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Show NOW AHRANG1NG IMS. FUNDS GEN. CANTU SAYS THAT LOWER CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BE SOLD TO UNITED STATES Opponents of Obregon Regime Plan to Strike In Lower California As Governor Ybarra Quits Office El Centro, Cal. General Estaban Oantu, former governor of Lower California Cali-fornia Is In New York arranging financial finan-cial backing for a new revolution against the Obregon government, according ac-cording to his associates here Thursday. Thurs-day. "The revolution," is talked constantly constant-ly In Mexieali. The present governor, Eplgmelo Tbarra, has kept the rebels down because of personal popularity. But when he leaves office the storm, It Is expected, will break. Ybarra went to Ensenda Thursday to confer with federal officials regarding the situation. situa-tion. He will depart for Mexico City as soon as Jose Lugo, the new governor, gover-nor, arrives at Mexieali to replace him. If Cantu can get the money backing he Is after, he plans to have the rebellion re-bellion sweep over all Baja California, Sonora and other northern states, until un-til It can extend southward and drive Obregon out of Mexico City. Sonora and lower California are much favored by revolutionaries as states in which to start revolutions. The new governor, formerly an under un-der secretary of the department of the Interior In Mexico City, Is unknown to the people of the Northwest and Cantu figures on launching his blow before the new executive has fairly taken hold of the reins of office. Much mystery surrounds the Identity Iden-tity of the financial Interests which are reported to be backing Cantu. "Cantu would like to be a big man, but he's not," Governor Ybarra said lust before leaving for Ensenada. "He Is known to 80,000 Mexicans In this urea, but 15,000,000 outside never heard of him." Asked whether Mexico would sell Lower California to the United States, Y'barra replied : "Would you sell Fiorina Fiori-na to Mexico?" |