| Show EGoN fl FO S STEADY NG uC Fe Federal eral Troops in Mexican c can n R Revolt volt Continue to March March Q on M Many ny Points Victor Victories e Are R Reported ported s By The The Associated Associated Press Pren Indic Indications that the tha rebellion in in Mexico has entered a les less belligerent ent given in news ate aia- patches from Vera Cruz where the rebels reber's maintain their headquarters General Guadalupe Sanchez chic cheT military supporter of Adolfo do de la Ia Huerta is reported to have gone to Esperanz Esperanza in the fighting zone to confer with confer with the other local leaders in Puebla and Oaxaca on a plan for terminating the conflict He was ac accompanied ac ac- ac comp companied nied by a civilian representative tive of do dc dela la In Huerta The m situation military situation apparently remains stationary with no troop movements ts of importance President Obregon is reported to have ordered suspension of recruiting on behalf of the federals deeming the government government government govern govern- ment forces forces' or es' es sufficient to cope with the uprising MEXICO CITY via Laredo Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion Dec 21 By A A. P. P Federal P.-Federal Federal forces under General Eugenio Eugenic Martinez Mar Mar- Jinez are still stUl advancing In the vi vicinity vicinity vicinity vi- vi of Esp Esperanza ranza and Oriental forcing back the tho enemy who are tearing up rails in In their retreat to delay progress of the government troops according to an official war department issued today SAN ANTONIO Texas Dec 21 Br Dy I At A. J first cars cars of wounded soldiers from the battlefields battlefields battlefields battle battle- fields of ot si San ii- ii Marcos l Puebla have reached the city of ol Mexico and have been placed In In th the military hospitals hospitals hospi hospi- tale for tre treatment according to advices advices ad- ad vices here from Mexico City by The Express The wounded men included both federal and rebel soldiers soldier the tho latter said to have been abandoned d on the battlefield by their comrades when the rebels withdrew aft after r advance action The number of ot wounded was not given en h 1 In conformity with orders to maneuver maneuver ma ma- so as t to t attract the main inn re in VeraCruz Vera towards the foot of oC the Puebla for an nn engagement the the federal federal troops have continued their march toward Hua- Hua manUa state stater f. f I Lieutenant Colonel Longoria commander command r of or the sixth regiment regime is reported to have havo made his way from the tha rebel camp and offered his services to 0 o the federal government by appearing before beCore General chief of military operations Samuel Ti E. ellY going from similarly offered ot- ot I his services to General Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco deco chief of operations against A t forces Whether el r had a following follow follow- ing lag was wa not apparent apparent- LOYAL TO TO OBREGON I E lve ti lve executed the members of tl thae rian commission commis sion at Jammal Jalisco according I to brief dispatches reaching aching the Continued on page 4 I t J Jc OBREGON FORCES FUES Continued from page 1 1 capital the advices to The Express said General Juan Juan Lechuga ga refused tho the Invitation of General Gerier l Cesareo Castro to turn against the Obregon government and In turn sent a similar similar sim sIm- ilar liar Invitation to Castro inviting him to give gl his forces back Into the federal r ranks Marcelo Caraveo continues continues con con- to be ba chief of ot operations In Puebla Hipolito Villa brother of the late lato Francisco Villa Is reported to have hae appeared before J President Obregon and declared his fealty to I the federal government government Hacienda Francisco Villas Villa's estate on which several hundred of or the picked troops of ot the former general general general gen gen- eral are employed was reported by to be quiet Margarito commanding the repair train which has been mending the railway line lane between the City Ity of ot Mexico and Guadalajara r reported Porte that the line has been re repaired te- te paired as far as where an advance advance- guard under General Cardenas Is stationed The rebel advance guard has fallen back toward where Estrada the rebel commander is maintaining his g general headquarters TEPIC lEPIC RECAPTURED General has recaptured Tepic capital of the tho state of Nayarit Na Naya- Naya arH a rit rH the tho advices state Tho The city previously previously previously pre pre- had been reported to be In rebel hands General of r Division Eugenio Martinez Martinez Mar Mar- has has' left has left MexIco City to take command of the campaign Inaugurated Inaugurated Inaugurated rated against the rebel forces In Vera Yera Gruz General Robert Cruz has ar arrived hi th and will willbe willbe willbo be bo given a c Governor Parres of or the tho state of ot Morelos l who has arrived In tho the capital reports his state peaceful General Felix Banuelos has been designated chief of operations in More ore than 1000 farmers have volunteered volunteered volunteered vol vol- to fight for Tor the government government government govern govern- ment In San Luis Potosi according to a message message received at the war department from c General Vidal chief of ot operations In that state the advices s received here stated The steamer reaching Tampico from Vera Cruz had aboard ninety passengers mostly foreigners The chief of or the Immigration immigration gration office also was aboard and I saId said said-he he l had ad ben c discharged tr from oi or- or i e by the rebels acc according to to tho the report if 1 General Dien Mendo l o was was I tilled killed bo by soldiers who were taking him to Pachuca for trial when he i t I i tried to escape General Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- I cisco l also has fallen 