Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-18 | Page 1 | Gen. Carranza Hedges Again

GEN. CARRANZA HEDGES AGAIN First Chief Repudiates Gen. Gonzalez Telegram and Refuses Re-fuses to Retire. BIG TROOP MOVEMENT Villa Advancing Southward and Battle North of Mexico City Is Imminent. Washington Nov. 16 General Car-ranza Car-ranza has repudiated the telegram sent for him by General Pablo Gonzales Gon-zales to General Gutierrez in which the first chief was represented as saying that he would retire This was announced today in an official dispatch from American Consul Sil-llman. Sil-llman. Carranza declared he had been misunderstood mis-understood In the telegram Gonza Iez sent on behalf of Carranza the first chief was described as ready to resign if both he and Villa reln-quished reln-quished their commands nnd met In Havana not later than November 25. No mention was made of the man to whom the executive power was to be delivered and Carranza now declares de-clares he never Intended to resign in favor of Gutierrez and will not de liver his place to any other than a man whom he could trust to carry out conditions he imposes. Troop Movements Under Way. While American Consul Sillman reported re-ported that great efforts were being made, to patch up the difficulties through intermediaries, other official advices said big troop movements were under way and that a battle was imminent north of Mexico City, where the Villa troopB were now ad-annng ad-annng southward. in connection with Carranza's repudiation repu-diation of the message sent for him by Gonzales, Villa adherents here deelai ed that at the Torreon confer ence, which was convened during the summer in an attempt to heal the first breach between Carranza and Villa, Gonzales acted as spokesman for Carranza Car-ranza and signed the agreement which was later similarly repudiated by the first chief. oo