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PAY NO MORE
UASH FOR VILLA BEGINS TODAY
BRIDGE FOR TROOPS BURNED; SUSPECT MEXICANS
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WASHINGTON, March 14—
Counsel F. L. Polk, of the State
Department, now acting as Sec
retary, in the absence of Secre
tary Robert Lansing, was sum
moned to the White House to-day
for a conference with President
Wilson. It was understood that
the President wished to go over
the entire foreign. situation with
the Acting Secretary.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
WASHINGTON, March 14.—The
expedition “to get Villa” starts into
Mexico to-day The hour of depar
ture, make-up of the column and di
rection in which it goes will be with
held I'he censorship is to be com
plete in order that the object of the
expedition will not be defeated.
It was said at the War Department
early to-day that no report vet had
been received of the starting of the
olumn It was also pointed out that
none need be made that General
Funston and General Pershing have
authority to do what they please. And
it was admitted that if they failed to
report movements until they were
well under wav, the Secretary of War
and the general staff will be just as
well pleased
Secretary of State Lansing was en
route to Pinehurst, N. C,, to-day for a
rest. Before leaving he made it plain
that he expected no real trouble with
Carranza I'he American acceptanece
of the original Carranza suggestion,
coupled with the officlal statement is
sued on Lehalf of the President, in the
opinion of the Secretary, not alone
legaiizes the expedition against Villa
but is of a character that will prove
acceptable te the “First Chief.”
Army Men See Trouble.
That view, however, is not held by
the majority of the army officers who
have had border experience They
insist that Villa sympathizers and
leaders of the anti American agita
tion in Mexico will continue their ef
forts to stir up trouble The word has
quietly gone forth that real trouble
may be expected in the Brownsville
district so soon as the details of the
starting of the American expedition
reaches there But on %ow good au
thority this tip comes officials say
they do not know.,
But it Is not alone from Carranzista
forces that trouble was feared by the
army officers. Department of Justice
experts have put in the hands of
General Funston Information show
ing that many of the thousands of
Mexicans living on the American side
of the border secretly are pledged to
the plan of San Diego. This contem.
plates the selzure of a strip of terri
tory from the United States These
agent f the Department of Justice
are scattered all along the border in
order cep close track of all of
Ihe .
The Government intends that every
move the men known to be pledged
1o the is checked and at the first
hostile movement these men will be
arrested e Magonistas, who are
the leaders of the plan, are declared
to have agents all along the interna
tional boundary, and 't is reported
here that the vide Villa in his at
tack: upon Columbus
At the ime time secret agents of
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(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, March 14.—New demands
made upon Greece by the entente
powers have been rejected by the
Athens Government, the Overseas
News Agency announced to-day. The
demands were presented by represen
tatives of the Allies to Premier Skou
loudis, who submitted them to the
entire Cabinet, which declined to ac
cept them.
Premier Skouloudis then transmit
ted to the allied Ministers the follow
ing reply:
“The Greek Government is not dis
posed to transfer to the entente the
administration of railroads in North
ern Greece and Macedonia. Further,
the Government does not consider it
convenient to withdraw Greek troops
from Florena and Kavala. Further,
the Government must oppose the milt
itary occupation by the entents troops
of Corinth Straits, &dvuing the on
ténte at the eame time that such at
tempts would disturb the present rela
tions between Greece and the entente.
Likewise, Greece opposes the estab
lishment of radio stations.’
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English Press Sees
&
Big Work for U. 8.
LLONDON, March 14.—The Pall Mall
Gazette, commenting on President
Wilson's action in ordering United
States troops into Mexico to pursue
Francisco Villa, says:
“It is hoped the expedition will
achleve its object.
“The problem in Mexico, largely
set by America herse!f, was badly
comptlicated by the Vera Cruz expe
dition.”
The Evening Standard doubts
whether Mexicans will regard the ex
pedition as purely punitive, and adds:
“The expedition may develop quite
considerable military operations.”
The Westminster Gazette likewise
says:
“The expedition, to be ecective, may
have to be swelled to much larger
proportions.”
Bryan's Name Starts
Riot at Allies’ Rally
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 14.—The name
of William Jennings Bryan caused a
riot at a pro-Allies’ meeting In Car
negie Hall last night under the lead
ership of Colonel George Haven Put
nam. Cheers and cat calls made the
hall a bedlam when a speaker criti
cised the former Secretary.
