Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-15
CARRANZA IS TRYING
To CUT WAY OUT Of
Rebels STEEL RING
Effort Begun to Fight Way
to Safety as Enemy Closes
In on Small Force of Fed
erals

Ell PASO, Texas, May 14.-Sur
render sometime today Of Presiden
Carranza and his forces, said to bt
surrounded near Rinconada, Peub1a
was predicted in a telegram from
General A1varo Obregon, former can
didate for the presidency of Mexico
received today by Luis Monies d.
Oca, Mexican revolutionary consul
at Ell Paso.
REBELS APPEAR TO HOLD
ADVANTAGE IN BATTLE
WASHINGTON, May 14.-(By the
Associated Press. )-Mexican rebel
forces apparently have won the first
phase of the battle against troops
still loyal to President Carranza,
which have been fighting a desperate
battle north of San Marcos, state of
Puebla, for the past four days. Adj
vices from Vera Cruz indicate a
break in the Carranza lines and an
effort on the part of the president S
men to break through the rebel lines
and march northward.
The trouble still is continuing, and
new rebel reinforcements are report
ed to have reached the scene, COM
ing up from the south.
An international incident may be
foreshadowed by the fact that w. A
Body, British consul for Vera Cruz
is in the camp of President Carran-
"a. Advices give no details as to
the reason for his presence there,
but it seems probable he accompa-
MED the president in his flight from
Mexico City. British and American
authorities in Vera Cruz have ar
ranged for a Mexican naval lieuten-
ant to go by special train to the bat
tlefeld to make an attempt to rescue
the inperilled Englishman.
French and British warships have
made their appearance in the harbor
of Vera Cruz, and fou:. American
fighting vessels are at anchor there.
Negotiations for the surrender of
Mctamoros, across the border from
Brownsville, Tex, are under way and
it is expected the Carranza forces
there will surrender without fighting.
CARRANZA REFUSES TO
TREAT WITH ENEMY
Ell PASO, Tex, May 14.-Presi.
dent Carranza, reported hemmed ir
by rebel forces near Esperanza sta.
ton between Mexico City and Vera
Cruz has refused to treat with the
revolutionists, General Obregon sait
today in a telegram received here
Obregon said guarantees Of Carran'
za's personal safety to Vera Cruz
had been made.
General joaquin Amara has beer
ordered toward Zacatacas to com
p1ete liaison with troops under Gen
eral Estrada in keeping railroad:
open.
Francisco Villa, sent to Torreo1
to head rebels was to undergo a sur
gical operation reports here said. Al
old leg wound, suffered four years
ago, was said to be causing Villa
trouble.
CARRANZA TRYING TO
CUT WAY TO SAFETY
VERA CRUZ, May 14.-By thu
Associated Press. )-Rebel attacks
against the position held by Presi
dent Carranza near San Marcos, state
of Puebla, have been successful a
some points but the struggle still i:
going on. Two more trains remaining
in possession of the president hav'
been taken, according to advices, {
detachment of his men is attempting
to cut its way out toward the nortf
and it is expected the main body
of the Carranza troops will make al
effort to follow.
In the meantime new rebel rein
forcements are being rushed to thu
scene of the struggle, which extend:
ovr a front of approximately three
miles
No further news has been received
from Mexico City as to the situation
there. Tampico reports the Mexico
City wireless station is being uset
only for transmission of official mes
sages. During the past night moth
ing was received by the newspape,
Ell Dictamen from it's correspondent
at the scene of the battle nea,
San Marcos.
w. a. Body, British vice consu
for this city, is with President Car
rama, who is virtually surrounded b.
rebel forces north of San Marcos. Eff
forts are being made by British anC
America nauthorities here to reacI
him. They have arranged, through
Naval Commander Hiram Toledo, O.
the Mexican flotilla here, that Nava
Lieutenant Ambrosio Ilades will e.
on a special train to San Marcos
where he will make an effort to ge
in touch with Carranza's officers anC
bring out Mr. Body.
British and French warships made
their appearance here today for thu
first time since the outbreak of tn,
revolution, the vessels which arrived
being the French cruiser Descarte!
and the British cruiser Glasgow. Thu
number of American warships at an
Choir in the harbor was increased tt
four by the arrival of the protected
cuiser Dolphin from Tampico.
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