Arizona republican., 1920-07-30
CONQUER CANTU AT ANY COST IS
 PLAN IF HUERTA
40, ,OOO Federal Soldiers Will Be Sent Into Lower Cali fornia, If Needed to Sub due Governor, Gales Tells Newspaper Men at No gales
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 NOGALES, The federal government of Mexico will send all the troops nec- essary into Lower California to sub due Governor Esteban Cantu, who is reported in revolt against the de Ia 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, eff that number is required to subdue Cantu. Cantu must and will be forced to rec ognize the federal government"
 General Gales passed through hers by way of Ell Paso to take charge Of final settlements whereby Francisco Villa. the bandit, returns to private life- He discussed both the Villa surrender and the Cantu revolt It was recalled here that ordering of federal troops in- to Sonora last spring by President Carranza was considered unconstitu- tional by the Sonora state authorities and brought about the revolution which ended in the downfall and death of Carranza and the naming of Governor Adolfo de Ia Huerta of Sonora pro- visiona1 president of Mexico. De la Huerta now has ordered troops into Lower California to oust Cantu from the governorship of that state, it was said.
 Villa Accepts Gales Terms
 Villa surrendered to the federal government according to the terms made him by me-" General Gales said. He will retire to private life on a ranch at Nieves, Durango This was the former estate of the ViTlista gen. eral, Thomas Urbana. 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 followers have been can celIed.
 T will meet General Villa at Tor reon to discuss personally the matters connected with his retirement from Mexican politics"
 General Gales came here from Her. mosillo, capital of Sonora, where he conferred with Governor Borquez con- corning irrigation projects in Sonora He travelled in a private car, which ago. Returning with him was his fam 1 fly of eight persons.
 General Gales declared himself fav- bring the prohibition of strong alco- holic drinks and gambling in Mexico and said President de la Huerta is working for national legislation toward l this end.
 Nation Friendly Toward U. S. Through Mexico. the attitude of our citizens is friendly toward Ameri- l Ca0S ana OlflSE NTtnCIdl Gales said. Foreign capital now is welcomed to Mexico and will be pro- tected
 "A commission of four financial ex- | perts appointed by President de Ia Huerta is working to make the Mexi- can banking system the same as that of the United States. All paper money issued by the government must be se- cured on solid base"
 Three hundred Yaqui Indians from | Sonora are at Manzanillo en route to Mexico City to serve as a personal guard for the Mexican war secretary. | General Gales will arrive at Fl Paso cary tomorrow and immediately cross l into Mexico, it was said. He travelled from h<e over American railroad lines.
 Many Offer Aid.
 MEXICALI, Lower California, July | 29.-Eight men formerly holding high rank in the army of the late President l Venustiano Carranza today held a se- cret conference here with Governor Esteban Cantu, following their offer of their services to lead the Cantu l forces against invading armies, 1t was announced by Governor Cantu.
 It was also announced that in addi- tion to the regular troops and those | being recruited here. Governor Cantu has 500 recruits at San Luis, on the Sonora side of the Colorado river 20 miles from Yuma, Arizona, who are 1 we'll armed and drilled and ready to 1 take the field against the forces which the Mexican provisional government | is reported to be sending to wrest con- trol of lower California from Governor Cantu.
 Governor Cantu said he was receiv- | ing the support of many Chinese who had offered to provide unlimited money for the financing of the de- | fense ofshis territory.
 An additional airplane was pur- chased by Governor Cantu from an American aviator. Recruits were giv- en several hours drill with rifles. The governor repeated his assertion that he would have four thousand men at the least, to oppose the invaders. He was quoted as saying there would be a large number of machine guns and there would be no scarcity of am munition.
 Officers of the Cantu forces said they expected that the federal forces from Manzanillo and Guaymas would attempt by superior numbers to out flank them and drive them from Mex icali It was said that Cantu leaders, to prevent this. were selecting strong large expanses of territory could be swept by artillery and machine gun fire.
 Denies Troops Are Yaquis.
 CALEXICO, July 29.-Reports that Mexican federal troops enroute to Lower California were Yaqui Indians were denied here today by M- C. Pa redas, consul for the Mexican provi- sional government.
 The soldiers coming to Lower Cal ifornia are mostly from Sinaloa. and are the finest in the Mexican army" Paredas said.
 q can assure the American people that they have nothing to fear from the Mexican soldiers. My government 1 instructed me to state that not only the residents of the United States near the border be protected, but all people in Lower California, of all na tionalities, together with their prop erty will be guarded from harm"
 Tells Cause ok Rebellion.
 CALENICO, Cal, July 29.-A Mex ican provisional government official here. who would not permit his name to be used. said Governor Cautu Of Lower California had been declared in rebellion as the result of his refusal to recognize several men sent hero from Mexico City with commissions in the customs service.