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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17.
First Chief of the Constitutionalists
VENUSTIANO CARRANZA
Tin pictures show the fi st chief of the Constitutionalists as he appears in the field. Above is seen a camp
in# the shadow of a freight tr in. The diners are some of them sitting on a bale of fodder as thev devour the con
tents of the pots. others stand about with pieces of food in their hands. General Carranza is the soldierly figure
in the centre, with the long “paint brush” beard. Below he is seen again on horseback.
Carranza is fifty-five years' old, a lawyer turned ranchman on account cf poor eyes, a learned man and at the
same time a forceful character. He wns the prime inspiration of Francisco Madero, tlie murdered Mexican president.
By recent events Carranza has put a quietus on rumors that he might be superseded by Villa. Villa, however,
never had failed to announce his loyalty to the first chief. Carranza was the first man to proclaim against Huevta
and he has gathered to his standard hundreds of rebel bands, turning guerrilla waifare into regular revolution and
setting tip a government. His view is that the government of Madero continues on his own and that Huerta has
never been president of Mexico.
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Carranza , Man of the Hour in Mexico
First Chief of the Constitutionalists and Perhaps Soon
de Facto President of Mexico—He Comes of Fighting-
Stock. His Father Was a Commander in the Warfare
Which Ended in Execution of Emperor Maximillian.
Wa*«.ington, D. C. —If Venustlano Pino
Carranza, first chief of the constitution
allsts and perhaps soon de {acto presi
dent of Mexico, were to put on strictly
American dress and walk down the
promenade of an American city no one
meeting him would take him for a Mexi
can or Spaniard. He is ruddy, but not
swarthy, rugged of .face rather than
fiery, full bearded in the manner of
many American physicians aged in the
fifties or sixties. Behind spectacles
which tell of near-sightedness shine grey
eyes. An Angls-Saxsn grandfather from
head to foot.
But one must remember the Germanic
hordes which poured upon the fertile
fields of Spain in the middle ages. The
fierce Goth is mirrored in Carranza. He
is a Mexican nf pure Spanish descent,
but drawn from a race which entered
Spain about the time the Angles and
Saxe ns reached England.
Carranza’s instincts, nevertheless, are
anti-Anglo-Saxon. His position to In
tervention has been f rm and defiant. To
understand tills man whose shadow'
lengthens in the land of Mexico every
day it is necessary tc understand his
life of constant struggle towards a goal
he now believes almost within reach.
Not Realized.
It is not generally realized that Car
ranza was the intellectual god-father of
Francisco Madero. Now' fifty-five years
of age. he w’as much older than the mar
tyred president. Madero was of the top
most circle of Mexican aristocracy, with
enormous wealth. Carranza was a ranch
er of moderate estate. The first chief
came of fighting stock. His father was
a commander in the warfare which end
ed in the execution of the Empero
Maximilian. Around his father’s board
be heard words which might have mean
death if uttered in public. As a younc
man he became strongly impressed wit'
the wrongs of the peon. He studied law
in Coahuila. the state where he was
born, and in Mexico City. But h s
poor eyes drove him back to the ranch.
In combination ;>f intellectual life and
out-of-doors existence, it has been re
marked. he closely resembles Theodore
Roosevelt.
Twice Candidate,
Twice he boldly offered himself at the
polls as a candidate for governorship of
Coahuila against a man backed by Pro-
Uric Diaz. Diaz sent envoys to warn,
and even threaten him, but wns afraid
to order his death on account of the loy
alty of the people to the scholarly ranch
er. Of course, the Diaz candidate won
in a walkover with the polling places
filled with soldiers. But the brave stand
of Carranza had interested the young
aristocrat, Francisco Madero. He put
up money for Carranza’s second guber
natorial contest. He sat at the feet
Carranza and drank in his discourses on
the robbery of the peons’ lands. It was
the opening of his eyes by Carranza
which caused Madero to head his suc
cessful revolt which placed him in short
lived possession of the National Palace.
“Senator Carranza’s independence and
his high ideals in politics.” Madero once
said, "caused me to support him in his
campaign for the governorship. I made
speeches for him and contributed to the
expenses of ids campaign. The people
wanted him for governor, hut lie was
counted out. I saw then what the Diaz
system meant. I had taken no active
interest in politics up to that time, but
ihen I realized that we could have no
real self government so long as the Diaz
machine, or any other machine with the
same purposes, was permitted to per
petuate itself. From that defeat of Car
ranza we went on to tfie national con
vention and the organization of the
movement against Dlaz.“
Refused Title.
Carranza refused the title nf General
under Madero, and he led ills men with
out a regular rank. He is not a soldier
by train ng, except the training of ac
tual hostilities. He was secretary of
state in the provisional government of
Madero. for a time, but declined a cab
inet office later. He had spent many
years in Mexico City as a senator and
knew what ts graft-infested atmosphere
meant.
On Madero’s success, however, Car
i ranza stood a third time for governor of
j Coahuila and was unanimously elected.
Tills was in 1911.
Madcft*o had scarcely fallen when his
i preceptor raised the standard of revolt.
Governor Carranza was the first leader
to declare against Huerta. He gathered
I 10,000 men at Monclova and issued his
j famous declaration principles, a tlme
; honored paVt of the inauguration of any
I hat ini American revolt. His battle cry
has been “give the land back to the
people.” Yet he would pursue more or
derly and lawful methods than the
rougher Francisco Villa.
Is 9 ern.
