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Show VILLA FALSE, SAYS CARRANZA. While Declaring Friendship for United States Was Preparing to Invade Country. San Antonio, Texas. Through Roberto Rob-erto V. Pesqueira of this city, Car-ranza's Car-ranza's accredited diplomatic representative represen-tative in the United States, General Venustiano Carranza . from Mexico City on Wednesday sent a personal appeal to President Wilson and the Btate department, protesting against the activities of George C. Carothers and the friendliness of the United States for Francisco Villa. It is asserted that at the very moment mo-ment Villa was declaring friendship for the United States he was threatening threat-ening to invade this nation at El Paso and declared to his closest advisers that ha would conquer the nation in a few months' campaign. Then when a few months ago, Villa was declaring that the conduct of the United States was justified in the Vera Cruz matter, he was at the same time swearing vengeance ven-geance upon this nation. |