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Show USELESS SLAUGHTER. F.-3 niso Villa phouM disband his j forces and seek asylum in the Vnitod I Stat.r-c. for to continue to ftrnglc in i Mf-xio anv lonL,pr is wor" than nae- J ?s. R': isn't fighting to hbrrafe no it! - I jj oppr??ed people, but to e't even with Carranza, whom he hates. Tn t.hf rid ho i! will either be kille'l or become a fugitive j ;t jn ft foreign land, and in the meantime ' j , many of bis followers will have bocn . blain and more d-'imaKQ done to prop- ' J ' erty. The battle at Agua Prieta 'was not an exhibition of patriotism, but, of ' -j r insane race and jf-almiv upon the part - or Villa, whoe mn m;Iit',' nntoki ' 1 hardphips in ord;r to rarh th border, onlv to be wh ippd and forced to re-! re-! : 1 treat. General Chroon, f'arranza'a ' chief commander, is now on the way to the scene of action in the state of 1 . ftonora, and it is presumed the ViUistns will be compelled to move on in short order. It is to be hoyjed so, at any j . rate. f'arran.a, in spite of the fat, thai t b I," niter Pta tK a nd a r";i t. many other countries have recognized him ai the bead of the de facto rovrrnTnont, ap jifArn to be afraid to take up hn abode in Mexico ('A ty. So far as k nown the : l citizens of the capital after the long vears of tria la and t ribulatlons would welcorne ft povern merit that even ga ve ' prorni'C of Mability. But, Madero trust- I ' ed these same cient if ifoet and fail'-d to 1! . twke his army with him vAicn he took ' ; up his reuden'-'- in Mc-xi'-o 'y nn f r j 1 ident of 'he republic. He v.' as liv-a-h i erously murdered. f'arrana evident ly I i does not propose to take any chanf-s n nd f j.robably vill not jo to Mexico C-'ity un- S til the situation in the north i'i cleared Dp and he has an army at bin back. Ife cannot be blamed for oxerciri u due efj.u'ion under the cirfurnH. anf-n, for ! j piioul') he be kill'-d Mm 1 1 ua.t ,n in j r4'-fi would b'-'-oiue wort" Mian ver. ; 1 ! In MU'-h ''.'Mt. Mm- I'rut-d fnt-H would I be i-,w"'- to r-'-n.' " Mi': f.-l.t : : ir. would continue another f- f , yea rv. i ! fictator fua., on his way to Kurope j ' ifier hein(f for-'d to leave Mpo country, remarked en rout.'j that "whoever han the army, has Mexico," meaning the regular military establishment. Huerta mid Blaaquct had this army when they murdered Madero, Huerta becoming dictator. dic-tator. But the army was no longer ! strong1 enough to cope with the citizen doldiers and as a result of the clash Huerta is in jail in the United States and Blaoquot an exile in Europe. Diaz ivas right in one respect, however. Whoever stands at the head of any kind of a government in Mexico must have a sufficient force of men to guard against treachery and revolutionary plots. Carranza Car-ranza dull and thick-headed as he ap- pears to be, knows this much. In fact, he probably has a great deal clearer idea as to the necessity for "preparedness" "prepared-ness" than a large number of people in Iho "United States. He may be slow, but he is a tenacious old fellow and will doubtless establish a real government govern-ment at the capital just as soon as Villa 's forces are scattered, captured or killed. |