Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-30
100000 MEN
MAY Be SENT
into LOWER.
CALF 0RN|NA.
Mexican Federal Government
Is Ready to Use All the
Troops Necessary to Sub
due Gov. ESteban Cantu.
RECOGNITION OF DE
LA HUERTA DEMANDED
Gen. Gales Says Villa Will
Retire to Private Life On
a Ranch; Charges Against
Him to Be Dropped.

Nogales, Ariz., July 29.-The
federal government of Mexico will
send all the troops necessary into
Lower California to subdue Gov
ernor Esteban Cantu, who is re-
ported in revolt against the de la
Huerta regime. General p, Elias
Gales, Mexican secretary of war
and marine, said here today.
''Forty thousand men will be
sent to Lower California" he said,
''if that number is required 10
subdue Cantu. Cantu must and
will be forced to recognize the
federal government
General Gales passed through
here today, en- route for Torreon,
Durango, by way of Ell Paso,. 10
take charge of final settlement
whereby Francisco Villa, the ban
dit, returns to private life. He dis
cussed both the Villa surrender
and the Cantu revolt.
1t was recalled here that order
ing of federal troops into Sonora
last spring by President Carranza
was considered unconstitutional
by the Sonora state authorities and
brought about the revolutnon
which ended in the downfall and
death of Carranza and the nam
ing Of Governor Adolfo de la
Huerta, OF Sonora, provisional
president of Mexico. DE la HUI
erta now has ordered troops into
Lower California to oust Cantu
from the governorship of that
state, it was said.
"Villa surrendered to the fed
eral government according to the
terms made him by me-" General
Gales said. HE will retire to
private life on ranch at Nieves,
Durango. This was the former
estate of the Villista general. Tho
mas Urbina, who left the ranch to
Villa at his death.
"All Villas followers have been
paid a months wages AND their
fare home by the government. All
charges against Villa and his fol-
lowers have been cancelled
'I will meet General Villa at
Torreon to discuss personally the
matters connected with his retire
ment from Mexican politics"
General Gales came here from
Hermosillo capital of Sonora,
where he conferred with Cover
nor Borquez concerning irrigation
projects in Sonora. He travelled
in a private car which brought
him from Mexico City a week ago.
Returning with him was his family
Of eight persons,
Against Booze and. Gambling.
General Gales declared himself
favoring the prohibition of strong |
alcoholic drinks and gambling in
Mexico, and said President de al
Huerta is working for national
legislation toward this end.
Through Mexico the attitude |
of our citizens is friendly toward |
Americans and other foreigners,
General Gales said, Foreign cap
ital now is welcomed to Mexico
and will be protected.
"a commission of four financial
experts appointed by President de
la Huerta is working to make the
Mexican banking system the same
as that of the United States. All
paper money issued by the gov
ernment must be secured on a
solid basis
Three hundred Yaqui Indians
from Sonora are at Manzanillo,
en- route to Mexico City to serve
as a personal guard for the Mex
lean war secretary.
General Gales will arrive at
Ell Paso early tomorrow and i'm
cross into Mexico, it
was said. He Travelled from here
over American railroad lines.
Calexico, Calf, July 29.-Re-
ports that Mexican federal troops
en- route to Lower California were
Yaqui Indians were denied here
today by NJ. G. Paredas. consul 70
the Mexican provisional govern
ment.
are mostly from Sinaloa