Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1916 — PLOT THREATEN FALL OF CARRANZA [ARTICLE]

PLOT THREATEN FALL OF CARRANZA

Conditions in Mexico Worse Than Ever and More Troops Are Sent Across the Border. ♦ . < More troops have been sent across the border as General Obregon, emissary of Carranza, has been sent to confer with General Scott, chief of staff, to demand the withdrawal of the troops from Mexico. Reports of the most startling nature from the interior of Mexico have reached Washington and they tend to show that what little claim Carranza had to the control of Mexico has (been overthrown and that Pancho Villa, the hunted bandit, is in the central part of Mexico, where he is being idolized. The foreign embassies in Washington are said to have secured evidence along this line. It is also said that plotters threaten Carranza and that Villa could now readily overthrow the de facto government, but that he hopes to unite all against the United States. It is thought probable that the demand erf Obregon for the withdrawal of the troops will be met with refusal. However, it is said that Generals Scott and Funston propose to go deeply into the conference with Obregon and try to determine whether Carranza is really in a position to guarantee protection to the American border in case the U. S. troops are withdrawn. ' Walter Wiseman, of Rensselaer, who is with the sth cavalry, is now well across the border with his regiment.