Show VILLA SHORN OF HIS WHISKERS FIRST CHIEF WOULD LOSE FALSE FRONT SAYS VILLA lays claim to an army of seventeen thousand men and declared De clarea that he can easily get ammunition and provisions douglas ariz general francisco villa has given out a arl written aten statement in which he says you ask me to tell you my strength I 1 will not lla ile to you for I 1 never lie altogether I 1 have armed men who are still loyal to ray my cause five thousand are with me now three thousand are in tho the garrison earr lson at juarez in chihuahua and vicinity and in jiminez to hold back the advance of the Carran latas the balance of the troops are scattered as small email garrisons aln in loss less important towns the american government may believe itself very smart but it has hadnot not been able to stop me from getting all the ammunition and provisions I 1 want the materials mater lala tor foi war have been pad for out of my own money and I 1 have crossed the border under the noses of american soldiers the fact that I 1 am spending my own money to buy ammunition and provisions should satisfy the people of the world that I 1 am standing by my men and that I 1 have no immediate intention of quitting in my fight tor for the liberty of my people should I 1 have carranza in my power instead of killing him I 1 would shave him this would do him greater harm beca aae then he be would be shorn of that false front which to the ignorant indicates intelligence carranza cannot be president alvaro Ob nj however Is of another type lie he la Is strong and I 1 admire strong men and lie he admires me hut but since lie he has hag cast in his lot with carranza I 1 shall continue to fight him until either cither lie ho or I 1 lins hns been swept oft of mexican soil were carranza out of the way general obregon and I 1 could ifould soon come to peace terms and we would work together to build up my country |