Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-25
CORRUP TON HAS
RIGHT Of TRACK
IN MEXICO SAYS
GENERAL GALES
Carranza Administration Is
Rotteni Unpopular Off,
ciaIs, Legally Elected, Are
0uSted From Office,
MILITARY GUILTY OF
UTMOST BRUTALITY
Shippers On Railroads Are
Forced to Tip" Agents
and Employees Of Roads in
Order to Get Service.

isY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w1sEl
Aqua Prleta, Sonora, April "a.
The Carranza administration in
Mexico is corrupt and officials un-
popular with Carranza but elected
by popular vote have been ousted
by the military in several states,
who ~practiced the most bru-
tality, according to charges made
here by Gen. p. Elias Gales, COM
mander of the revolutionary forces
of Sonora in a statement issued
here today.
General Gales until recently was
secretary of industry, commerce
and labor in the Carranza cabinet,
In the statement he attatke
the foreign policy of Carranza, his
late decisions in regard to the rich
oil lands of Mexico and in many
other ways attacked the Carranz1
regime.
Shippers on Mexican railroads
were forced to tip" agents and
employees of the roads from rs TO
100 pesos a car in order to obtain
transportation for their products,
Gales said, and without tipping
would not receive cars.
Theatrical Reception"
Carranza staged theatrical re-
ception" for the japanese marines
of the cruiser Yapkuma, when they
recently visited Mexico City, ac
cording to General Gales and com
PEELED employees of the federal
government and city administration
to take part under penalty of dis
charge. "Carranza pretended to
show by this masquerade, said the
statement, that, his government
counted upon the support of the
nation of the far east. This act of
the government has been repudi-
ated by all good Mexicans as they
have repudiated the false interna-
tional policy of Carranza."
Gales attacked Carranza for
what he termed "unheard of
crimes committed at Yucatan in
order to destroy all the revolution
ary tasks started by Gen. Salvador
Alvarado and to subjugate all the
political rights of the citizens of
the state.'
Opinions Silenced by Fear.
Opinions of the people were ST.
fenced by force and fear, according
to the statement, which continued:
I'm Yucatan the bailiffs of Car
rama with Colonel Zamaripa at
their head murdered the civilian
authorities of some towns; burned,
after plundering the stores of So
cialist corporations: burned the Of
fices of the socialist party in the
city of Merida, going so far in their
barbarism that they whipped more
than zoo defenseless women whom
they personally assembled at pub
lie park"
The statement also said:
about eight months ago Carran-
"a summoned me to the capital un-
der the pretense of giving me the
post in his cabinet of secretary of
industry, commerce and labor with
the view of taking me out of So
nora, and having me close to him
at his disposition in the City Of
Mexico with the purpose of making
me his accomplice and his instru-
ment for making a mockery of the
public vote.
CarTanxa suSSeStioH
AT Queretaro in conference
with Carranza himself. at which
Gen. Francisco Murguia was a
witness, he verbally suggested to
me more or less as follows:
"'As you well comprehend,
Gen. Pablo Gonzales Is not
suitable candidate for the pres
idcncy and General Obregon
neither can be thought about
for his attacks against us. but
tomorrow we will meet Luis
Cabrera and Aguirre Berlanga
and will have q conference In
which we will resolve the situ-
alton determining who will be
the candidate for the presi-
dency of the republic that the
government is going to impose
by every means.'"
Gales said he called at the Car
rama home the next day and said
he would not subscribe to the plan
and not in accord with the electoral
proceedings. He said he told Car
rama he was for General Obregon
and warned the Mexican president
of the danger of pursuing the al
legged policy. Gales statement said
he was not present at the meeting
with cabrera and Berlanga but
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