Carranza is a stern, uncompromising
character, with the simple habits of the
sollcitary frontiersman. He is a total
abstainer from liquor arid tobacco and
< rises at 5 o’clock every morning of his
| life. His six feet figure is most com
! mandlng. tie Is a type that naturally
dominates. The one side of his nature
which is hard for Americans to under
stand is his cruelty in warfare. While
not so ruthless as Villa and Zapata, he
Is wont to prefer the shooting squad as
a punishment for minor offences. There
was Carlos Plan, a young mountaineer,
who joined Carranza about the time of
his declaration against Huerta. Piza
harassed the enemy unceasingly with his
little band and did great service to the
constitutionalist cause. But In Mexican
style lie looted the villages through
which he passed. CaiYanza himself is
given to extorting immense sums from
wealthy Clentificos, but he was seeking
to free his ranks from the charge of
brigandage. Ho when it was found that
young Piza had brought In 500 pesos
from a certain village he was ordered
to rettirn the money. Tills he failed to
do. Further he grumbled and suggest
ed to his followers that they bike to
the bush. Such conduct meant the end
of discipline. General Carranza order
ed the young man shot. Kven after he
wns stood up against the adobe wall and
the firing squad of twelve lined oppo
site. an appeal was sent to the first
chief. The messenger brought hack the
command, “la Muerta/* and the rifles
spoke.
Sympathetic Letter.
A few hours late* the chieftain wrote
a sympathetic letter to the mother of
the boy announcing his death and ex
pressing grief at the necessity.
“We shall,” he onee calmly announced,
“execute anybody who recognizes a
president unconstitutionally elected and
directly or indirectly guilty of participa
tion in the murder of Madero.”
Carranza is the most re««Tved of the
Mexican leaders. His personal attend
-1 ants co-operate with him to keen an-
I noylng questioners awav. Yet fie lias
long endured the hardships of the field
and proved himself a hardy specimen of
middle age. Lawt autumn he made a.
1,300 mile Journey on horseback and
muleback along mountain trails through
Nuevo Leon, Coahuila Durango, ChTl
i iiuahua, Cinalna and Sonora, with the
i danger of an ambush confronting him at
every turning. His lack of fear Is fa
| tallstic, his friends say. His military
I secretary, Captain Hsplnosa Mlreles, rs
' '-ently declared. “He believes, like Na
| poleon, that the bullet which will kill
; him lias not yet been moulded.'*
Type of Man.
Time and ag.iin in battle with the
Federal bullets whistling about him. he
I has ' tiled his secretary to Ids sld<* and
j In spite of protests against Imperilling
i n life so valuable to his country has
, calmly Meta tod his correspondence.
This Is *.he man who. from his cap tal
* ai Kaltliro rules more than half the ter*
i fitory :f Mexico.
'We arc the conquerors,” he proudly
i declared recently He was referring to
I the A H C efforts tr mediate between
* Hu*flrta and the United States.
Tlis strong, virile figure typifies the
Mexico of the North, the part of the
republic in which Mexico’s hope princi
pally lies.
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Private henevolence should he re
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Aura Laa.
Austria)/ National Hymn
Beauty’s Eyas.
Ben Balt.
Binge,
Blue Alsatian Mountains.
Blue Belle of Soatland.
Bonnie Doan.
Bridge, The,
Campbells Are Owning.
Columbia.
Come Back to Erin.
Cornin’ Through the Rye.
Danube River.
Darling Nellie Orey.
Dearest Spot Is Heme.
Dear Evallna. ",
Dixie Land.
Dream Faoee.
Evening Bter.
Ever as Thee.
Forsaken.
Forty-nine Botttaa.
Franoh National Song.
Futur# Mra. 'Awhine.
German National Bona.
Good-bye. Sweetheart.
Good. Night, Ladles.
Heart Bowed Down.
Holy Night. 4
Home, Sweet Home.
Hours That War*.
How Can 1 Leave Theefl
In Old Madrid.
In the OWamlng.
Italian National Hymn. 4
It Was a Dream.
1 Wee Boeing Nellie Heme.
Jingle Belle.
John Anderson, My Jas
Juanita. 'v
Kathlen Maveumoen. J.
Kerry Danes. t
Klllarney. 4
Last Night.
Lest Rose of Bummed
Little Brown Jug.
Long, Long Age.
Loreley.
Lott Chord.
Love’s Old Sweet Bang. /
Low-Baoked Car.
Maid of Athena.
Maple Leaf Forever!
Marseillaise.
Maryland, My Maryland. 5.
Meerschaum Pipe.
Mlnatrel Boy. !\
My Bonnie.
My Lett Cigar.
My Old Kenteoky Hoove,
Nancy Lee.
No, Sir! -
Nut-Brown Malden.
Oft In the Btllly Nigh
Old Arm Chair,
Old Bleak Joe.
Old Cabin Home.
Old Oaken Bucket.
O Paredlae.
Our Banner.
Paloma, La.
Polleh Hymn.
Polly Wolly Doodle.
Rlg-a-Jlg.
Robin Adair.
Rocked In the Cradle as
Roll On, Sliver Moon.
Roealie.
Rulel Britannia.
Russian National Hymn.
Sailing.
Sally In Our Ally.
Bcotch National Song.
Sleep, Gentle Mother.
Soldier's Farewell.
Soldler’a Life.
Solomon Levi.
Some Day.
Spanish National Hymn*
Spring, Gentle Spring.
St. Patrick’s Day.
Strangers Yet.
Sun of My Soul.
Suwanee River.
Swedlah National Song.
Sweat and Low.
Taka Back the Heart.
There’* Music In the Air.
Three Flaher*.
Tom. Big Bee River.
Walt for the Wagon.
Wearing of the Green.
Weary.
Welsh National Song.
Woman la Flekle.