Th police ejected two disturberg
and later the crowd threw out nine
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 14.—Portu
gal entered the war on the side ur\
the Allies because England requested
her to do so in accordance with a
trealy betwfen the (wo countries dat. ‘
ing back to 1373, the Portuguese Le
gation announces.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1916,
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Villa in the Mountains Can Hold
His Retreat Against Bigger Force
By JOHN REED. ]
Famous war correspondent whose die
putches from serwo ar the a.mri
of the occupation of Vera Crus
were &0 graphic they recalled
Kipling's Indian Tales. Mr. Reed
has just returned from the Bal
kan war front,
E Americans really con
sider other races than
ours As inferfor. We cal!
aliens ‘“bohunks,” “wops” and
“chinks,” and “Greaser” is the
common name for a Mexican,
When we think of a Mexican we
usually pleture, half-derisively, an
undersized, treacherous little
half-breed fit to kick around on a
section gang, but really not worth
much.
Most people laugh when they
speak of a “Mexican battle,”" and
picture two ragged bands of bad
marksmen running away from
each other without any damage
done,
This is a serfous mistake. The
Mexicans are a primitive people,
and almost totally uneducated.
They have a rich folk poetry,
folk gmlle and folk drama, but
they never had a republican form
of government. And they can
fight —though they are not trained
a 8 a modern nrmy.
Will Face Marksmen,
The American expeditionary
force Is not up against cowards.
It will encounter ignorant peons,
ety 58, byt s
o y equ
nml:‘ with s doven 4 Narent kinds
of rifles, dating from a dozen dif
ferent revolutions. But they are
as good natural rifle ghots as
there are in the world,
They are seasoned by five years
incessant, grueling warfare, And
they are led by Francisco Villa,
whom General Hugh L. Scott,
Chief of Staff of the American
Army, called “a great natural
soldier.”
In all the year and a half.l was
in Kurope following the armies of
every belligerent country, except
Austrin, I have never seen braver
men than the Mexicans, At (Go
mez Palacio | saw ragged, bare
footed peons attack seven times
a hill 300 feet high, In the face of
artillery, 1 saw them walk up a
street toward a wall crowned with
five machine guns sputtering red
deatn, carrying nothing but
bombs made of a stick of dyna
mite sewed up in cow skin, to
light ‘from the cigarettes they
smoked, and hur! over the wall;
eight times they attempted it,
and elnht times they were almost
annihilated; so that next day,
when | rode into the town, the
street was o heaped with dead-—
hundreds—that I could not . get
through. They went lito battle
Inughing and joking and running
races.
25 Went to Death,
At La Cadena | saw & man
shot twice through the lungs stag
ger up, get on his horse and ride
back Into the thick of it. And
that was the l(‘l‘l:v where 26 men
ont of 100-<half of them ofMicors -
rode out to hold off 1,200 Colo
rados while the rest got away,
They were killed, of course,
However the Mexieans fight
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among themselves, | believe that
they will unite against the in
vader, especlally if he is an Amer
ican. Why do they hate the
Gringos? 1 will tell you.
They hate us because when
they come to ‘this country we
beat them, starve them and kil
them . In the Southwest many
Mexicans are killed every year,
liks dogs, because the Southwest
orn American considers a Mexi
can an animal,
They hate us because every
year American hunting parties
make raids over the border to
have a little sport shooting up
Mexicans, And they hate us finally
because American mining com
panfes and 01l companies go
down into Mexico and establish
slave pens there, where Mexicans
are treated worse than they are
even by exploiters of thelr own
race. 8o 1 think that before our
troops every Mexican—man,
woman and child—will be a parti
san of Villa.
Villa’s Hiding Place.
The State of Chihuahua, where
Villa is hiding, is a great arid
Kmuu. rising Into mountains to
e Waest. There, in his old out
law haunts, where he acted the
part of a Mexican Robin Hood to
the thousands of poor peons who
love him, and where for 22 years
he eluded all efforts of President
Diaz's splendid constabulary, the
Rurales, to capture him, Villa has
probably retired. Two rallways
lead south from Kl Paso; one
sweoping around to the west from
Casas Grandes, where Villa was
reported to-day, and the other,
the Mexican Central. directly
wouth to ('?Mhu‘hno,
AFTERNOON
EDITION
EL PASO, TEXAS, March 14.—General Gabrial Gavira, mili
tary commandant in Juarez and commander of the Carranza forces
on the border, declared to-day that Prancisco Villa had been
trapped in the bandit's mountain retreat in the Guerrero district.
