Arizona republican., 1920-05-07
REFUSES TO GIVE UP POST; TRANSFER COVERNM INT TO VERA CRUZ THOUGHT LIKELY
Believe Mexico City Will Be Evacuated by Federals To Carry On Fight From Coast City - President Declares He Will Fight to the Finish In Holiday Manifesto
Republican A. p. Leased WireI

MEAICO CITY, May b.-NBy the
 Associated Press)-Refusal to
 abandon the presidency in face of
 menace of rebellion featured
 manifesto issued yesterday by
 President Carranza on the occa
 sion of the national holiday.
 The president announced that he would fight to a finish to put down , the rebellion. and that he would not turn over the presidency to anyone except a legally elected successor. He enunciated the principle of the eliTn- ination of the coup detat from Mex ican politics, asserting that the presi- dency must not be a prize for miii- tary leaders.
 In the manifesto President Carranza declared it would be impossible to hold the presidential elections which had been set for July 4. Also he traced represented a plot by the followers or General Obregon to gain the presiden- cy by means of violence
 Anticipates Evacuation
 WASHINGTON, May 6. - Rebel agents here tonight announced receipt of a telegram from Mexico City saying the president of the municipality was organizing a civilian guard flor the purpose of protecting the city in the event of it's evacuation"
 The information, the agents said, was construed by them to mean that Carranza had determined to abandon the capital, since the organization oc such a force probably would not be undertaken without his consent and certainly not without his knowledge.
 Expect Flight to Vera Cruz
 WASHINGTON, May 6.-Concen- tration by Carranza of troops at Mex ico City caused rebel representatives here and some American army officers fn ha1iaya fddoU Svaf7f sfs presidents determination to gather about him a force sufficiently strong to enable him to transfer his seat of government.
 The obvious purpose of such com centration, it was explained, would be the defense of the capital. bar. ac- cording to military experts, Mexico City is so difficult to defend that Car ranza might be expected to employ the same tactics he did when Villa gained the ascendancy in 1914. and again set up his capital at Vera Cruz
 Revolutionary agents here agreed it would be possible for Carranza to uti1- iZe a comparatively small force of loyal troops for stand somewhere outside / the capital, and that it might even be possible for him to force his way to his old temporary capital at Vera Cruz and from there direct a counter move ment.
 It would be possible for Carranza to take with him into Vera Cruz or fo some other point the officials of the supreme court and 8 considerable quantity of supplies and money. but observers asserted his position would then be no stronger than that Of Villa or any other leader conducting inde- pendent operations.
 The possible success of such tactics they declared. depended wholly upon "A radical change in popular opinion
 Carranza Prepares Resistance
 Information based on news contsduc% in the Mexico City newspapers of re- cent date indicated that Carranza was preparing to send General MurguiA south into the state of Puebla at t.se head of a considerable force to attack the rebels that have been gathered there under the command of General Pablo Gonzalez, who recently joined the revolt. The federal garrison in the city of Puebla is reported to have with drawn Monday upon the approach oe Gonzalez and to have taken refkge in ApiaZaco, Tlaxcala-
 Other reports from Mexico City ara that the legislature of the state of Mex leo had declared in favor of the revo- lution and that General de Ia Torre had been sent to recapture Toluca, the state capital. Oaxaca, capital of the state of the same name, Tuxpan and Panuco, near Tampico, are towns now claimed by the rebels, whose reports are that the same federal garrison that recently was reported to have withstood tho attacks Of General Manuel PaIaez's men, had now joined the revolt
 The cutting of railroads continues, according to official and unofficial re- ports. The best information available indicated interruption Of traffic over the railroads between Mexico City and Vera Cruz, Puebla and Pachuca, and the main lines north to Torreon and west to GuadaIajara.