South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-29
DIAZ IS THOUGHT
TO BE IN MEXICO
Washington Officials Hear
That He is Planning a
New Revolution.

WASHINGTON. Feb 29.-Felix
Diaz. who has been watched for sev-
eral months by department of justice
. officials because Of suspected activi-
. ties i'm violation OF American neu-
trality. apparently has left the
United States for Mexico with the
intention Of launching new revolu-
[ lion against the Carranza de facto
government. Information reaching
officials here indicates that he hopes
% organize and lead the troops OF
his native state. Oaxaca. and such
other forces in southern Mexico as
he can gather about him.
Gen. Diaz left New Orleans Fri
day for Havana, where several Mex
leans whose names have been associ-
ated with him in reports OF IevOlu-
lionary movement were understood
10 be awaiting him Teodoro Dezsa.
a former governor or Vera. Cruz, and
Gen. Aurelioano Banquet. war min
ister under Huerta, were reported to
be among them.
Left az Private Citizen.
Although Diaz eluded the federal
AGENTS detailed 10 watch him. de-
partment of justice officials said
Monday night that. since no evidence
warranting his arrest had been
found. and as he left the country.
according 20 reports. as a private
citizen of Mexico and not as leader
IF any organized revolutionary move
ment nothing probably could have
1een done 20 detain him.
Gen. Diaz. a nephew of the former
Mexican president OF that name. has
been absent from Mexico since
Huerta whom he helped establish
in power. sent him abroad on a
diplomatic mission. Most of this
time ne has spent in the United
States. and although he was suspect
ed OF being connected with the revo-
lutionary plot for which Huerta and
several others were indicted. no di-
rect evidence against him ever de-
veloped.
OaXaCa out OF IL.
OaXaca, where DiaZ is expected 10
launch his movement is the only
state that has held aloOf during the
fighting Of the past two years Led
by state officials. the people declared
their independence of all factions,
and Carranza and other leaders were
told that the state would he glad TO
resume its place in the union when
ever anyone demonstrated that he
had restored a stable central gov
eminent. After Carranza's recogni-
ton by the foreign governments. he
chose not 10 parley with the people
of OaXaca, however, demanding that
they accept his government uncOndi-
t,onally. To elfOrce this demand
military expeditions are now being
directed against the state. and the
states army IS said TO be preparing
10 resist. II is toward this nucleus
of organized resistance that Diaz p
said TO be moving, accompanied by
Lee Christmas, an American widely
known through central America be-
cause of his participation in revolu-
tionary enterprises.
Might Muster $4,000 Men.
With the OaXaca forces as n basis
il is estimated that Diaz might mar
0Alul near ~ -osVNU Iltls UT liltg
would be poorly equipped and almost
without artillery. The new move
ment is not regarded by officials here
as seriously menacing Carranza's
government because they doubt
Diaz's ability TO establish himself as
popular leader or 10 secure sutIi-
cient funds. They admit, however,
that an organized revolution among
the hills OF southern Mexico, where
a small band might hold out against
vastly superior forces. would further
complicate the already complex
situation confronting the de facto
president
Although Carranza adherents pro-
feSs 10 see in the presence 1T New
York OF Francisco De La BaIra. once
Mexican ambassador, the working
out of the financial end Of Diaz's
plans. there has been no evidence
that De La Barra has secured any
financial backing in the usual money
sources Of this cOuntrV