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Show whom he and his bands outraged on the way. Ranchmen also saw him all along tiie route to Columbus." The Texas congressman said he personally per-sonally took a telegram from the state department to 'Villa during the hitter's first occupation of Juarez. This message ordered Villa to return some cattle stolen from the. Americans. "I reached Villa's headquarters just a few hours after be had murdered the. Rrlt-isb Rrlt-isb subject, Kenton." .Mr. Hudspeth said "He read the telegram and threw it on the floor. " 'Go back and tell your government I have no respect for it.' Villa shouted 'The American soldiers won't fight; thev are cowards. 1 will do as T please ' "I shook my finger at him across the desk and told him that the dav ' would come when he would respect mv 'government, 'govern-ment, and when he would find out wnether or not the American soldiers would fight. "We sent him running back into the hills like a scared cotton-tail rabbit in June, and I want to see us go cet him oefore we are through with Mexico " HUDSPETH MAKES VIGOROUS ATTACKS IN HOUSE SPEECH By Universa I Srrvjrp WASUIN-GTON, July ;5.-Spe aking on th Mexican situation, , 'ongressman Hudspetch of Texas read the so-celled I ulierty of action" resolution adopted hv the Texas senate, in which 'the federal government gov-ernment w3s asked either to adequately protect citizens of that state from the outrages of Mexicans, or to accord to tiie state the privilege of protecting its citizens citi-zens as it sees fit. "But that is not necessary, neces-sary, he continued, and. pointing to the b.ars and Stripes hanging- above the speakers chair, continued: "That flag is sufficient. T.et us stand by the traoitions "f the p.ist. I,et ii carry that flag and its protection to our citizens in benighted Mexico." The Texas member . made n articular refnrence to the recent speech of Representative Repre-sentative (luarrlia of New York which was interpreted as a criticism of the administration ad-ministration for critiri-ing lluorla H,u laudatory of Villa and Keiix Toe speaker related the incidents of Hcerta's hetra-il and assassination of frauciseo Madero ar.d his sulise-pient action ac-tion in having his guards cut out the tongue of I'eputy Felix (lonznies who h id denounced Huerta as a tvrant and an assassin. "And this is the man whom M (Jue'di-i defended." he said. "Feiix fiuz is a moral rxtrvort and n political tiwcraie a cou-aid aid a iraitnr." Replying to Mr. l.a i lua rdi rs decl i- a-tion a-tion that it l,ad nf-v r heen proved Ih.,t Villa participated inhe raid on ('n;,ra. bus. X, M., Mr Hi; Is -.-..-th said: "Oh. Villa was lro. I'cninelent wit-i'...sts wit-i'...sts saw him. iieludiiig one woman |