The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-04
Without Striking a Blow Jaurez
National Troops Surrender to the
Sonora Revolutionists; Practically Half
OF Carranza Territory is Now in the
Hands of Rebels Without Bloodshed

shown both in government circles
and by revolutionary agents here to-
Alay when it became known that
S,arez. Mexico, where revolutionary
Eighting always has been a potential
international danger, has been taken
by the rebels without fight. While
Preparations for the safeguarding Of
americans at east ports Of Mexico.
Soy the dispatch OF additional naval
,reply to the sharp representations
bnade by their government regarding
no murder Of two more Americans
Aear MEXICO City was awaited the
v,hief interest appeared to be In the
rnodified military plans 1t was as.
euined the occupation Of the border
ssown would cause rebel leaders to
Adopt.
Until now the rebels have succeed
pt in taking from Carranza almost
half his territory without battle,
but military men here who have
watched the developments of tho
revolution issue believe stubborn con-
tesks are inevitable unless averted.
by further defections in the federal
fOPces.
Mexican agents here persist in
their assertions that further cases
o3 government troops declining cat
/. will hasten the end Of their strug-
81.
80 far as indicated by information
Available here, either from official
" rebel sources, the two compaigns
begun by Carranza have been failures.
Ais effort to attack the Sonora
troops from the state Of Chihuahua
las been brought to an end by the
detection OF every garrison in that
81 ate. and the expedition sent from
tie south through the state Of jail
Ssco to check the southwark move
>1ent OF rebels through the states
II Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayart. has
Ut stated, largely because of the
arr,,ssing by small rebel groups who
iilye been strung at the railroad
xtending to Guadalajara at Mazat-
crs say to assume the offensive and
.lot strong enough to withstand o
tlravy attack. The rehel tactics ap.
.leared to be to ignore the little
harrison, believing it would eventu-
tlly surrender.
The occupation Of Juarez makes
t possible, In the opinion Of Ameri.
can military men, for the rebel lead
ers to divert their Sonora forces to
the route southwark from Chihuahua
towards Torreon, long regarded the
most strategic point in northern Mex.
leo.
Possession OF Torreon gives its
holder the advantage OF operating
eastward through the state OF Goa.
hula to Saltillo and Monterey, away
- the south.
Carranza's strength in CoahuilaI
his own state Of Nuevo Leon, Andrew
Alamazan and minor rebel leaders
have made progress south and west
CT Matamoros at the south Of the
Rio Grande. The rebels east and
the west, the only outlet to the
American border left the Mexican
government is through Laredo and
Eagle Pass.
Notwithstanding the rapid progress
the rebels have made, however, there
has been nothing in the reports re
ceived here that has caused AIneri.
can officers TO believe Carranza will
be forced 10 surrender or for a
considerable period of tipae." Increas
ed restriction Of his zone Of opera.
lions was regarded as not unlikely
through the cutting of all his lines
of communication both to the north
and to the sea coast, but even then
they indicated, a loyal, though re
duced army. could hold its own for
many weeks on account OF organiza
non and greater supplies.
The greatest immediate danger that
official and unofficial observers here
professed to see in the situation, SC
far as 1t affected Carranza, was that
menacing him in the south.
The long hook, whose making the
rebels began when they started dowr
the west coast, has now reached 1t:
barb, almost to the gates OF the
capital With the exception Of 4
short break across the state OF Jal
isco, 1t has curved through the state:
Of Colima, Michoacan, Guerrero ant
Morelos.
A part OF the forces Of the state
of Puebla have joined the rebels, ad
vices agree. and rebels in the STATE
OF Tlaxcala, between Mexico Cit!
and Vera Cruz, have interrupted
traffic both over the inter.occani'
and Mexican railways. At differen
points in southern Vera Cruz rebe
operations have been reported anC
from official as we'll as rebel sources
news received here has indicated wei
advanced steps toward the co-ordina