Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-01
OBREGON RULES
IN MEXICO CITY
WITH IRON HAND
Catholic Priests 10 Remain in
Prison Until They Produce
Large Sum of Money De-
manded of Them

Vera cruz, Feb When the
/ Montevidoo, a. Spanish liner sails
/ from here tomorrow. there will go on
her depored as undesirable foreign
ers, thirteen priests, almost an Span
/ ish. They were sent here from Mex
leo city where practically an the ma
I tive Catholic clergy are held in prison
/ By Carranza
General Oregon II is said, arrested
( them because of their failure 10 de-
liver a half million pesos which he
/ demanded.
! Unless Carranza yields to the Amer
|icm state department those priests
in prison win remain there it is ass
serted, until they produce the amount
/ of money demanded
Riots In Mexico city
T So far Carranza has shown no sign
of clemency In Mexico city the bitter
ness engondercd between clericals
/ and anti-clericals already has result
ted in serious demonstrations in
which the military has been used to
restore order -Four men have been
4 killed ana many wounded
Carranza and his official family It
, is asserted, remain infleXible i'm their
I determination to make the people Of
the abandoned capital pay the price
( for their fickloness in receiving villa
. and Hapata with open arms. Within
the past seven days, General Obrcgon
has undertaken TO collect several mill
lion pesos, alleging it is to be used
in amelorating the condition of the
starving poor Thus far he has not
succeeded i'm obtaining it from the
clergy who insist that they them
selves have not that amount in cash,
and Obregon has refused their offer
10 collect it from the Catholics at
large.
Doubles Cash Demand.
Ohregon's next move was To notify
IAN merchants that they must con-
tribute ten per cent of all staple food
stuffs for use of his army within
three days A levy was then made
upon the bankers of the city for five
million pesos. The bankers displayed
such hesitancy that he informed them
Fat meeting attended by representa-
tives of all banking houses except
few foreign concerns the levy would
be spread over all business firms, for
eign houses not excepted, and that the
amount which must be paid would be
ten million instead of five million.
Three days was given as the limit.
Religious Demonstrations
The most serious demonstration
growing out Of the arrest of the
priests in Mexico city. occurred last
Sunday Little crowds Of Catholics
gathered in various parts Of the city,
ana in the down town district a gath
crine, made up largely of women, be
gan parading. This crowd was met
10y counter-element crying, Down
with the church, and Death for
the priests
Colonel Bertard elbowed his way
into the struggling mass of people
and was stabbed, but meantime, he
shot and Killed two men in the
Catholic contingent Soldiers. who
had been called out fred wounding
number.
Four dead bodies We're found later
Unconflrmcd reports reaching here
today are that more riotng is now
In progress.
Less likelihood that Carranza will
order the evacuation OF Mexico city
now exists ana the continued ship
ping to the city of foodstuns tends to
support the assumption that Obregon
viii hold his army there He is yet
engaged in an almost daily struggle
with soldiers Of Zanata