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Show GENERAL PLANS ATTACK ON MEXICO CITY I B - m m A & & & 5 'H REBEL LEERS I PUN TO SEND I F0RG1S0UTR I Ultimate Object Is Attack on Mexico City General jM Calles Says PART OF CARRANZA ' ' IRON RING BROKEN j Federal Official Report Says Jt Sonora Officer Has Joined -B Government jt AGUA PRIETA, Sonora, April 29. President Carranza's9 "steel ring," ' jH which it was announced from Mexico ', IH City he Intended placing about revo- ' JH lutionary Sonora, has broken. Part i of the "ring" has joined the rovolu- ', J In Chihuahua approximately 4,000 jM Carranza troops .have revolted, accord- ing to an estimate made by General P. 'jH Elias Calles, rebel commander in the tH northwest, at his headquarters here. If These troops have already been in H battle with loyal federal troops, Gon- H eral Calles said. He said he had'full 1 H confirmation of the revole of the four jH thousand and of the fighting, which ll was declared favorable to the revolu- Insures Protection. ! Tho Chihuahua situation .has as- j scrcd the Sonorans their-slate' will not i.l be invaded, according to -General ! :H Calles. ijH General Calles said he expected Juarez, across the international boun- JH dary, to join the revolt. Mexicans f called attention to the Mexican belief Jkl to the effect that "he who tkea jv jH Juarez. takes .Mexico."-. j?: v - li'H V -Mazatlan, the -largest Mexican port rlfl j on' the,, Paqiflc" ;co;i8t, 'was reported KH ' yesterday upder .attack by troops un- fl . der General Angel Flores. The report Pl had not been confirmed today. J From the heart of Mexico, In states Kl near Mexico City, the revolution con- I I tiuues lo grow. General Calles said, , iH ; ) and the rebels thore have created a ' I situation that forbids Carranza send- ing many troops north. Attack on Capital. H General Calles announced his.inten- 1 H lion of soon leaving here for Sinaloa to take vcrs'ipnal command of troops', IJ which he paid were being prepared i H j for a further march southward, with ; tH the ultimate object of joining revolu- ; tlonisls in Guerrero for the attack on ' Mexico City. - Abandons Rebels. MEXICO CITY, April 20. (By the J Associated Press.) General ' Miguel i Samanlego, leading lieutenant of Gen- I eral P. Elias Calles, commander of anti-government forces in northern I Mexico, has abandoned the Sonora , I revolutionists and proffered his scr- (' H vices to the Carranza government, ac- flH cording to an official statement issued j HH last night by General Juan Barragan, IH chic! of tho presidential staff. I Tho statement quotes a dispatch. IH from General Pablo Quirogo, chief of , IH operations in Chihuahua, stating that ' kH emissaries had been sent to him by , IH General Samanicgo, who is command- IH ing Sonora forces defending Pulplto ; pass, the vital gateway from Chi- IH huahua to Sonora. . jH Postpone Elections. Hl In connection with General Moncs' ' kl reported withdrawal from politics, tho Rl Heraldo do Mexico publishes a rumor jH which has, been current several days lfl that Scnor Bonillas is about to with- draw his candidacy and proffer his services to the government. Leon Sa- llnls, who recently resigned as minis- ier of commerce and industry, for tho fl pur,poso of seeking election. as senator from- the state of Morclos, retook the oath on Tuesday as a cabinet member j and has resumed h formor post. This , is considered an indication that post-ponement post-ponement of the presidential election, fixed for July -1, is probable. |