Show Villa VUla Expresses Hate For Wilsons Wilson's Policy By Bv Gerald Bran Brandon BrandonI don donI I Who ho Has Haa Just Returned from an Extended Tour Toul of oC Mexico Written Exclusively for Universal Service Copyright 1920 by Universal Service NEW NT EW YORK orx May Iny 20 On On April tho tenth in his camp at La Las Delicias i miles south of Chihuahua Francisco o Villa the man whom bom Pershing the kaiser-beater kaiser failed to got get put off a n couple hangings and ransoming ransoming's which he lie Had Fad scheduled for that day any and told mo me how it felt to be the I quarry hunted by Mexican soldiers and American doughboys was feeling and looking fine tine He tips the beam at 30 pounds having hav- hav hay hav leg InC gained forty since his raid on Columbus Co Co- Co- Co lumbus N N. M. M made him dm an International International international outlaw five years ago ngo During that period ho has developed eloped strange strange- ly His HItS a associations with Gen l Felipe cUpo Angeles who was recently executed by Carran Carranza a broadened his mind and gave him an Inkling of the world that lies outside of ot the Chihuahua and Duran Durange Durango Du- Du ran range o sierra which has been tho scene of ot his hegira Ills His sense bense of ot p perspective tive tivo and value of ot his neighbors neighbor's life lifo and property ha have hn e however been narrowed narrowed nar nar- rowed b by b his Ills rive live years years' abuse of ot unrestrained unrestrained un un- un- un restrained d exercise of ot high justice the tho I middle and the low Ambitions Are tre Villas Villa's first wor words tS to me after the thc traditional embrace with which Mexicans Mex Mex- leans of oC his class dustS greet old acquaintances acquaint acquaint- ances anees wore Next you come como to toBee see Bee me do not wear clohe like those referring to my O. 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D shirt and riding rid rid- In ing breeches Th They y remind me mc of or the tho time when lying inn cave near Nonoava helpless ul L bullet bullot Wound in Ia IU my leg Ice I saw caw a column of or American soldiers pass dO down n tho the trail feet away I admit that I was wag for I could not have llave defended led myself had they spotted me Since then that un uniform uniform uni uni- 1 form fann gives me inc an unpleasant feeling Docs Does that prejudice extend to all Americans I hastened to ask Hate hales Ire lz WIlSon No answered Villa I realize that the people at large cannot be blamed for the acts of ot their government Th There re Is 19 only on one American whom I 1 hate and that Is President Wilson Ibon I do donot donot donot not hate him only for the tho wron wrongs R I have e suffered Buttered at his hands but hut for tor forthe the tho blood of or a hundred thousand of ot my countrymen who died lcd as ao a n. result of or his Mexican policy I do not presume to dictate what his policy should have been I am only an ignorant laborer laborer- but I cannot forgive his having turned turne against me rue without warning and having ln mavin permitted the tho bo passa passage e of ot Carranza troops through American territory to fight right mo inc at nl Agua after having hl assured me I through his representative r e Continued l on Pane Page 2 VILLA EXPRESSES HIS HATE HAE FOR US U.S. U. U S S. S POLICY Continued from Page 1 that he ha would remain absolutely neutral neu cu eu- eu In our quarrel With my anny army I had d Just traversed the tho sierra through difficult passes wh where ro food tood and water sater wore lacking Wo We 0 arrived before Agua Aun Prieta expectIng expecting expect expect- ing tin nn easy caay victory which would have hayo permitted us ua to rest our weary horses and refit our scanty supply of or ammu ammu- To our surprise we met mot an overwhelming force orce of ot fre freih h troops which cut us to pieces aria and drove us L back over the Interminable trail through the mou mountains Wonders Vonder About Policy Why was I not told frankl frankly that Carranza would be recognized Wh Why did President Wilson array himself at tho the side of ot m my enemies enemies' If It you OU realize that tho the American people wore were not to blame why did you attack Columbus an Amerl American on city olty which had nothing to do with President President dent Wilsons Wilson's change chango