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Show DBREGON READY TO " FIGHT BDTH CHIEFS SAYS HE WILL TACKLE VILLA AND CARRANZA IF NECESSARY TO RESTORE PEACE. Carranza Makes Offer to Turn Over His Forces if Villa Will Do the Same and Meet Him in Havana Before November 25. Mexico City. General Obregon has received a dispatch from Cordoba saying that General Carranza had made an offer to General Eulalio Gutierrez Gu-tierrez to turn over the military forces to General Gonzalez and leave for Havana, to arrive there not later than November 25, if ' General Villa would turn over his command to General Gen-eral Gutierrez and be In Havana the same date. The Agues Calientes convention con-vention must meet in Mexico City the day Generals Villa and Carranza arrive ar-rive in Havana, according to General Carranz's offer. The convention in Mexico City then must ratify the election of General Gutierrez, or choose another provisional provis-ional president who would hold power until the calling of general elections. If by November 30 these conditions are not met, General Carranza, according accord-ing to General Obregon. will resume power as first chief of the constitutionalists. constitution-alists. Commenting on the offer of General Carranza, General Obregon said he was willing to fight both Carranza and Villa if necessary to drive them from the country and restore peace. "The proposition of General Carranza, Car-ranza, just made," said General Obregon, Obre-gon, "will relieve him of all responsibility responsi-bility in case of hostilities. I am sure General Gutierrez will accept this last offer. If General Villa does not wish to place himself in a ridiculous position, posi-tion, he will subordinate personal ambitions am-bitions to patriotism and accept. If, unfortunately, the proposition of General Gen-eral Carranza comes to naught, we will fight against all the evil, sons of Mexico Mex-ico until we exterminate them." |