Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-07 | Page 1 | Obregon Meets New Situation without Fear

OBREGON MEETS I NE NEW SITUATION I WITH UT fEAR I Revolt in Six Mexican States Likely to Culminate Culminate Culminate nate in Clash Between Federal and Rebel Forces MEXICO 1 CITY Dec 7 By A. A P. P The The country will be pacified the I rebellion will be put down with an I Iiron Iron hand said President Obregon upon arriving last evening from Ce- Ce I aya laya where he has been convalescing convalescing convalescing cing from his recent illness This was the he only com comment ent the president would make on the re reports reports re- re po ports ts that Sanchez and Adol Adolfo o d de l la Huerta a had und undertaken a movement ag against his r government 11 Federal eral of officials acted promptly last ast evening upon receipt of ot advices that the movement was spreading Three columns of federal troops under under under un un- un- un der General Amaro were ordered from to meet General Sanchez while other government forces were Instructed d to converge at Esperanza in order order- order to to assist In attacking Sanchez Other troops were concentrated In the state of ot Tlaxcala Official quarters deny that there has been an outbreak in the fhe state of ot Oaxaca They also profess to have Continued on page 4 OBREGON MEETS Continued from page 1 received no word of revolts in Michoacan Ml- Ml Chihuahua or San Luis Potosi II FREDERICK By G. G United Press Staff Correspondent MEXICO CITY Dec 7 Revolt Revolt in six Mexican states appeared likely to culminate in fighting between f federal deral forces and rebels In Vera Yera VeraCruz VeraCruz Cruz at least before nightfall Some unconfirmed dispatches told I of ot skirmishes already having taken place A rebellion supported by soldiers under General Guadalupe Sanchez started yesterday In I the state tato of ot Vera Yera Cruz Four oth other r states are reported to have followed suit and repudiated the federal gov gov- Dispatches from Vera Cruz today indicated that the tho city was calm and that so far tar no conflicts of ot any kind have taken place Governor Laurens of or S San Sn n Luis Potosi a lieutenant of ot Do De lalI erta issued a proclamation throwing off oft allegiance to the Obregon Obregon Obregon Obre- Obre gon government This made six states into which tho the revolt against Obregon had spread AIMED AT OBREGON try ry of the rebels is down with ImposItion The revolt Isa is a aimed med at President and nd his c candidate for tor forth t o e presidency Oen den era eral Calles I The rho rebels back Ad Adolfo de la Ia Huerta s Mexico City was calm today as though nothing was happening Business went on as usual There Thero WAS WI no exodus of ot foreign foreign- ers era Many Ameri Americans ans gathered lit in small groups at nt the American and University clubs clubs- an and at itt t tho Hotel Regis discussing the situation OBREGON OPTIMISTIC President Obregon who was Just recovering from a a. serious illness when the revolt broke out was back at palace today confident and and optimistic No Xo force will be spared to quell the rebellion Obregon said in an Interview The rho president appeared In somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what better health Three columns of ot federal troops moved today towards Vera Cr Cruz z from Tampico while others were on i ithe the march from Puebla Artillery has lias' Been e n sent sent to Esperanz Esper- Esper anz anza It is is' is thought the tha federal troops may may find it necessary to bombard VeraCruz or stage an at attack at- at tack from s sea sa a by troops t n also is t talked of WASHINGTON De Dec Dec 7 he The e DoLa De Do DeLa La Lri Huerta revolt In Mexico will wili not the U. U tu-r tu trea treaty y between tween United States U States and Mexico which rec recently made a resumption of friendly relations between the I two countries Recording to a n. belief bellet be be- lief Ilef expressed at t the tho state department department department depart depart- ment toda today SANCHEZ DISCREDIT DISCREDITED D. D I Like President Obregon the secretary secretary sec sec- of war General Francisco Serrano expressed the tho the opinion that the revolt w wul would ul soon be put down The San Sanchez h z rebellion he said is not a tr transcendental n ce problem because It d Include elements in other r regions gi n of ot the country I Iam Iam Iam am sure the reb rebellion will soon be stamped tamped out General Serrano declared that Sanchez commanded eleven battalIons battalions battalions battal battal- ions of which three remained loyal The secretary Of the interior Enrique Enrique Enrique En En- rique Colunga Coluna also was of the opinion that Sanchez was virtually alone in hi m movement v ment Sanchez h he said paid id i is the only one who has the revolt against the tho goy government He lie claims he has thousands o of men and machine machine machine ma ma- maI I chine guns which h he has not Nothing Nothing Noth Noth- I ing is known i regarding De la Ia Huerta except that he is In n Vera I Cruz Crux J J