Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-14
GOVERNMENT Of
GEN. OBREGON IS
SETTLING DOWN
To A FIRM BASIS
Garrison Commanders in the
State of JaIiSco Place
Their Forces at Disposal
70 the RevoIutioniStS,
WASHINGTON UNAWARE
OF CARRANzA'S FATE
MatamoraS, the Last Re-
naming Carranza Strong
hold, Will Surrender to
Rebels at 9 O'Clock A, NJ.
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| tHT MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL IFAsso WiRRi
Brownsville, Texas. May ia
Mntamoros, the last remaining
stronghold of tie Carranza govern
ment along the Texas Mexican
border, will be surrendered to the
revolutionist forces Friday morn
ing at 8 O'Clock. That was formal
Iy announced tonight following a
long series of conferences between
General T.. Reyes, revolutionary
representative, and General Rafael
| Corlunga, Carranza commander at
Matamoros.
| Washington, May 13.--Reports
| from American and Mexican
sources in Mexico appeared tonight
| to indicate that the revolutionists
was settling into firmer positions.
Notwithstanding the uncertainty
that still surrounds the fate of Car
rama and reports of federal activ-
| lty in a restricted area in the north,
Announcement was made by the
revolutionary agents that General
Manuel Dieguez was prisoner at
Guadalaiara capital of Jalisco,
and that Generals Hernandez
Mendez and Cara, garrison COM
manders In that state, had placed
themselves and their forces at the
orders of the revolutionary govern
ment.
The adhesion of the federal
forces in Jalisco and the arrest OF
General Dieguez were reported ny
General Ohregon to Adolfo de Ia
Huerta. the provisional head of the
revolution in Sonora, who commu-
nicated the information to the Mex
ican agents here. Obregon's report
added that Dieguez was being held
subject to de la Huerta's instrue-
tions Greater significance was at
tached by revolutionary agents To
the capture of Dieguez and to the
breaking of the federal resistance In
Jalisco than to the entry of Manuel
PalaeZ and Arnulfo Gomez into
Tampico, reported IN official dis
patches.
The revolutionists have express
ed confidence that Palae2, defaeto
ruler of the oil region, would CO.
operate fully with the successors OF
the Carranza government. They
reaffirmed today that he would not
take advantage of his position in
Tampico to oppose the work of con-
solidation, but the operations or
Dieguez and the failure of other
federal officers In the state of Jalis-
co to Join In the movement nave
caused rebel leaders some anxiety,
With Jalisco in line, they said,
there remained no break in the rev.
outionized line along the west coast !
that controls access to the import :
ant port at ManZanillo.
American officials as well as the
revolutionary representatives were
carefully watching the development
of federal strength northeast OF
Monterey, near the American
border.
official and unofficial informa-
tion agreed that the governors OF
San Luis Potosi Nuevo Leon.
Tamaulipas and Coahuila who fled
from their posts to the frontier.
have succeeded in mobilizlng "a
small force of federal troops near
Camargo, about ninety miles west
of Matamoros, opposite Browns
Vile, Texas, where General Cor
lunga, the federal commander, has
displayed reluctance to surrender
ing the city.
Fcderals May BE Menace.
American army officers saw in
the federal opposition no military
advantage, but agreed that until
the federal group was accounted
for, there remained possibility
that any one of its leaders might
become an outlaw and play part
similar to that held for years by
Francisco villa. Operations of any
such rebel leader might serve as a
basis for further defections or even
a counter revolution, they said.
Inadequate cable and telegraphic
communications again served to
hold back news of the result of the
fight Carranza was reported max
ing between the capital and Vera
Cruz. Information that the fight
had begun Tuesday was contained
in a report made by Obregon. to de
la Huerta and forwarded here.
Obregon said Carranza's convoy,
consisting of remnants of the
forces of General Murguia, had
been attacked Tuesday near Rim
conada by Reyes Marquee. Press
dispatches dated Wednesday, May
~, at Vera cruz, reported that the
fighting was still in progress.
Obregon also reported that Gem
eral Iturbide, who refused for SO
long to surrender the port of Ma
zatlan, had sailed to Manzanillo,
where he would place himself un-
der the orders OF the rebel COM