Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-23
CARRANzA IS
LOSING GRIP;
MORE: STATES
JOIN REVOLT.
MiChoacan, Guerrero, "a
CatecaS, Tehuantepec and
Vera Cruz Reported in the
Revolution With Sonora.
ANOTHER POLITICAL
PARTY IS ORGANIZED
Meeting Will Be Held in the
Near Future to Frame a
Platform and Make Plans
of Movement Public.

lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
Aqua Prieta, Sonora, April 22.-
The Mexican states of Michoacan,
Guerrero, Zacatecas. Tehauntepec
and Vera Cruz are in revolution
with Sonora against the Carranza
government, Gen. P. Elias Gales,
commander in chief of the Sonora
military forces, said after his ar
rival here this afternoon,
The revolutionary movement also
has begun in Neuvo Leon, Hidalgo
and in three parts of Jalisco Car
rama troops have revolted. General
Gales said.
The Sonora movement. according
to the Sonora commander. has
given birth to new political party
in Mexico, the new party of prog
ress" according to General Gales.
He announced that tomorrow he
would issue n proclamation to all
the people of Mexico in the name
of Sonora and the new party.
Fair Elections Demanded.
Leaders of the revolution, ac-
cording to Nogales advices received
today, will meet here in the near
future to formulate platform and
make public the plans of the move
ment. Governor De La Huerta
will preside and until a new COM
mander in chief of the revolution
ary forces is named by the states
involved against Carranza the So
nora governor will head the move
ment. Fair elections and the rights
of states to control their own in
ternal problems without military
governorships set up by the central
government are the first consider
ations of the movement, he said.
Complete occupation of Culiacan
bv Sonora forces under Gen. Angel
Flores was not consummated until
Tuesday afternoon, last, General
Gales said. Sonora troops pre-
yiously entered the city. but the
main body remained outside until
all could enter as 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.
No Resistance Offered.
The CarranZa troops at Culiacan
put up practically nd fight, he,
General Gales, said. retreating to
Ma2atlan, the next important OBJ
iective of the Sonorans.
General Flores already has be-
gun his march on Mazatlan, ac-
cording to General Gales. Cap
tIre of Culiacan was announced
last week by the Sonora authori-
ties in official dispatches. This
was when the troops first entered
Hos said
-Four hundred Mayo Indians and
two bands accompanied, General
Gales as far as Naco, twenty -eigho
miles west of here, and are now
marching from the rail head at
Naco to reinforce troops already
stationed here and east in the
mountains between Chihuahua and
Sonora through which Carranza
forces are expected to try to force
their way into Sonora.
Troop Movements Heavy.
Fifteen hundred troops have ar
rived here and at Naco in two days.
The movement has been so heavy
that facilities to care for the sol
diers 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 a day
before the state seeded, will be re-
turned to its owners whenever the
railroad wishes to take over the
road and settle the strike of its en-
ployes, General Gales said.
THE state is operating the road
under the same employees" said
General Gales, land the Southern
pacific can have back its property
at any time"
Strikers Willing to Go TO Work.
Nogales advices during the past
two weeks have been to the effect
the strikers are willing to return to
work under the old wage scale and
working conditions for three
months If the officials recognize
their union. ....
Trains on the Southern Pacific
are now running to Guamuchtl,
Sinaloa, from Nogales, Ariz., and
will be operated into Culiacan this
week, according to the Sonora
chief.