Arizona republican., 1920-04-23
1 STATES JOIN SONORA fhllilGLT
 GALES CLAIMS
Michoacan, Guerrero, Vera Cruz and Zacatecas Now Fitted Against Carranza Government, Sonora Com mander Declares - New Political Party Born
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

Guerrero. Zacatecas, and Vera Cruz are in revolution with Sonora against the Carranza government, and the revo- Iutio1ists control the Isthmus of Tehu- antepec. General P Elias Calles, com mander-in- chief of the Sonora military forces. said after his arrival here this afternoon The revolutionary move- ment also begun in Neuvo Leon, IIi- dalgo and in three parts of .Jalisco, CarranZa troops have revolted, Gen. eraI Gales said.
 The Sonora movement. according to the Sonora commander. has given birth to a new political party in Mexico, the new party of progress according to General Gales. He announced that to- morrow he would issue proclamation to all the people of Mexico in the name Of Sonora and the new party.
 Revolution Leaders to Meet
 Leaders of the revolution, according to Nogales advices received today, will meet here in the near future to formu- late q platform and make public the plans of the movement. Governor de la Huerta will preside and until new commander in chief of the revolution ary forces is named by the states in- volved against Carranza, the Sonora governor will head the movement. Fair elections, and the rights of states to control their own internal problems without military governorships set up by tho central government are the first considerations of the movement, he said
 Complete occupation of Culiacan by Sonora forces under General Angel Flores was not consummated until Tuesday afternoon. last. General Gales Goi cfx ant cre. q the city. but the main body remained outside until all could enter as q body with their line of communication intact. The delay. he said, was due to destruc- ton Of bridges and railways by re- treating Carranza forces.
 The CarranZa troops at Culiacan put re practically no fight. said General Gales, retreating to Mazatlan. the next important objective of the Sonorans.
 Flores Marching on MazatIan
 General Flores already has begun his march on Mazatlan, according to Gen eral Gales. Capture of Culiacan was announced last week by the Sonora authorities in official dispatches. This was when the troops first entered the city. General Gales said.
 Four hundred Mayo Indians and two bands accompanied General Gales as far as Naco, 2S miles west of here, and are now marching from the rail head
  stationed here and east in the noun tains between Chihuahua and Sonora through which CarranZa forces are ex- pected 10 try to force their way into Sonora.
 Fifteen hundred troops have arrived here and Sat Naco in two days. The movement has been so heavy that fa- cilities to care for the soldiers here are insufficient and the men have been forced to camp in vacant lots. Streets are overrun with soldiers of every description, and uniformed in all kinds of clothes. from blankets to gaudy federal uniforms
 The Southern Pacific de Mexico. an American owned railroad seized by the authorities of Sonora q day before the state seeded. will be returned to its owners whenever the railroad wishes to take over the road and settle the strike of it's employees. General Gales said.
 Will Return Railway Soon
 s3The state is operating the road un- der the same employees" said General Gales. and the Southern Pacific can have back it's property at any time
 ~Nogales advices during the past two days have been to the effect that strik- CTS are willing to return under the old wage scale and working conditions for three months if the officials recognize their union. Trains on the Southern Pacific now are running to Guamuchil. Sinaloa, from Nogales. Ariz-. and VIII be operated into Chilean this week. according to the Sonora chief.
 Flat denial of reports of fighting in Pulpito Pass or other mountain roads through which Carranza troops are ex- pected to pass from Chihuahua was made by General Gales and General T. M Pima. commander of this ristrict. Rumors of fighting have been cur rent for several days and some of these reports were sent out from here.
 BeIittles Sonora Revolt
 LAREDO. Texas, April 22.--Andres Garcia former Mexican consul general at Fl Paso. now postmaster general of Mexico. arrived here today and depart ed tonight for Fl Paso. He declined to discuss his mission but character ized the Sonora revolt against the Car ranza government as of slight inn portance.' .ss
 Tt is lamentable.' he said. "that the American press is giving such prom irence to the sonora situation.'