“A BLOOD-STAINED CRIMINAL LIKE VILLA.”

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 149, 22 April 1914, Page 3

“A BLOOD-STAINED CRIMINAL LIKE VILLA.”

Ls HE AS BLACK AS HE IS PAINTED?

“THOUGH FEROCIOUS AND CRUEL, HE’S A FIRST-RATE LEADER.

The position regarding Mexico to-day is that “President’ Huerta has refused to apologise to the United States for the arrest of the American Marines and President Wilson with the authority of Congress, has ordered a pacili6 blockade of the Mexican ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz. (These- ports lie about 600 miles direct from New Orleans, and 900 miles from the U.S.A. Nav a l depot at Key West). President Wilson makes it dear that the United States arc not making war against the Mexican people; (hey are merely bringing "President Huerta to book. . , .. It must be recollected that, while (.treat Britain lias recognised the Huerta Government, America has declined to do so. •Recently the Constitutionalists, whjo aim at restoring representative Government in Mexico {.and, incidentally, putting Senor Garrenza in power as President) have been remarkably Miccessful with their rebellion They have been capablv and daringly led by General Villar-tnc bloodstained criminal.” as the British have regarded him ever since his brutal doin* to death d Renton, a British subject ranching in Northern Mexico, an.alleged, “neutral.” They have captured Torreon, a city of groat strategic importance, also f> an Bcdro, a village near-by. A cable from ten Pedro itself hist week stated that the Federal losses around San IVdro total 3500. A terrific battle raged for four days; then unaccounra-l h 1 supports reached General Villa, and the Federal troops

retired in disorder, leaving hundreds captured fifteen hundred prisoners, i amongst his own forces.” These support..' na Villa’s operations against Hie Fedor' Arc they Texans—sympathetic sup Government that the “rebels” are A glance at the map shows Mexico Africa. It has a large leg-of-mutton great Eio Grande river (the northern tamala, and the Panama Peninsula, midway between the Gulf of Mexico where recent fighting lias been so i fdood-guiity Huerta and his fellow ; reds of miles north of Mexico City,’ Mexico City, Tampico, Vera Cruz,Grandq), and the northern towns On

dead on the field. General Villa and immediately enlisted them ve been a significant feature of a Is. .Where do they come [Horn? porters of the cause of representative lighting for? to be nearly twice the size of South shaped country running from the boundary) south to Honduras, GuaMexico City,, the capital, is inland, and the Gulf of California. Torreou, fierce, and so unfortunate for the political plotters, is a centre hund wherefrom railways branch off to Marambros (at the mouth of the Eio the Arizona border land.