Little hae been heard of late the happenings in Mexico, except! that the inevitable dispute for leadership between Villa and Carranza has arisen. It has been alleged that the former was never sincerely loyal to the latter, There is no cause for surprise in this in republic where a daring man can secure a following if his unscrupulous projects have any possibility of success. Gen. Villa alleges that the Provisional President has not. kept faith with him in any way, and that he es under certain obligations to him. Gen. Carranza doubtless feels that the time has come to rid himself of a dangerous rival, hence he has ordered his troops to occupy certain strategic positions. This action and Carranza's appointment of another general to suppress an outbreak at Sonora practically forced Villa to move. Consequently he has announced that he intends to remain in possession of Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Durango, and will govern these places according to his own ideas. This is only another phase of the sanguinary game that has been played in Mexico for years and of the termination of which there is
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