Republican farmer., 1920-05-07
Rebels Have Put ssStill Ring" of Soldiers About Mexico City Revolutionary Com manders Sum Up Situation.

Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexi- co, May 4-(By the A. P.)- Mexico is honeycombed with revolution and instead of the "steel ring" of soldiers which
 President Carranza of Mexico
 announced would be put
 around Sonora, the first slate
 toasecede from his administra-
 ton, the rebels have put
 steel ring of revolutionary
 soldiers about Mexico City and
 in every state except one, Gen.
 eral A. l. VilIareaI said here to-
 day in making public what he termed the accomplishments
 of the revolution in less than one month.
 General VIfareal and General P. Elias Gales, commander of the rev. olutiinary forces in the northwest , summarized the revolution as follows:
 Sonora---F1rst state to revolt under it's constitutional government At1olph Della Haerta- Whole state in arms with General Gales, commander of the army northwest at Aeua Frieta. : Governor De La Huerta, commander In chief pro ternpore of the e'hberaI conSdtutaonaH army until gover- l nors of states seceding can meet and name commander of revolutionary 3 forces pending election of provisional
 president of Mexico. State entirely
 free of CsarTanza troops.
 7 Sinafoa---Prov1ncial governor, Flor enc1o De La Vega, named by De La 5 Huerta- General Angel Flores, com [ mapder of the first division of the $ army of the northwest, controls C11li. l acan, capital of state, and more than I half of the state after invasion from
 Sonora Flores now marching on Ma. : zatlan- Flores said to be gaining re-
 cruits rapidly. Prior to the revofI1-
 ton he was candidate for governor of
 Sinaloa.
 'fChihuah ahua--C Chihuahua City, the
 capital Parral- Jirninez and other , | cities controlled by revoFutfonists who revolted against Carranza- Juarez and Ojinaga on United States border, expected soon to fall. Revolutionary
 leaders cIaiAn between 5000 and 1000 = nacio Enriquez, candidate for gover- l under arms with them. General Ig-
 
 under him against Carranza- Car 1 ranza soldiers concentrated at Casas A Grandes for attack on Sonora declar- \ ed in dangerous position, ill mounted ? and dissatisfied. The railway from
 border to Mexico City cut.
 Guerrero - Constitutional Cover : nor Francisco Figueroa revo1ted.
 General Fortuanato Maycotte and
 General Cipriano Jaimez, chief mili-
 tary commanders. General Alvaro
 Obregon, candidate for the presi- T left Mexico City. From Guerrero T these forces were expected to at U tempt an attack on Mexico. ,e n-ConstitutionaI gover- II nor, General Pascual Ortiz Rubio re- = volted and has assumed duties of mil
 itary commander of revolutionary a forces
 s'Zacatecas-Constit gover- " nor, General Enriquez Estrada revolt ed and assumed duties as military IS commander. Other revolutionary Is chieftains operating in state General
 Jesus M. Garza and Colonel Castillo. g 'Hfldago- Constitutional governor, ,f General Maxine Rojas revolted and V. assumed military command ,tl 'Morelos-General Salvatore Con n 1 zales revolted at Cuacutla with his ,e federal command. General Benjamin d Hill, campaign manager for Obregon, n fled to MoreIos and was joined in re- p volt by the Carranza garrison at Cur f. navaca-
 co-Constitutiona1 governor. 1I General Carlos Green revolted and as- m stunned military command "rNuevo Leon - Federal Generals
 Porfiro Gonzales and Felix DozaI<o y with Colonels Gallegas and Absa1on :. Lozano revolted. Not less than ted :, garrisons in different parts of the ,- state have revo1ted-
 s "Vera Cruz-GeneraI Arnufo Go m 1 meg revo1ted at Tuxhan, in the heart d of the oil regions with his command es of about 2,500 troops. He was re- r. ported engaged in battle with Gen. s; eraI Francisco Murguia but report es discounted.
 It fNayarit-Colonel Yoldi with an d entire regiment -revoIted in support ss of the constitutional governor, Jose " Santos Godinos, who was superseded er by a military appointee of Carranza- . ffIn every state there are reports o4 It. revolutionary movements of more or 'n less degree,'' said General VilIareal ie 'eWe receive reports daily of new re-
 volts but until they are confirmed we
 do not care to give them out.
 The revolution is gaining more
 rapidly than any previous one in the
 history of Mexico. It will succeed H and in between 60 and go days Car A ranza's administration will have H passed into history.
 '~The revolutionists have pledged h. themselves for what they believe juGi a- Foreigners, alike with citizens A' ce Mexico, are offered full protectiaT lsS and dust1ce.''
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