Arizona republican., 1920-05-02
OFFENSIVE ON CAPITAL WILL FOLLOW JUAREZ
 REVOLT, CLAIM
1000 Rebels Under Arms In Chihuahua State Is Claim-Says Caranza Is Making Ready to Flee
Republican 4. p. Leased Wire.


 FL PASO, Tex, May That tha Juarez garrison will join the revolu- tionary movement against the Carranza government is assured, according to Arturo M. Elias, brother of Gen P. Elias Gales, commander-in-ch of the rebel forces in Sonora
 And with the revolt in Juarez, Mfr. Elias said, the rebels will have com plete control of Chihuahua, after which they will be ready to march upon Mex ico City.
 MT. Elias arrived in Fl Paso yester- day from Agua Prieta and will remain here to direct the affairs of the Obre- gon junta until the state of Chihuahua IS entirely in the hands of the revolu- tionists, he said.
 It is the purpose Of the ObregonistES Mir. Elias said, to gain control of Mex leo with the least possible bloodshed, and it is the hope of the rebels to have the Juarez garrison go over without hoStilities.
 MT. Elias said that the state of Chi huahua is now controlled by rebel forces from Chihuahua City to Berme- jillo, which is in the extreme southern end of the state, and that only that portion of the state adjacent to the border remains loyal to Carranza. The rebels, he said, now have 11,000 soldiers under arms in Chihuahua and recruits in large numbers are joining the move ment daily.
 "Gen. Flores, with a large force, is marching upon Mazatlan, and news that the city has fallen is expected hourly said MT. Elias.
 'It is known that President Car ranza is making preparations to leave Mexico City, and for that reason he is reinforcing Vera Cruz with troops which have been placed under the com mand of his son. Jaw, Gen. Candido Aguilar. MT. CarranZa hopes to take ship for a foreign country either at Vera Cruz of Puerto de Mexico"
 Three hundred cavalrymen under the command of Col. Claudio Fox arrived in Juarez Saturday afternoon. These men were part of the force which recently passed through Juarez en route to Casas Grandes. to take part in the So nora campaign. They refused to ad vance on Sonora.
 carranza Advised to Resign
 WASHINGTON, May 1.-President Carranza was advised by his generals at a conference held a few days ago, to resign in favor of a president ad in- terim whom he or congress should ap- point, according to dispatches reach ing Washington tonight through of ficial channels. CarranZa refused to accept the recomme ndation, the dis patches said, but agreed to the with drawal of the presidential candidacy of Ygnacio Bonillas. ambassador to the United States, and to the sending of a commission to negotiate with the rev olutionists.
 The conference, which was partici- pated in by all the generals in the vii cinity of the capital and by Acting Minister of War Urquizo, the advices said, was called by direction of Car ranza to discuss the situation growing out of the secession of Sonora. Lengthy arguments for CarranZa's res rrnaffnn a DraSantad bU of the officers, it is said, one of the chief arguments being that surrender of the presidency of CarranZa would elimi- nate any danger of intervention by the United States in Mexican affairs.
 The names of the generals taking part in the conference were not given in the dispatches.
 Federal garrisons at Parral. Jimi- neg, and Camargo, in southern Chi huahua have revolted and joined the