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Show GOVERNMENT IN BALANCE Gomez Is Worried Over ' Repudiation of Civil 5 ; Authority 6 ' 'j i Juarez, Mox., May S. Provisional 1 1-, government established horo laci Sat-I Sat-I f urday by Emillo Vasqucz Gomez hangs I b In tie balance. Tho repudiation of 5 jfe tho civil authority, which Gomoz as B provisional prosldcnt created to gov-S'ff gov-S'ff eni tho destinies of the revolution, is "3.W today worrying him greatly. Gomoz JS nnd his associates declare a misundor-nt misundor-nt standing has occurred. A messenger j from Gomez was today on his way to Orozco to place before, tho latter cer- tain documents calculated to make ,1 him understand. It Is generally ad-1 ad-1 mlttcd now that while General Oroz-I; Oroz-I; co invited Gomez to come from San Antonio to participate In tho direction direc-tion of revolutionary affairs, tho invitation in-vitation did not extend to the assumption assump-tion of executive authority such as a provisional president might hnvo. Should Orozco and Gomoz fall to i agree eventually, Gomez is likely to l , ' find himself in an embarrassing posl-lyv posl-lyv t Hon, Tho Mexican government will 111 , arrest him on a charge of treason HI I should he venture Into fcdoral tcrrl-II'' tcrrl-II'' tory. In Juarez, or tho rebel zone, Wll now ho is virtually under the con-B con-B . ! trol of Orozco, and rumors that he Is HI r' actually a prisoner of Orozco have H I been numerous In tho last few days. V To return across the Rio Grande into K the United States, friends of Gomez K believe Impossible, as It is reported K Uiat American special agents now K havo gathered evidence charging Golf Go-lf mez w Itb fomenting revolution against ml Mexico while In American territory Hi ' Much depends on the military acbivo-R acbivo-R ' ments of prozco In tho noxt few days. I i News of a declsivo battle somewhere I between Torreon and Jiminez was cx-Kit cx-Kit pected hourly today. Gomez has a III ', strrng following In tho south, but has ill little popular support in tho north, K where Orozco is the dictator. Should K Orozco bo defeated It may mean tho riso of Gomez or a new military chief. w A rcbol victory, it Is believed, spells a complete dictatorship hereafter by m Orozco, and perhaps the downfall of OB Gomez. Likewise a revolutionary tri- S- uinoh at this momeut would present a m serious situation for the Mcdero gov- M ernment as agents of the4atter in JEII tmk.1 Paso ileclnTofcPtbdny the federal gov- i Mr ernment had concentrated nearly all JL Its military strength for a decisive iwk blow at tho Insurrectos. GOMEZ EXPLAINS. i Juarez, Mex., May S. Kmllio Vas- pi '( quez Gomez gave a detailed explana- Mfl : tlon today of the tangle that 1ms "SI arisen over his relations with Gen- cral Orozco. W ' Seated In the customs house, the I proisional capital of the republic, J1 ' with Pascual Orozco, Sr.t father of tbo Ifli c military chief, at his side, Senor Go- fii mez declared he bad been acting in K accord with Orozco for mouths. As MlH carlj as March 2 the revolutionary lw JuntP in 151 Paso, ho asserted, pro- Nft claimed him provisional president and MB simultaneously invited Oro.co to join M the revolutionary cause. As proof of HJB this Senor Gomez produced a copy of By the proceedings of the El Paso Junta IV on Maich 2. The names of Dr. Poll- BH carpo Rueda, now revolutionist rep- mlm rcsontatlve in Washlngtou, and other BB prominent Mexicans arc signed to It BB Senor Gome, also exhibited the let- BB tors of Pascual Orozco accepting the BB office of military chief of the revolu- R tlon and the correspondence in which K Orozco welcomed Gomez as provls- B ional iresldent. To all these the eld- mMM or Orozco nodded nssenL Senor Go- BB mez declared tho confusion that ap- BH eared to exist was the handiwork of BB Gonzaio S Enrilc, now in Chihuahua, BB who. he said, was ambitious to con- BB lro revolutionary affairs. Knrile, It is BB alleged, signed Orozco's name to these BB telegrams expressing opposition to BjB Gomoz. Fear that the American au- BB thoritics miglit apprehend him for a BB Solation of neutrality laws, was tho BR reason given by Gomez for his re- fSji peated denial heretofore of complicity IKM' In revolutionary propaganda. The iE4j5 messenger sent by Gomoz to Orozco "fiftff at the rebel front 200 miles away HH should reach him late today when, BB according to Gomez, Orozco will fully Hw undorsland what has been done and HB will formally sanction it. |
