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Show viiITiisEsF PROTECT CIVILIANS ENTERS MEXICAN CAPITAL AT THE HEAD OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS. Declares That He is Acting as Field Commander of the Armies and That He Will Restore Order at Once. Mexico City. General Villa has entered en-tered the Mexican capital at the head of 25,000 troops, declaring that his only mission la to restore peace and not to take personal revenge upon his enemies. en-emies. In a statement Issued Tuesday, General Gen-eral Villa said: "My only mission Is to restore order or-der In Mexico and not to take personal per-sonal revenge on anyone. I promise prom-ise that order will bo restored at once. I am acting a3 the subordinate of Provisional President Gutierrez and the national convention. "The provisional president Is now the supreme power In Mexico and I am merely acting as field commander of the armies. All foreigners aud foreign for-eign property will be protected." "This is better than my last visit when I came here as a friendless prisoner pris-oner of Huerta's," remarked General Villa upon his arrival. General Villa had a narrow escape from death just before his entry into the city. His train collided with the train of General Chao above Tula. Thlrtytwo persons were killed and forty wounded. One mile below the scene of the wreck six mines were found connected with a battery concealed con-cealed In a ravine. The general's train passed over the mines, which were not discovered until the morning. |