Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-19
REVOLT FLAMES IN
EIGHTEEN STATES
Of MEXICO
GOVERNMENT INSISTS
TROUBLE IS TRIVIAL
VaSQuez Gomez'S Declaration
of Acceptance of Presidency
Convinces People That 0ffic-
iaI View is Erroneous,
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by Morning J0urnai Spreiai Ieised Wirs.I
Mexico City, Feb. 1S.-Emilio Vas
quez Gomez's declaration of accept
ance of the provisional presidency Of
Mexico has convinced many persons In
unofficial circles of the general natui ?
of the many uprisings. Mexican Off
cials, however, continue 10 character
ize as local disturbances every insur-
rection in the country
Although rebels are now operating
in eighteen states the department of
the interior continues to give out news
denying trouble In great part OF
these. Last night there was fight at
San Pedro. some thirty miles from
iorreon, in which twenty-seven men
were killed, the majority said to have
been rebels, COMMANDED by Jose
Argumedo.
such information as is obtainable
from Torreon indicates that for n con-
siderable distance 20 the east and as
far south and west as Durango, the
capital of the state of the same name,
the region is being raided almost at
will by rebels. The government mas
denied officially that Guerrero. in
Chihuahua. has fallen into the hands
of rebels.
With the exception of the six south
ern states. where Emiliano Zapata
and Jesus u. Salgado are stubbornly
resisting the army now waging a war
of determination, and with some head
way, the region most seriously
menaced is that in the states of Coa-
hula and Durango. other states in
which rebels are operating are Chi
huahua. Sinaloa. Zacatecas, san Luis
Potosi, Jalisco and Michoacan.
RI In no
state of Vera Cruz. there are bands
which appear To be not closely con-
nected with the Zapatista movement.
At present there appears TO be no
one who is directing the various bands
of rebels. but FROM most quarters OF
the republic wherei the rebels have
appeared. Vasquez Gomez has been
proclaimed as their chief, even Zapaia
having announced That he VIII cease
MI, s.hcn tho fagi,ive cN-cahtncl
minister is placed in the presidency.
Among the leaders In the field about
Torreon Is Manuel Cara Aldape, pro-
claimed for the vice presidency. How
many rebels there are in arms no one
knows, but the news of the last week
indicates that the insurgent force IL
increasing rapidly.
The government has placed an
order in Germany Tor loo,OOO rlhes
and a big order In Belgium for cart
ridges
Geneal Robles, commander of the
forces IN the south, and his Officers,
have made plans for renewal OF the
campaign this week. Rebels can yet
he encountered within few miles u
Cuernavaca, and both rebels and fed
erals are waging pitiless warfare IN
f.lr "A nd
the government troops last week be-
gan the destruction of villages and
the herding OF women and children
into camps In the towns to prevent
them from aiding the men In the field.
Yesterday in the state of OaNdca'
according TO an official note, govern
ment troops killed thirteen in night
with fifty rebels. The assurance Is
given that these men were the same
who tore up the tracks of the Mexican
Southern, in Oaxaca. few days ago.