He aserted that the Carranza troops had the elusive ‘‘Pancho’’
hemmed in on every side.
By WALLACE SMITH.
~ (Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.)
EL PASO, TEXAS, March 14—News of the advance of
lAmorican troops into Mexico was expected here hourly to-day.
| Brigadier General John Pershing has left El Paso and taken com.
cand at a point on the border of the troops which he will lead in
pursuit of Francisco Villa and his bandit raiders,
Al the long border of the southwest is waiting for the bugle
call that will signal the opening of the campaign to bring Villa to
a long deferred justice. From all parts of the country troops con
tinue to mass toward the international boundary line for the drive
that promises to make history in swift, thrilling chapters.
The military authorities were notified to-day that bridge No.
268, on the Texas and Pacific Railroad, was burned last night.
Mexicans are suspected of having fired the structure, but a large
force of workmen are already at work replacing the bridge in or
der that the progress of seven troops trains to the border might not
be interrupted. The bridge structure, more than 250 feet long, is
i]ocaud near Weatherford, Texas.
It is estimated that there are to-day between El Paso and
’Nogales, Ariz., more than fifteen thousand American soldiers on
the frotier. With them are heavy field artillery batteries, moun
tain guns and machine guns.
| With the time for action nearing, it was impossible to get from
the military authorities any definite information as to the size of
the punitive expedition which will enter Mexco, It is understood,
however, that in the main body, which Genesal Pershing will lead,
there will be 3,500 cavalry alone. The first move probably will
come suddenly and the dash opened at the cavalry’s best speed to
make as much progress as possible before Villa's scouts and spies
can carry information to their
chief,
Latest reports to the Ameri
can army officers state that Villa
is in the vieinity of Galena and
traveling in the direction of Chi
buahua.
Villa’s outlaw horde is said to be
steadMly growing in numbers. Each
new report received in El Paso swells
the roll of Villa's enlistments. It is
known that his massacre at Columbus
made Jm a hero in the eyes of his
mount #in kin, and that Carranza sel
diers m the Guerrero district deserted
to take up Villa's servios,
Texas officials received word that
Villa agents were recruiting in the
United States along the border,
Carranzistas Arrogant.
F! Paso itself is practically under
martial law. Soldiers In the provost
guard patrolled the streets armed
with rifles. The custom is to have
the provost guard armed with clubs.
The provost guard was doubled last
night. Ia addition to the rifles, sach
of the troopers carried his pisto! and
Layonet, .
There are now less than 2,000 sol
diers in the N 1 Paso district. These
are troops of the Second Battalion,
Seventh Infantry, at Camp Cotton,
one battalion of the Seventh at Fort
Bliss, the Eighth Cavalry at Fort Blise
and two companies of the Twentieth
Infantry.
Sheriff Peyton Edwards swore in
160 deputies, and extra policemen
ware put on duty to-day. Every pre
caution is being taken to guard
A sudden u -
Ag, ekte, e gl, Jos
!fiu. bitter on the border,
old-timers here declare hat
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the Carranzistas believe Wilson's ac
ceptance ‘of Carranza's demand that
Mexican troops be allowed to enter
the United States in time of need is
another evidence of American fear of
Carranza’s power. The withdrawal
of Bl Paso troops toward Columhuw
also will give the Curranza men
something to crow about, say the vet.
erans of the border,
“They'll juet say the roops wers
taken away from El Paso because tha
American soldiers did not dare te
cross at Juarez,” commented an old
Texan to-day. “The Carranza follow
ers are getting more arrogant all the
time. Most of them actually belleva
the American agmy is afraid of them ™
cniw’ém Rifles.
El Paso male citizens are taking ne
chances with an uprising. Hardware
’nlon merchants report that thefr
stock of firearms has been depleted
‘llnco the Columbus massacre., It is
not uncommon (o see citizens carry
ing rifles through the bustness section
of El Pase.
~ One of the strongest Indications of
}th seriousness of the situation was
the contemplated closing of the race
track In Juares. This was controfled
by Colonel M. J, Winn, of Loulsville,
Ky., and It was one of the i
of the track that races wd’om
while battles were fought in the
lic square and while Villa shelled
town. But in the last fortnight ?
stands, usually crowded, have '
empty. The thoroughbreds have run
A gallantly to empty seats as they
did to cheering thousands, bat the
track has been losing about $2.008 &
day. Colonel Winn Gen -
eral Gavira and other Juares uthors .
ties, skl o
“T told them | wanted %
sald Colons! Winn. e