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Show C11ZA TO QUIT AS DEM LEADER Is to Enter Field as Presidential Presi-dential Candidate .at the Forthcoming Elections. LAREDO, Texas, July 30. Venustiano Carranza is to retire as first chief of the de facto government of Mexico at an early date, and will be succeeded by General Pablo Gonzales, according to information in-formation given out by Mexican adminis-! adminis-! trative circles in Nuevo Laredo tonight, j General Carranza will enter the field as a presidential candidate at, the forthcom-' forthcom-' ing general elections, it was said this i afternoon, apparently confirming recent unofficial advices from Mexico City, ! which intimated that the first chief would seek elevation to the presidency at the hands of the voters. The conference of Mexican generals with Carranza, soon to be held in Mexico Mex-ico City, according to these advices, will arrange for the call for general elections and for the retirement of the first chief. This conference was said to have been summoned to prevent possible friction in military circles over the proposed transfer trans-fer of power. I While no date has been set for the j conference, several high officers of the de facto government military forces have 'left the border within the last few days I with the announced Intention of proceed-i proceed-i ing to Mexico City to confer with Gen-: Gen-: era! Carranza, and it is believed in Nuevo j Laredo that the accession of Gonzales to l the administrative power will not be delayed de-layed long. |