Mexican' director'general of telegraphs
which said that of the total 95,000
kilometers of lines 94.000 were In op
eration at the p’-ehmt time and com
mur) leatfon" facilities were equal to
thosj maihtaffted at Any time during
the^tlfa^. begfthe: ■■
BELL SURE OF HIS FACTS
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Border General Receives Further
Confirmation of. Report That
Villa Succeeded -
Brlg-Geh Bell. Jr., commanding the
El Paso military district",’said at El
Paso, -Tex., Friday that his Informa
tion concerning Villa's Hidalgo day at
tack upon Chihuahua City was ob
tained from "several most reliable
sources.” While he did not divulge his
sources, of intelligence, he said he had
every r’esaon to believe that bls report
fro the war department was founded on
facts and not haped on border rumors.
Gen Bfeir refused to comment on Gen
Trevino's statement.
How i ever[ Gen Bell said he had re
ceived additional information tending
to support his original report. The
new Information Indicated, he asserted,
that not only did the Villistas seize a
quantity of arms and ammunition, but
also valuable silver bullion held in the
federal palace. Gen Bell pointed out
thafr in none of his reports did he say
that Villa had been joined by from
1060 to 1500 soldiers of the Carranza
garrison, but that he had learned he
was joined by approximately that
number, many of'thefn civilian resi
dents of Chihuahua City.
A leading Mexican resident of El
Paso Friday received a letter from
his father-in-law In Guanajuato, say
ing the revolutionary movement In
that district is growing, rapidly and
is augmented by numerous desertions
from t>he Carranza garrison. The
Mexican saM that his father-in-law
was affiliated with no political faction.
"I am confident that my informa
tion regarding Villa's attack on Chi
huahua City is accurate, therefore I
do not,*ee that any further investiga
tion is necessary on- my part,” was
Gen Bell’s comment Inst night on be
ing inf<irt»ied that he had been invited
by G*n Tr«vlno ; lo send a special
agent to Chihuahua to ascertain the
facts. "The truth is,” Gen Ball con
tlnued, “Gep Trevino is up against a
fact that cannot ba explained away.
-He wa* taught napping by Villa. A
soldier has an excuse for getting
whipped, but Tie has nd excuse Tor
being caught off his guard. The’ re
sult is he finds he must make ex
treme claims to clear his reputation
as a soldier. As the result; of a. fur
ther -investigation my account pf the
Chihuahua City battle as communi
cated to my superior, has been, in my
belief, absolutely confirmed. I stand
by It and have no desire to carry the
matter further.’’
CHIHUAHUA EXECUTIONS
500 Villa Adherents Dead—Car
ranza General Returns to City
With Only 10 Per Cent of His
Command
Wholesale executions are taking
place in Chihuahua City, fpllpwing
the Villa attack, it was autiaunccd at
Military headquarters !.T El Basd.
Tex-, Tuesday. Five hundred Villa
adherents have been executed since
the fight, the report to Gen George
Bell, Jr., states, and many other pris
oners have been taken.
A report from Chihuahua that Gen
Matias Ramos had returned to that
state capital with only 35 men’of his
original force of 350 also was re
ceived by, Gen Bell. A prominent
Mexican who was taken prisoner by
Villa at Chihuahua City and subse
quently released reached the border
yesterday and reported to military
.authorities that Villa had executed
only two .‘of the 30S prisoners taken,
during the Chihv.ahua battle. 1 One of
these was a chauffeur ftu Gen Tre
vino. He gave the others tire choice
of .returning, to Chihuahua Ci'y or
Joining him. Thirty-six returned and
the remainder joined Villa The Mexi
can refugee was one of these and say's
he saw .Villa personally and that the
bandjt leader walked with a crutch
because of a bullet wound in the leg
and that he carried his crutch in the
saddle while on the intirch.
TO ATTACK CHIHUAHUA
Indications Are That Date Has
Been Set by Villa
it was stated in El Paib; Tex., Tues
day at military headquarters that
all the information available from
the qfficers reporting to the El Paso
headquarters indicated that Villa
was preparing to mak^ another at
tack on Chihuahua City, and it w'as
stated that the report of his move
ment north from San Andrews was
doubted. It was also stated that the
date when the Chihuahua City attack
is expected to be made is known, but
is withheld for military reasons.
VILLA HEADED NORTH
Bandit Leader Reported Near Chi
huahua
Villa and his bandit command are
niaving northward toward the Amer
ican expeditionary forces, according to
reports received Tuesday at field
beadquarters from a source believed
reliable. Villa is reported to have
crossed the Northwestern railroad at
Sap Andres. 25 miles southwest of
Chihuahua City after a skirmish there
between his men and CarraiizA tioops..