1 a vic vie I tint to the ley de fuga according Fran I I to the persistent reports I REBEL LEADERS LEADERS' IN PEACE PAR PARLEY EY f VERA CRUZ Dec 21 1 P. A P. The Impression prevalent for several sev sev- eral da days s that the Huerta and Sanchez Sanche Sanchez San San- chez che rebels rebels' would compose compose their thelt differences with the gained ground today by newspaper per advices ices tha that General Guadalupe Sanchez and Senator Rafael Ratael Zuba- Zuba ran Capmany Capman had gone gope to 1 Esperanza sp ranza ran ran- za to confer with rebel leaders In Inthe Inthe inthe the states of Puebla and Oaxaca relative to a termination of or the warfare war war- fare Senator Capmany Capman ac according to these advices accompanied Gen General Genera ral Sanchez as the representative of Adolfo de la Huerta who with the general Instigated the campaign ag against the present regime In Mexico Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- I ico City r I JU s Mex M x Dec 21 By A. A Developments In the revolutionary situation beyond the claims of r op opposing opposing opposing op- op posing fac factions ions as s to victories In re recent recent recent re- re cent operations were lacking in InY Juarez early today The Tho ho towns tons of Apizaco Puerto Mexico Puebla i and have been captured by the reb rebels ls under General Guadalupe Sanchez representatives of or the De Dela Dela la Huerta Huert fa faction tion announced at Nogales Nogales Nogales No- No gales Ariz The are within sixty kilometers of Mexico City which t the Obregon on forces s are arc I preparing to evacuate c the announcement an an- announcement nO said Many dead and wounded were left lert lefton lefton on the field near Apizaco according to the tho revolutionary statement which reported that prisoners by the tho rebels there after a clash yesterday yesterday- following which the government troops troops' I were re re- re treating t I On the tho other hand Consul General General General Gen Gen- eral Ruiz here said the rebels are being driven toward Vera Cruz and ancl are tearIng up the rails ralls behind them to hinder pursuit Th The revolting troops have been forced to o evacuate e General Rafael of 01 the rebels having been killed In Inan inan inan an engagement with tho federals dispatches stated OBREGON ASSUMES PERSONAL COMMAND l Mex Dec 16 Vi Via Laredo delayed by A A. A P. P P. dent Obregon has assumed personal command with General Topete o pf ot the federal forces attacking Puebla where 2000 under General Villanueva Garza are are trapped according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to reports from Apizaco The progress of the fighting is unknown owing to interrupted communication between Puebla and Apizaco The Tho federals evacuated Puebla Friday night a and aud d the who later entered from the dIrection direction tion of Esperanza are believed to have been surprised by the federal army which advanced ad from Api Api- General Alberto y v Pina Is reported to have been killed while attempting an escape en route to l Ie Mel Mexico Ico City after atter his capture on a charge e of rebellion The desertion of Colonel Anzaldo and a thousand followers from froth the forces at Guadalajara is rep reported by the war department Which also announces the defeat of or robel rebel forces under Silvestre Trevino Tre I by armed agrarians at state of Vera Cruz OBREGON DICTATOR DE LA HUERTA CHARGES WASHINGTON Dec 21 The The Intention in intention intention In- In of the revolutionary government government government govern govern- ment In Mexico to repudiate and sustain for all time this repudIation repudiation repudiation tion and advance on account of oil taxes obtained by the Obregon government from oil operators in Mexico was reiterated in a telegram from Adolfo de do la Huerta head of 01 the revolutionary movement sent from Vera Cruz December 20 to Martin Luis Guzman representative tive of ot the Vera Cruz regime in this countr country A translation of ot the Dela De Dela Dela la Huerta message made public to today today today to- to day follows Inasmuch as the dictatorship of ot Obregon which has already been repudiated by the greater part of the nation and by the army hc and by bythe bythe bythe the constitutional state governments governments governments govern govern- ments of Vera Cruz Tamaulipas Oaxaca Jalisco and other states is in order to carry carryon on the war which it has Itself provoked for for forthe the purpose purpose pur pur- pose of imposing General Canes Calles on the people endeavoring to obtain funds by means of a loan arranged with oil operators hoping to obtain from them large su sums s on account of advance taxes I freely authorize you to approach the representatives of the oil companies having Interests Interests interests Inter Inter- ests in Mexico and to lay before them this protest which as chief of ot the revolution and of ot the de facto government created II uy u at and established established at this port I make against a any y advance to Obre orr ObregOn-orr n ort against any loan to him whatever be Its form fonn on account of or t taxes tacos x s and Inthis in inthIs inthis this sense the government mt of 01 the revolution from this time on on repudiates re repudiates repudiates re- re the legitimacy of 01 these operations and will sus sustain ain for all time this repudiation Please cause these Interests to take note that the acceptance which they y give tho the Obregon plans will be considered as evidence of ot partiality in favor or the of-the the Imposition imposItion imposition tion faction contributing to the maintenance of the war which Obregon Ob- Ob r regon gon has made against the can people Please make such explanations ex- ex explanations explanations ex ex- along these lines as you deed convenient to the press of the United States and to the authorities authorities authorities ties of or the tho same country |
