Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-07 | Page 1 | Obregon is out for President

G' ENERAL OBEEGON, vrtio has announced hi3 candidacy for president of Mexico to succeed General Carranza. KM IS OUT FOB PRESIDENT Mexican . General Pledges Broader Foreign Relations Rela-tions Policy. SAX AXTOXIO, Texas, June 6. Copies of the long manitefto issued by General Alvaro Obregon in announcing his candidacy candi-dacy for the presidency of Mexico were received here today. General Ohr-?gon states that be has the united support of the strong Liberal party and that he will inaugurate a broader policy with regard to foreign relations. re-lations. One clause of Obregon's platform says that he will "uphold the inviolability of Mexican sovereignty," but declares in favor of "a complete respect of the sovereignty sov-ereignty and institutions of all other nations na-tions which are in any way represented within the borders of Mexico." The Mexican general also asserts he will give "complete recognition to all the rights acquired by foreigners in Mexico Mex-ico in absolute conformity to Mexican laws." The Mexican general election is to be held next year. MEXICO CITY, June 6. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Jose Inez Davilla. former federal general, it was announced officially offi-cially today, has been killed in battle in the state of Oaxaea, after having been in revolt against the government for more than four years. Davilla at one time was governor of the state of Oaxaea. JUAREZ. Mexico, June 6. Mexican federal intelligence officials arrested Cesar F. Moya. formerly a general under General Francisco Villa, here last night and are holding him incommunicado on a charge of being a spy. Moya is said to have gathered information as to the garrison and defenses here and to have been trying to get through to Villa, now reported to have established quarters at Hacienda Chareo. eighteen miles southwest south-west of Chihuahua City, when t:iken. Elias de Ea O. secret ary to Governor Ortiz of Chihuahua, tonight announced the arrival in Cas.iR Grande? of Colonel Plank with 2000 Yaqui federal soldiers from Sonora. Casas Grand cs is on the Mexico Xorthwestern railroad. 15S miles southwest of here. The Yaquis, Secretary Secre-tary de La O explained, were part of the force intended to be sent throueh the United States from Xogales to Juarez. They marched overland through Ojitos pass from Sonora to Chihuahua. A courier who arrived late today from i (Continued on page 2, Column 5.) DBREGON 15 OUT FOR PRESIDENT (Continued from Page One.) Chihuahua reported quiet in the capital. Ho confirmed reports that rebels were destroying the railroad both north and south of Chihuahua City and that, up to the time of his leaving: yesterday, nothing had been heard from General Manuel Dieguez or the promised federal reinforcements rein-forcements from Santa Rosalia. The courier made the trip from Chihuahua by "automobile. Shortly after starting he was fired on by rebel bands, but escaped by speeding his car. In tho later stages of the journey no rebels were sighted. Early today there was a report that Martin Lopez had demanded the surrender surren-der of Juarez, but this wa-s denied by General Francisco Gonzales, the new federal fed-eral commander, who assumed charge yesterday. MEXICO CITY, June 6. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) President Carranza today sent a message to the Mexican senate asking congreas to authorize the national executive to construct three railways connecting undeveloped regions of Mexico Mex-ico with those already developed. The first railway suggested by t he president would connect a point between Mngdalena and Hermosillo, In the state of Sonora, with Ensenada. in Lower California. Cali-fornia. The second would unite the town of Peto, Yucatan, with Bacalar and Santa Cruz, in the territory of Qulntana i Roo. The third line suggested would connect Santa Lucrecla, in the state of Vera Cruz, with the state of Campcche, i which has no railways. ; In the Introduction to his message the , president says that the government hopes to form a centralized railway system by which both the northern and southern frontiers of Mexico will be connected with . central Mexico.