FOUR CITIES ATTACKED
Revolutionists Assail Mexican
Towns on Same Day
I Revolutionary attacks were made on
Guadalajara, Tampico and, Vera Cruz,
on Saturday,- simultaneously with
Villa’s Hidalgo day , attack upon Chi
huahua City, Mex., according to re
ports received- there last week.
Wednesday by Gen Jacinto Ti'a
vinp. No details were ; received.
Gen Trevino last week an
nounced a revised list of the casual
ties in Saturday’s engagement there.
The government losses in killed and
wounded he placed at 53, white the
Villa casualties he estimated at be
; tween 200 and 250 including 94 prison
ers taken and executed. He asserted
that he had learned from captives
that the bandits, who are reported to
be reorganizing in the Sierra de la
Silla, have with them about 150
। wounded who have neither medical
attention nor medical supplies. ’Gov
ernment patrols are operating every
where within a. radius of 10 mite* of
the city. While it is not general)}’ be
lieved that Villa will soon make an
other attack orders have been issued,
to take every precaution, artillery hav-.
ing been mounted on the, bills and
heavy outposts being maintained.
Statements were issued at the com
mandantcia Wednesday denying bord
er reports that Villa had made a see-;
I ond attack upon the town Tuesday and
■ that-there had been defections in the
I garrison. It was said also that no
i arm? or ammunition were seized in
the Hidalgo day engagement'and that
the'government forces captured from
the pandits a quantity of high-power
ed rifles and cartridges, which ap
parently had been - manufactured in
the United States.
TWO ENGLISHMEN SLAIN
British Subjects Executed by Vil
listas for Giving Shelter to Car
ranza Officers
Two British subjects were taken
from, their home and shot and 36 of a
part of 38 Carranza soldiers were
killed in a raid the 16th on an Aquila
oil camp near Tuxpam by bandits call
ing themselves Villistas, according to
a report brought to Galveston, Tex.,
by .the steattier Toplla from Tampico.
The Carranzlstas put up a hard fight,
it was said, but were outnumbered
and overpowered. Two .of their offi
cers took refuge in the 'bouse of the
Englishmen. They .were discovered
and put to death and the Englishmen
killed for having given them shelter,
the report adds.
VILLA MAY CUT LINE
Belief of Gen Funston as Result of
Chihuahua Battle
Belief that Francisco Villa will soon
cut the Carranza line of communica
tions between Chihuahua City and
Juarez if he has not already dons so
was suggested by Maj-Gen Funston
lat San Antonio, Tex., last week
Wednesday, after he had read
a report on Villa’s Chihuahua
engagement received by Brig-Gen
Bell at El Paso. Stories gathered
by Gen Bell from persons reaching
El Paso from the Interior indicate that
Gen Trevino's forces were driven out
of Chihuahua City In Villa’s Saturday
attack and that they took' station on
a large hill outside the ■ city from
necessity and not from, choice, as
previous reports said. From this hill
they succeeded by the Use of artillery
In dislodglfiy the yillistas. ” “ J
Gen Funaton refused, to ‘ give . out
all details of the Bell report for pub.
licatlon but he said that It confirmed
previous accounts pf the battle dijd
indicated, eyen more cd^iti^
. r . • - -it -
than were admitted by the Cmran
zJstas. Mt se.ems they had quite' a
holiday ,dpWn there,” said the general.
• Gen Bell's report said that Villa’s
force last Saturday was- estimated at
from 500 to 70Q men. ‘ GCn Funston
believes" this force ,has grown since
tha ; , Chihuahua battle- • He said that
in this case the logical step for Villa
to take would-be the severing of the
line of communications between Chi
huahua add Juarez. This would give
him control of the Mexican North
western railroad, and, the general
added, “the garrisons to the north
would have to look out.” ■
TO PROMOTE PERSHING
President Approves Selection of
Mexican Expeditionary Com
mander for Major-General
Secretary . Baker announced late
Monday at Washington that the
president would nominate. Brig-Gen
Pershing, commander of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces in Mexico,
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t<> be a major-general to- fill the va
cancy created by the death qf Maj-
Gen Mills. Cols Eben Swift qf the
geneijaJ staff. Francis H. -French of
Jhe 21st infantry, E<Jwin St.. John
Greble of the titir field ■ apliliery anti
Charles G. Treat of the general stall
will become brigadier-general, suc
ceeding Brig-Gen Pershing, who is
promoted to major-general, and
-Granger. Adams. Montgomery Mc-
Comb aiid F. W. Sibley, who are to be
retired. Gen Pershing’k promotion
does not affect his assignment as com
mander of the expedtionary force in
Mexico. Announcement of the pro
motions was made by Secretary Baker
upon his return from Baltimore, where
lie talked over the selections ■ with
President Wilson. - The- secretary’s
recommendations ywerep approved by
the president, who will send the nom
inations to the Senate in December.
