The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-05-13
DEATHS FOLLOW
MEXICAN MOVES
BLOODLESS REVOLUTION NO
LONGER QUIET.
Reports of Staying.
Many Political Executions Said to
Have Been Ordered When
Government Falls.
Reports of Staying.

way with a remarkable absence OF
fighting, apparently has not been
without the usual tropical season of
blood letting.
From behind the veil which OBJ
scures the events of the last few days
are beginning to trickle the stories OF
wholesale political executions, count
er executions and other accompani-
ments which have so frequently mark
ed struggles for supremacy in the Lat
in-American countries.
| Carranza, variously reported cap
tured, in fight or in hiding; Candido
Aguilar, his son-in-law, and minister
of foregn affairs executed with Gen
| Francisco Marguia, commander of the
garrison in Mexico City, after a whole
sale slaughter of political prisoners
including Is generals; forces of the
revolution in control of the capital and
most Of the metropolitan cities of the
country, while American warships and
marines continue to move into STRAIT
egic positions, were the foremost fea-
lures of today's news.
Communication Not Easy.
Communication between the United
States and the Mexican capital con-
tinued internationally and uncertainty.
Reports received here Of the cutting
of the telegraph lines which carry
cable dispatches overland from Vera
Cruz to Mexico City, are supported by
border reports that the line of Car
ranza's escape is held by the revoiu
tionists. The telegraph lines which
stretch down over the Texas border
and, reaching across the northern des-
ert, ordinarily connect Washington
with Mexico City, flicked off their last
dots and dashes yesterday afternoon
and were occupied for a few minutes
with stack of dispatches which had
been accumulating for days. What
happened in Mexico City or some
where along the line to interrupt them
is one of the mysteries of the revolu-
ton.
From all reports, Tampico, Vera
Cruz, Monterey, and Puebla, as well
as Mexico City now are in the hands
of the rebels. Search of the city of
Vera Cruz has failed to find Carranza.
One report had him under arrest in
Esperranza.
The last message received from the
American embassy in Mexico City said
quiet prevailed on Saturday morning
after the departure of CarranZa with
no unusual disorders" according to
the state departments announcement.
"The only untoward incident re-
ported" the statement continued,
"was the capture of one of President
Carranza's trains on May Z, at Guada-
loupe Hidalgo, about 275 miles north
of Mexico City, an incident in which
there were several casualties
No mention of the fate of Carranza
was made by the embassy.
Care for Americans.
General Obregon, Carranza's form
er right hand military man and now
his opponent, has ordered that the
PRESIDENT if captured, be treated
with consideration and taken to Mexi-
co City. Reports published in Mexico
City newspapers and received here to-
day fatty announced Carranza's cap
ture together with Ambassador Bunil-
las, Carranza's representative IN
Washington until {, few weeks ago
and later one of the candidates for
the presidency.
Meanwhile the American govern
ment while continuing a policy Of
watchful waiting, took some measures
to afford refuge to Americans. There
are estimated to be some 5000 or
1000 such in Mexico, some of them
draft dodgers and radicals who fled
over the borders to ESCAPE process of
law. For the most part, however,
that class probably is far in the in
terror, and the Americans who might
readily avail themselves of aid are
principally oil men and planters
along the gulf coast.
For their assistance the navy de-
partment has ordered the superdread-
naught Oklahoma from New York to
Key West for possible duty in Mexi-
can waters. She will take on full
company of marines before steaming
south. Meanwhile the naval trans
port Henderson will load 1900 ma
rines from the navy yard and pro-
ceed to Key West to avail develop