of or policy polley I asked I will not talk talle to you about the tho Columbus raid ho no nn YoU xou I are arc not my jud Judge o. o nut But I wish to say that I am rend ready to answer to charges chargee I on this matter before an nn Impartial I court to be composed of ot one American one Mexican and one Frenchman Ivill I will vill state m my case and let President Wilson state his and If It the court decides de do- eto- eto that I am m a n. bandit bl and should pay with my life lito I will let a a. rope put an nn end to my mJ career General I Insisted will wilI you ou at nt least toll me rae definitely wh whether ther or Tot not lot you ou are responsible for the tho Columbus raid I r will only say this he replied Why h should I pluck off ort of 01 my brow ono one of ot m my most glorious laurels If It I had earned It Denies Dente Santa nuu cre And with this ambiguous and typical I reply I mu must t needs be content passing on to a R. Ull still moro more gruesome murder commonly attributed to Villa Villa the the massacre re at Santa Ysabel where el eighteen American mining men were taken off oft a a. train and shot down In cold blood I r give you my word that I am not nolo responsible for tor that protested Villa I I 1 had disbanded my command and my mJ men were headed homeward Jn tn groups of ot fifty to one ono hundred under tho the command command com corn mand of ot their local chieftains I had no control of ot them at tho and as ns asa a U. matter of ot fact tact was O miles away awa- when It happened How about your recent and ransoming of ot Americans I I queried How about your continual mulcting of ot American mining concerns for or huge hugo Gums ouma of ot mono money Had to Have Money He He laughed heartily Ask any of or orthe the the men to whom hom you refer reter If It I over eyer mistreated them Ask the tho mining com corn companies Danles If Ir I ever took from them as much nuch money as 8 B I saved them from losing at Carr Carranza's hands They will vill willell tell ell you that I have havo given them better protection than Carranza or the AmerIcan Amerlean Amer- Amer lean Ican can government ever afforded them The Tho proof IB la that they are all prosperous prosper prosper- ous today I h d to get mone money somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where to feed toed clothe and my men I J got It wherever possible and andt It t was natural that foreign concerns who are making money out of 01 Me Mexico should pay their proportion Practically cally e cr every mine In the state of Chihuahua Chi Chi- Durango and Coahulla Coahuila where I have been operating Is working to- to day lay Will wm you ou tell me If It the mines In Zacatecas Hidalgo Michoacan Oaxaca and other southern states are doing as much 1 Villa surprised mo me by his knowledge of ot conditions throughout Mexico He Ho told old me and proved his statements by producing letters that he Is kept informed In- In formed ormed b by agents In every Mexican city He also has representatives In Washington Vl New York St. St Louis Louts and Los x 3 Angeles as well wen as In all the American America border cities Felix FeUx Diaz he said Is 18 one of or those hose supposed to bo be responsible for tor forthe ho tho murder of ot As such I can have lave no dealings with him If It I could la lay ay my hands on him I would try him himor i ifor for or that crime 1 Fights for or Principle Says Say Villa I Manuel Manual with his army In the oil fields has haa been fighting the same enemy as I. I Carranza Wo We could co cooperate co- co cooperate operate but that Is all He lIe Is Ie lighting fighting for or for tor Interests I am fightIng fight fight- Ing ns for a a. principle for fOI effective suffrage suffrage suf suf- frage for tor the people There was one ono other man In Mexico who was my n natural tural ally He is Js dead now murdered by Gen Pablo Gon Gon- zales Emillano Zapata like myself was of ot tho people and had only their Interests at heart Like myself He tie W was 9 suspicious by nature but not enough so so He believed believed be- be when Guarjardo offered to Join his standard and lost his life as con n-con- acon- acon sequence I will profit by his death and not allow myself to be caught in ina ina a a. trap Not that I care for my life Ute but that today I am the only hope of tho the trodden down down peon I |