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Show VILLA IS ROLEB OF fill! MEXICO Does Not Go South Becauoe He Fears Falling Into a Trap L By JOHN W B.OBEET3 By International News Service CHIHTj AHLi A Aug 1 Geperal Frail dsco illa virtually declared himself ruler of northern Mexico in a statement made tonight to your correspondent when be said that the reason he had not sent his troops southward was because he did not want to fan into a trap by going Into a country unknown to them They have conquered northern Mexl co Ma said and here they sha 1 re main No matter what peace arrange nents are made my men will remain in the state of Chihua ua ready to fight until death takes us to a p ace where fighting is unknown We wi 1 adm t no ntruders and no one who has not taken an active part in making lctory poss b e w be allowed to ho d off ce The peop e In my country are anxious to know whether or not yon jourself intend to go into Mexico City I aid Does Not Know When Tour people are too curious but as I ha e a natural sympathy toward all Americans you will say that I will go into Mexico City but I do not know when. Vo matter who is president, they will either have Pancho Vi la at their elbow as their protector" or they wl 1 have him as their enemy I could be president if I wanted to but I will stand by what I have told you and that is my great ambition to have a man as presi dent of Mexico who will be our pride and other nations envy I am too rough and too ignorant to be that but I have enough sense to know a man when I see him Is it true that you are ordering mu n t ons of war and that you are success ful y smuggl ng them across the Rio Grande' I asked him Answer Evasive He nodded his head slowly but his an swer was evasive. WJiy do you ask me so many ques tlons' he laughed "Why don t you go now and bother the king of Germany or Mr Roosevelt who are having so much trouble' We sink into ether compared to the terrib e war they will have Caramba Think of 1 000 000 men at one calling and many millions more to draw from I would like to fight there 1 would like to be in a pace where thousands of 1m mense she! s burn he through the air and a m lion men are k led in one bat tie That wou d be g oiious As for us bah This war s no war now it Is a dog fight |