Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-30
FOREIGNERS NOT
SUFFERERS BY
RECENT CHANGE
Oregon Is Extending Author
lily TO Suburbs Of Mexico
City, Cauanza Issues NJ
mer0uS DEGREES,
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once moro AFTER a lapse OF TWO
months, The evacuation Of the capi-
tai ana redistribution Of forces has
resulted in no injury Ia forciencra,
according Ia official reports thus Ear
! received
| Only meaeer advlces have come To
I the state department of conditions IN
! southern Mexico, hat Il was estah-
lishcd today that General Obrcgon
occupied Mexico City yesterday With
! 10000 men loyal to Carranza; that
Rogue Gonzales CARA. temporary eN-
eeutiNc of the convention government
left the capital on January % Tor
! Cuernavaca. but returned on the 2Sta
/ Thursday and that no Information
has been received as to his where
abouts subsequently,
Enrique c. Llorente, representative
here of the convention government,
said he received message from Cen
eral Orenales. postmastor az Juareg,
claiming 20 have been In teleeraphic
communication with Cara IN Mexico
city last night
Summary of Dispatches.
The latest dispatches from Mexico
were summarized by the state de-
partment as follows:
"A report from Mexico city dated
January 2S, ) p. m, states that Cen
eral Obregon occupied the city with
about 10000 men on the afternoon
of the 2sth, at p. IN. A few Of the
Zapata troops are reported To have
been overtaken while leaving the city
and II Is said there was considerable
firing and several fatalities. Troons
have been dispatched TO occupy the
suburban towns. At the time the dis
patch was sent no manifesto had been
issued or plan of government an
nounced.
"The department is in receipt Of a
general report, dated January %. COW
ering conditions In the Vera cruz
consular district. II is stated that
the constitutionalists have been lc-
tive in running down bandits in va
rlous sections and that there have
been issued by General Carranza va
fious DEGREES, copies Of which have
been forwarded with the report.
Change of Government.
"On December 25, General Car
rama issued decree declaring the
municipalities autonomous and doing
away with the jefes politicos, heads
of the cantons. who are said to have
been obnoxious because appointed
without consulting the people and be-
cause they were invested with nu-
merous powers, especially judicial and
executive. This was one of the re-
forms mentioned In the program OF
social revolution which the local
newspapers have been publishing fo'
many weeks. About the same time
there was also made generally public
a labor decree on hours Of work,
wages, etc. which had been first is
sued By Gen. Candida Aguilar on Oc-
tober 10, 1914, and which also rep
resented one Of the reforms mention
ed in the program.
ION December 20, also. General
Carranza issued decree permitting
the importation Of wheat free Of duty
for two months and decreasing the
amount of duties on flour to three
centavos for the legal kilogram. other
reforms in the tariff had been made
on December IS, 1914, and prior TO
that date Petroleum was exempted
from duty January 6, 1915, such cx-
emption to he in effect for a period /
of two months and to cover the I'M
port duty on petroleum and certain I
Of its derivatives.
amends Divorce Law.
ranza issued decree amending the
so as to permit divorce /
and the remarriage of Divorces.
"On January IL. General Car I
rama issued a decree abollshing tho Il
Institution of the national lottery.
"The department is in receipt Of q
-eport dated January 20. from Her
nosillo. Sonora, stating that food is
Getting scarce and that prices are
nigh as a result Of which the poorer
classes will be greatly affected. It is
said that Governor Maytorena mas
the expectation Of cattle,
hides and garbanzos, which are re-
ported to have been the only articles
hat brought American gold into that
section, and that as consequence
here is feeling Of discouragement
IN the part Of the local merchants"
Plain Words of Cara.
Eliseo Arredondo. head of the Car
ANA agency here, tonight issued a
statement quoting a speech said to
rave been made before the convcn-
ion in Mexico City, Monday night by
sol. Rogue Gonzalez Cara asking
hat he berelieved Of the provisional
presidency and sent to command toe
convention forces in the south.
1T is now the time for the people
o know the truth Colonel Cara
vas quoted as saying 1.-THE conven-
ionalist forces have suffered great
efeats the constitutionallst generals,
)ieguz and Murgia. have been vic
orious at Guadalaiara and the forces
n the south not accustomed TO fight
ne in the open field are retreating
nd the enemy is continually advana-
ny.
IT begged General Villa TO leave me
sufficient force, but the necessities L
t the north would not permit him.
twenty thousand of the enemy are
ow in San Luis Potosi.
my term of ten days has now ex-
ired. but | do not wish to surrender
he presidency. What want to know
} who will support me when | te-
main and whether | am to continue
n nOwer for one wear ornot %