Evening star., 1921-06-26
GONZALES LEADING
REBELS IN MEXICO
Former Carranza Leader Re.
ported to Have Crossed
Boundary of Texas.
By the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY. June 25.-Rebel ac-
| tivity in the state of Tamaulipas now
is under the personal direction of
Gen. Pablo Gonzales. former COM
mander of the Caranza forces in
Mexico City. who. according to war
office reports today, crossed the in
ternational boundary at Columbia,
Tex. yesterday with thirty men.
The intention of Gen. Gonzales. it
is reported here. is to consolidate sew
cral small rebel groups which within
the last week have been operating in
northern Mexico. Secretary of War
Estrada said this morning that fed
eral troops had been dispatched to
combat these rebels.
Gen. Sidronio Mendez. who headed
the rebel group in San Luis Potosi.
was seriously injured when federal
forces captured him yesterday. He
has not yet been executed. as was at
first reported. President Obregon has
ordered a stay at least until the ex-
tent of his injuries has been ascer-
tanned.
ObregOn Garrison Revolts.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. June 25-A
Mexico City dispatch received here
today telling of the entry of Gen.
Pablo Gonzales into Mexico, said that
the Obregon garrison at Lampazos
bridges on the national lines between
NueVo Laredo and Monterey. This
dispatch said Gonzales crossed the bor-
der near Laredo with seventy men.
In Mexican circles here the report
OF the crossing Of Gonzales was dis
credited. although it was known that
Gen. Jose Elizando. former Carran-
zista general. was at the head of a
previous band that crossed from
Zapata county.
Francisco Murguia, a strong Car
ranzista. has been at Laredo since he
@ " ho faH
migration officers. but up to last night
he had not crossed into Mexico.
Both Gems. Candido Aguilar and
Juan Barragan were here today. while
Esteban Cantu, former governor of
Lower California, who had been on
the border, returned east last night.
Reports in circulation here were
that the Carranzistas have subscribed
fund of half a million dollars for
the new movement. and that they
have made peace with the FelicistaS
and other refugees in the United
States.
Another report was that the ANAL
gamation of all of these adverse fac
tions was only tentative, they having
been unable to agree on a leader.
Some We're said to advocate a man
named Zentina, while others advo-
Gated Jacinto Trevino or Emilio Vas
quez Gomez.
All of the three men named are in
xhSAiSo rhu ~ was Hol hIlO"n IL Cnelf
names were used with their consent.
Alfred Robes Domingues. who was
a candidate for the presidency against
President Obregon at the last election.
is also here. but denies any active par
ticipation in the recent political de-
velopment.
Ordered to Take Field.
BROWNSVILLE Tex. June Is
frontier district between Matamoros
and Suevo Laredo. today ordered the
federal commander at Guerrero, Mexi.
CO. opposite Zapata. Tex. to take the
field with two hundred men against
the supposed revolutionary band
under Gen. Francisco Murguia, who is
said to have been secretary of war to
CarranZa.
Orders of Gen. Lopez to the
Guerrero officer were "to take no
prisoners" it was learned here.
The size of Murguia's band is un-
known here. but it is believed to be
cooperating with that under Gen.
Pablo Gonzalez.