Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-20 | Page 2 | villa Bitter Against Wilson and Carranza

S VILLA BITTER 1 : AGAINST WILSON i President Is Referred to as s "Evangelistic Professor of Philosophy" by the Rebel Chief. p er tt FUTURE IS discussed: n ! Battle for the Possession of 6t I cr Capital of Sonora Is p Still in Progress, lj Says Report. tlr hJ NOGALES, Ariz., Nov. 19. A long 80 W proclamation in which General Villa j Renounces General ra.rranza and the P1. to L'nilefl States government vras issued by Governor Randall, acting Villa gov- f m eroor of Sonora, last night. j, The proclamation -which Bandall at- a tributed to Arilla was published and $-1 . poBted in Nogale6, Souora. It refers to jf1 President Wilson as an "evangelistic hs try profeFsor of philosophy, ' and declares ?G Mexico cannot be -pacified bv Carranza ar, because the people will not accept a J government forced upon them by the at I'nited States. The proclamation is addressed to "My or. compatriots and the people of the United fo States,'' and reads in part: The tyranny of the northern re- public places me in a position in Be which it is necessary to make known the facts. Ve -went to the "Washington peace ni: conference in good faith and -with ei: the noble hope of terminating the war and finding an honorable and D);" lastiDg peace. v The Mexican people cannot bo consolidated by the Carranza gov-ernment gov-ernment because they -will not ac cept a government forced upon them by Woodrow Wilson. DL Carranza practically delivered the entire republic into the hands of the 'to' Yankees. j'o I declare I have much to be thank- jfj; ful to Mr. Wilson for, because he on, has relieved me of the obligation of 'Tr giving guarantees to foreigners, , i especially those who were once free '! citizens, but now are vassals of a t y, professor of philosophy, who has 1 Ci trampled the independence of a free 'ior pcuplc and violated the sovereignty ir.o of Texas. New Mexico and Arizona ;' by letting their soil be crossed by ',, ' Carranza troops.