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Show Co-ordinate Action Being Taken Tak-en By de Facto Leaders to Preserve Unity. NO WORD AS TO FATE OF CARRANZA Obregon Orders Military Parade Pa-rade as Proof of Allegiance ' to Mew President. WASHINGTON, May 17. Pablo Gonzales withdrawal from the contes't for the presidency of Mexico reported to the state department today was re. jgarded as the best indication that de I facto government leaders had decided jto elimlnato the danger arising from political rivalry. Further evidence of co-ordinate action was seen In the an-' an-' nounconient that Manuel Palaez, to whom oil producers have paid tribute ' for several years, had been appointed 'chief of military oporailons in Taraaul-lpas Taraaul-lpas state. Restoration of wire communication with the capital brought from tho American Am-erican embassy long reports on developments. devel-opments. There was no word, however, how-ever, as to the fate of Carranza who has fled to the hills near Jalapa, with revolutionary troops' on his trail. Official Adviceo Received. Official advices were summarized by tho state department as follows: "The Araorlcan embassy at Mexico City reported to tho department of state today under date of yesterday, that General Pablo Gonzales has publicly pub-licly surrendered his authority to the "provisional presidency." In a manifesto yesterday. General Gonzales announced that in order to ; preserve revolutionary unity, restore ' tranquility, eliminate tho possibility of future contllct and to loavo Congress ' untrammeled in its elections of a pro-, pro-, visional president, ho Irrevocably with-I with-I draws his candidacy for the next prcs-I prcs-I idential term and will surrender to the 'provisional president the authority to which revolutionary conditions have forced him to assume. Captured Trains Brought In. "Tho Mexico City press yesterday announced that trains captured from Carranza were being brought to Mexico Mex-ico City and that civilians who remained remain-ed with the trains are being given every ev-ery protection. The press stated that these who accompanied Carranza are being pursued by revolutionary cavalry. caval-ry. Military Parade Offered. "A circular signed by General ,Obre-gon ,Obre-gon has been published ordering a military mil-itary parade to embrace thirty thousand thous-and men aB participants at Mexico City May 24, as a demonstration of allegiance alleg-iance to tho provisional president to be selected by the Mexican congress on that date. The press stated that members mem-bers of the Mexican diplomatic corps have been given 15 days to declare their allegiance to tho new regime. "The appointment of Genoral Palaez as chief of military operations In Ta- Railway Service Rectored. "Monterey, Nuevo Leon, having been turned over without resistance to the forces of General Obregon and Gen eral Gonzales and all burned bridges between Neuvo Laredo and Mexico City having been restored, it was announced an-nounced at Laredo Saturday that through passenger railroad service would be Immediately resumed from the bordjer to Mexico City. "General Cespeda did not arrive at Monterey on May 13th, as was expected, expect-ed, and in the afternoon of that day Porfirio Gonzales demanded a levy of 200,000 pesos ($100,000) from the chamber of commerce. The chamber refused to comply and Gonzales threatened threat-ened execution and looting if the money mon-ey woro not forthcoming by May 11 and called on the mayor to assist in collecting the money,. General Antonio Anton-io Villarcal, of the Obregonistas. was expected to arrive last night The department's de-partment's information from Monterey, up to Saturday is that there has been no disorder and that the Americans are safe. Provisional Governor Named. "From Sallillo, capital of Coahuila, came word under date of May 12th that General Portirio Cadona has been appointed provisional governor and post commander aud that General Ces-peda Ces-peda had been appointed commander of operations in tho state of Coahuila. "Information came to the department depart-ment today that at Piedras Negras, opposite op-posite Eagle Pass, Texas, T. R Belt-ran, Belt-ran, commercial representative of the state of Sonora under General- de la Huerta, called merchants together and requested freo contributions of funds for assistauco in paying troops quartered quar-tered at Piedras Negras with a view to preserving order, and that approximately approxi-mately 20,000 pesos ($10,000) was subscribed sub-scribed by foreign and Mexican business busi-ness men. . -no |