EL PASO’S'BIG PARADE'
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Lhi'gdst Number bf -Troops in Lihe
Since Famous Civil War Review
National guardsmen afid regulars
^-26,000 of them' fn' dust-fetaliied
kh^ki-^sw-ung through the streets of
El- Paso and past ia -reviewing stand
‘at Fort Bliss near El PaSP.'TSx:. ThiirS
tia'y ip the first paradd and review
of' an infantry divisirn at full war
strength ever held in the United
States. Military men said also that
a larger number of troops were in
lihe than at any other -time in the
.history of the country with the’ex
ception of the grand review in Wash
ington at the close of the, civil war.
May 23, and 24. 1865. Tanned by
service -on the border, the brown-clad
legions, cavalry, infantry; field artil
lery’ and auxiliary Topps marched in
an unbroken' column, nearly -20 'miles
long.
Participating in the review* were
troops from the regular army, from I
Massachusetts, Michigan. Kentucky,
Ohio, South Carolina. Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island and New* Mexico, in all
799 officers and 25.941 men. Eight
thousand animals and .100 vehicles,
including ambulances, gun carriages,
and supply wagons, helped make up
the pageant. ' •
VILLA NOT IN COLUMBUS
Report That He Will Try to .Prove'
He Was Net in Baid
Army intelligence agents are mak
ing an. investigation of report that
representatives of VHlfi were in Co
lumbus. N. M... to secure information
to prove that Villa w*as not at Colum
bus on March 9. but that the Colum
bus raid was led by Pablo Lopez,
who iway executed in Chihuahua City
because Of his alleged leadership at
the Santa Ysabel massacre, in which
18 Americans and outer foreigners
were killed. It is reported that Vite
la is preparing a manifesto disclaim
ing responsibility for the Columbus
raid and placing the blame on Lopez,'
AMERICAN KILLS MEXICAN
Rfesult of Soldiers' Brawl at El
Valle, Chihuahua
A Carranza sergeant of the El Valle
fChifiiia'hua) garrison was shot and
killed Friday night by an American
trooper of the sth cavalry,' who" is
beltjg held prisoner, according to a
report brought to Columbus, N. M„
Monday from field headquarters.
The Carranza commander at El Valle
refused to surrender tlie prisoner after
Gen J. J. Pershing *eht a messenger
requesting his release. The American
is said td be held incommunicado on a
charge of murder;
According to the report eight mem
bers of the-sth cavalry visited a saloon
at *EI Valle. Seventeen Carranza sol
diers entered later with side arms.
During the drinking the Mexican ser
geant Is said to have proposed a toast
ta.the United States which was object
ed to by the Americans. The shoot
ing is reported to have followed.
A STiFF~SENTENCE [
For Clark of Holyoke—Six Months
, . at Hard Labor:-, . • i
From Our SpeciaLCorrespqndent
COLUMBUS, K M„ Tues., Sept. 26
imprisonment at paid
labor at'’Fort Leavenworth,, ^i^oh
orable discharge, and- the forfeiture ot
all pey tind teMbwartt** due him tea a
soldier Was the sentence : ImpoMd
upon Private'Hugh 6 "Clark-»f Mol
. yoke''to-day. The yerdtef-<W”the gen
-1 oral oouft-riiartial board • wm re
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turned with Gen Pershing’s and the
war department’s approval. Clark
had written ah article to a Holyoke
newspaper criticising the food and
the administration of his company.
He will be taken to Fort Bliss imme
diately and then transferred to
Leavenworth where the sentence will
begin on his arrival- No allowance
will be made for the two months ne
has spent in the stockade. Comment
among his tentmates is that the sen
tence was stiff. They had expected
he would -escape with a reprimand.
The board which investigated the
Penniman shooting will report to Col
Hayes to-morrow. The delay is due
to other work of the board members;
John J. McClellan of the state treas
ury department is here getting a list
of the soldiers and of those to whom
they want the monthly allowance of
$lO, allowed by the state, sent. The
state pay is retroactive to the date of
mustering. This means that the men
will receive S3O for the past three
months’ service. The 2d regiment has
expended 150.000 rounds of ammuni
tibn ■in target practice -since coming
Vere. The allowance |s pearly gone
but every man is an expert with the
rifle. "
BAY STATE TROOPS BACK
Field Hospital Company No 1 First
to Return From Border
The first Massachusetts troops to
return from the border, field, hospital
tompany No 1, arrived .in Boston
Tuesday. Maj John D. R. Woodworth
was in command with 68 men and
seven officers. The men .will be mus
tered out in twb weeks.
