MEXICAN REVOLT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18414, 21 May 1920, Page 5

MEXICAN REVOLT.

VILLA’S NEW ROLE

By Telegraph —Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON. May 19..

Tho proposed appointment of Villa, ns chief of the Mexican constabulary, may result in the withholding of United States recognition of the. new Mexican Government, because Villa >s field responsible for tho murder of Americans during tho bandits’ raid on Colombus, in 101 b. A message received from Houston, Texas, states’that Carranza has been captured. Unconfirmed reports declare that General Clbregon immediately forwarded passports, and ordered the cx-Prosidcnt to leave the country immediately.