Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-29
us. CAVALRY is |.
AT BORDER BRIDGE Id
Rising in Juarez 1npends and
Seventh Is Ready for -
Action. sSs!s
sALInA CRUZ suRaENDERs En- /: !.
Garrison Goes Over to Rebels.
Who Are Attacking Mazatlan.
and Threatening Capital.

WASIiiNGToN. April aS.-Accofd.
ms to reports received here. itroSbs
al sauna Cruz. commanded by General
Alejo Gonzales. have revoItcd ana
taken possession OF the port, ones of
t the most important on the isthmus.-,s,,
Ma"atian. Sinaloa. n port on the y
Pacific Coast OF Mexico. is. being. ar
tackled by revolutionary forces under
neherai Angel Flores. according to {
aiio'her report. General rP Eiias
.o!les' commander-in= =chicf OF the
revolutionary armies, annotinccd ttte
/ attack had hcen expected sfhcc ,.es.
4 tcrday 80 Il
! Federal Forces Rendy., : 4
/ Carransa officials in Iuareh ionfst,r
/ were prepared to movo against n
threatened attempt To swing .ta,
! ''narcH garrison into limo with stSo
! Chihuahua revolution which vas
day. ,l',-.,sff :".-ts3g
FUNDS Of tho customs office In
'"arcH were brought to an, Ell, Paso
pahN late this afternoon .s'S5..s
American Troops Ready. S-,
/ Hoerican troops in rEi Paso ton,rhts
m.'e oraercu TO he prepared forS ae-
.o" IN the event that the threatencds
; S'e' 10 chudnSCtS this ri1Ss.
me seventeenth Cavalry In r6Dortsd
as guarding the International lsr,a =.
Miiltary policc in lei Paso have hssf,
issued rtfcs and ammunition ana th.t
| ..'s ponce hayc made 5arrHnEomo,iss ss
10 pa trol n. dead ,hnet In tho ioS,ssss,
par. OF ,thesci.s' beyond w Il, SivfifSssas!
! VIII not be. .perulIt{atf stot 10 .j,, ri; {;
direction of,tho Rio titande. \. s ..ss ~
1000 C"rrnnsistaa tRc yolt, y
NPproSsiiDatola. 4.doo t-afrunsas tro % an.
at rsrrni and Jlminex. iChthu alua:SrS-
Nu,'ca yesterday, The. troops mt rsr.s
ia' arc commanded by General AntSS-
s nartIsaS and the troops at Jiminoa
SneIat a. Gonzales. Thoy rcscrt,
r, n.i ''aheousi.' with tho In fantrs.
sB B'nent under command OF CoionsI,
francisco Dol Arco ut anotbos ,,s..st
~ chihuahua. The troops arc nn;is,.3
INC supreme command or c;crsr,,
'oaQuin Amarc. who is also saidS5 -
! nave joined the rcvolt;S f'TSsA ~ ~ }. - ~
"e neWest revolt in ChIhua bus ~
was SAIL viii give the reyoiui ionss;.
iarse quantities OF amm,inIrii,
],.', an" otner war supplies. .Airplanea i,
"h'hnahna used by the l,cder,1s- -
against Francisco Villa alsopfaIi I. i;,,s,a
INC hancs of the revoluttonistsSl l
"e FeVoiutionists in ChikuaI, I,Iio..
now outnumbc- the men Presid;sS+i
carTansa has massed on tho bordSS
ior an attack on Sonora.
an amalsaination OF revolution fst.
concentrating in this district ,yi,h
tue new rebels in chiliua hun Z FOR An
active campaign against Carranzisfssn
IN northern Mexico. Is forecast.
Revolt Reported sprendiar. L Si.,
NJ Mexican ndrttes here todav.
oo'h through american and rAbei
ehanncls' continued to noto a. ,ra Ia
spread OF the Revolutionary. moySs
ment against tho Carransa a royesS
ment, particularly in the close yicin-
! ny OF Mexico City ITSELF. tn. rival
ior'es under arms are now ncari,s
! equal In numbers : {a:ss,
AS indicative OF the, character ;ofl
the reported defec,ions in the Feds
era! Fanks. rebel AGENTS here said
INC torSe which Joined tho rebel
standard on Morclos, making possible
tue oecnpaiton OF Cuau,ia. was from
! the snpremos Poderes.'', the famous
orEani"ation OF picked troops used
s'hee the deposition of Diax as
guard for the national capitol I,SoS
also viewed the break in. the garli-
! son IN chihuahua as reducing x. Itf,s
menace to the Revolutionary, for.css
in Sonora from that auartnr. a -,
! Capital Not Meaacea. -.
Until the rebels operating in afG
most every part of the country arSs
CO. o-ordinated. Mexico City, Is in no.
| serious danger. tniiitary: mon, f,ers
hciieve. except by coup d.etat 4 or.
from a raid that chance might @tnrnS
/ into more important move,neri{ss
The LARGEST operating units are sim
those controlled by carranza and,
with tho exception OF Sonora, .Sinaioa
and few other states controlled By.
the rebels. tho balance OF power wAss
said to rest with the ygovernment. 81
The chief immediate dinteulty. oes
Federal leaders. military observers,
hero said was that tho harassinR OF
Carranza's lines of communications,
might force them to adopt q defene
sive attitude In place of offensiYo
/ measures against the robels. ss.s
News from the southern part or
Mexico confirmed reports that cuerrras
vaca, Puehla and Cuautfa were In
rebel hands and Zapatistas had
gathered in some stranRth In. tF,sS
southern part Of the State of Mexico.
The Official statement published &irs
Mexico City yesterday and .sa6IAd tSg
Washington that General Aie HHsSs
was In Guadalatara Wit h 900 S:ed d2yais
since the annopncsments ,Wns 8 paaSs Y
three weeks ago that he Md iytSrt46S
from Moxico City for the Weat Codefs I,
to attack the rchels Hoy 81 s aoutEss'
! rurther than .duadaiajsrs 3 wss' WE 'ssid { M NJ
Continued on Second 1Pa aEssJ 80 81
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