NEW LONDON CONFERENCE
Mexican Commissioners Ask
About Report That They Are
■Authorized to Discuss Only With
. drawal of Pershing
The members Qf the Mexican-Amer
ica^ joint commission at New London
Ct- Monday began the fourth week
of..their investigation of border condi
tions in their effort to bring about an
adjuhtrh^ht of the international ques
tions at Issue. The Mexican represen
tatives were still insistent that their
army is capable of maintaining peace
in northern Mexico and that the ra
latioufs. .between the two countries
wpulij be . greatly unproved by the
sylthdrawal of the American forces.
The Americans "Insisted on further
study of Mexico’s internal affairs,
adhering to their position flat any
agreement entered into must be so
broad as to make reasonably certain
the satety of American life and prop
erty throughout Mexico. More re
ports from the war department sup
porting the charges that outlawry in
tfie .state of Chihuahua if showing
signs .of increase were tn- the hands
of the Americans, but the- Mexicar.s
were prepared to submit counter-re
ports indicating the insignificance of
Villa’s reappearance.
The- Mexican representatives' ad
vised the American representatives of
the dispatch by them of an inquiry to
their government as to the accuracy
and meaning of ah official circular re
ported to have been sent to all state
governors in Mexico in which the
Jjexlcon public was informed that the
Mexifttrt commissioners had not been
Instructed td-dlscuss anything; but the
withdrawal of the American troops.
Tlie Mexicans-placed before lhe com
mission yesterday official reports niltl
imizing the ...importance of the at
tack bii ChihuahMa' by Vill i' ifdrces.
"A grbal part, of the time was, con
sumed in the consideration df reports
relative to health conditions. ‘ *5
Commiiston Will Meet in Atlantite
; City. - : '.J .
Atlantic; City vas ettpsin at Wash
ington' Monday as the new meeting
place ' of 11 thi'FKxican-Amcrtcan com
mission- now sitting at New Londofi.
The selection was made by Eliseo Ar
redondo. the Mexifcan embassador des
ignate^ and Assistant Se'-' etary Phil
lips of the state department and
later-the commissioners were notified
that they could proceed to Atlantic
City whenever they saw ft.
Funston Ex-iresses Regret
Geti" Fbnston advised -lie war de
"parunent at Washington Monday
that he had ordered an expression of
regret to the Mexican authorities for
the action of Corporal Rogers, troop
B, Texas cavalry', tn crossing into
Mexico with a patrol of seven men
Thursday, artd had directed Col Gas
tom commanding in the Big Bend dis
trict, to try the corporal for disobey
inp orders. The patrol was flrad on
by Mexican soldiers, and returned to
the. American side with a loss of one
horse. No reason for the crossing has
been given.
Baptist Revival Meetings
Maj-Gen Funston at San Antohio.
Tex., Monday, said he had no -objec
tion to the holding of revivals along
the Mexican balder s by Baptist min
isters. Ijut that he did ,m i wish such
meetings ifislde the military camps.
Revivalists, he explained; ought to ob
tain meeting niaoes outside, where
they would not disturb amp life.
" Reports reaching. Brownsville, Tex.,
but impossible of veiifi;:ation, state
that a band of bandits under Alberto
Carrera Torres has captured Victoria,
capital of the Mexican state of Ta
mauHpas.
USE OF BLOOD SERUM
Commission Organized for Purpose
By Harvard Medical School
The collection of blood serum from
persons who have recovered from in
fantile paralyse its distribution
among physicians in an attempt to
combat the spread of the disease Is
the work undertaken 'by a commis
sion just organized at the Harvard
.medical school in Boston, according to
an announcement made in Cambridge
Monday.' The commission consists
of Dr Robert W‘. Lovett, professor of
orthopedic surgery, chairman; Dr Mil
ton .1. Rosenau. professor of preven
tive medicine and hygiene; Dr Frau
ds W. Peabody, assistant professor
•of medicine, and Roger Pierce, secre
tary, White it has not been definitely
established, according to the commis
sion's statement, that the use of
serum is of benefit, in the treatment of
the disease, it Is believed that results
thus far obtained Justify its use.
An appeal is made to persons who
have recovered from infantile paraly
sis to allow a small quantity of their
blood to be taken. The serum wilt be
distributed to physicians free of cbarge
*iid the commission will also provide
experts -td assist physicians In the
diagnosis of cases, and to administer
serum if desired. State and local
health authorities have pledged their
co-opern.tinn,. ~ . '
Australia is to have a referendum
on compulsory service, and if the
Anzaca give a clew to the military
spirlt of the* country it Wil) pass. Word
comes- f rom .Melbourne that the Sen
ate paused the bill at Its third-reading
by the Urge thßjortty of 17 to U.
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