Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-29 | Page 7 | Mexican Rebels Plan to Set up Government

MEXICAN REBELS PLAN TO SET IIP (MENEM EL PASO. Tex., Dec. 29. Mexican revolutionists are working on a plan for unity of miliary commands and aims with thr first step the setting up of a de facto government, according to well defined reports reaching here today, Followers of Francisco Villa said he had been agreed upon as the military leader by revolutionists on the east coast of Mexico and by southern rebels The revolutionists, h w;i? said plan their fir.t military movement on the east coast, and their chief aim at present is to obtain control of the Mexican oil districts, where they would set up their de facto government General Gen-eral Manuel Palaei, who has control of the district outside what Carranza holds, has not yet agreed to the proposal pro-posal of the other revolutionists, but is said to have expressed willingness to consider It. The revolutionists are said to have decidi-d th;n i'n- -o i n ui ut ih would set up would have greatest opportunity op-portunity for success and recognition by foreign governments if they could take the oil districts, put their govern ment into operation, give guarantees and protection to foreigners and for eign interests and cut the Carranza government off from a source of great revenue and dispute The revolution i isLs also would have ports through which contract with the outside world could be obtalni d The plan further calls for the Beliun 'of the east coast of Mexico by the revolutionists rev-olutionists as rapidly as possible.