Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-29
REVOLT AGAINST
CARRANZA GAINS
MOMENTUM DAILY
WORD RECEIVE D
Reports From Rebels and
United States Channels
Indicate Rapid Spread Of
Revolutionary Movement,
RIVAL FORCES UNDER
ARMS ABOUT EQUAL
Break in Chihuahua Garri-
son Reduces the Menace
To the Uprising in Sonorai
Capital Not Endangered,

Cpv MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LtAsEo wIRui
Washington, April 2S.-Mexican
advices here today both through
American and rebel channels, con-
tinued to note a rapid spread
of the revolutionary movement
against the Carran2a government,
particularly in the close vicinity of
Mexico City itself Government
officials here, however, said they
saw nothing in these rather scat
! tered incidents Immediately Criti-
cal in the situation faced by the
, federal authorities.
The best available information,
it was added, indicated that the
lival forces under arms were
nearly equal in number.
News from the southern part of
Mexico confirmed reports that
Cuornavaca, Puebla and Cuatla
were in rebel hands, and Zapatis-
| tas had gathered in some strength
ir the southern parF of the state ut
Mexico adjoining the federal dis"
trict.
General Alvarado, representa-
tive Of the Sonora government
here, but who has returned to the
| border temporarily, has cent t.
Postmasler General Burleson
suggestion for reciprocal af-
langemcnt regarding the move
ment of mails to and from rebel
territory.
Under recent ruling OF the post
master general all mail directed to
Mexicans in Sonora and Sinalod
must be passed thrCug El Paso or
some other government controlled
port of entry.
AS indicative of the character of
the reported defections N the fed
oral ranks, rebel agents here said
the force which joined the rebel
standard in Morelcs, making pos
sble the occupation of Cuautla was
from the "supremOs poderes," the
famous organization Of picked
troops used since the deposition ot
Diaz as n guard for the national
capital. They also viewed the
freak in the garrison in Chihua-
hua as reducing the menace to the
/ evolutionary forces in Sonora from
that quarter.
Until the rabels operating in al
most every part of the country are
co-ordinated Mexico City is In no
serious danger, military men here
believe, except by coup d'etat, or
from a raid that chance turned
into a more important movement.
The largest operating units are
still those controlled by Carranzd
and, with the exception of Sonora,
Sinaloa and a few other states
controlled by the rebels, the bal
ance of power was said still to rest
with the government.
The chief Immediate difficulty Of
federal leaders, military observers
here said, was that paralyzing OF
Carranza lines of communication
might force them to adopt de-
fensive attitude in place OF Of
fensive measures against the rebels.
The official statement published
in Mexico City yesterday and
cabled to Washington that Genera
Dieguez was in Guadalajara with
5000 federal troops was regarded
as significant, since the announce
ment was made three weeks ago
that he had started from Mexico
CITY for the west coast to attack
the rebels moving southwark from
Sonora. His failure to get further
than Guadalaiara was said to have
given the rebels an opportunity to
move on Mazatlan and organize
their lines of communication that
extend to the American border.
A report that $500 men had
heen taken by the government
Manzanillo to reinforce the garrt-
son at Mazatlan, was not fully
credited by observers, not only be-
cause of the rebel activity aborr
Manzanillo, but also because of the
governments lack of ships neces-
sary to move such a force.
A telegram announced to be
from border sources" received by
agents of tht Sonora government
tonight gave General Gales esti-
mate of the number of federal
troops in revolt in Chihuahua state
at 1000. According to the message
General Amaro had revolted ct
Chihuahua, General Amarilas at
Jiminez, and General Abundio
Gomez at Parral, the two latter in
the southern part of the state.