The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18
"OUTS" INSURRECTING
AGAIN IN THATlREPUBLIC
EVERY MAN WITH A UNIFORM
AND A HORSE WANTS TO BE
PRESIDENT OF COUNTRY.
POLITICS BEHIND REVOLUTION
Disgruntled Don Adolfo Gathers the
Outs" and All Declare They
Would Overthrow the Regime of
President Oregon.

f, President Oregon.
Confidential reports coming from
Mexico are to the effect that the rev.
olution now reported in that country
is solely battle between the "outs"
and the ''ins"
The outs are those on the outside,
and the 'ins" are those on the inside.
Just now the "ins" have the better of
it.
The inns" are President Alvaro
Oregon and Gen. Plutarco Elias
Gales, who are at the head of govern
mental affairs in Mexico City. The
outs" are all those who would like
| to run the governmental affairs; in
other words, they would like to be
in They are described as Felicistas,
Carrazanistas, Villistas, \ Mederistas
and Convencionistas. Support is being
| given them by some former land
owners, whose estates were split up
! several years ago and divided among
| the tenants.
Every man with an army uniform,
sword and horse has a following
| in Mexico. And every man who has
an army uniform, sword and
horse feels himself qualified to be
president of the country.
| A president is to be elected in Mex
| leo next year. President Obregon is
not permitted by law to succeed him
self. Who then is to be president?
That is hard to tell in Mexico, but
| it is rule of Mexican politics that if
a man who wants to be president feels
that he has no chance to become pres
ident he has only TO start a revolu-
ton and trust to luck.
De La Huerta to the Front.
That is precisely what Adolfo de la
J Huerta has done Don Adolfo wanted
to be president So did Gen. Gales.
! President Obregon favored the latter,
and Don Adolfo thought he was being
| frozen out, so he went out and started
revolution.
For a time things looked serious.
| but a Mexican revolution is seldom to
| be taken seriously. If somebody didn't
revolt in Mexico every other week
there would be something amiss.
Troop are on the move in Mexico,
and the bark of cannon is heard occa-
sionally. A few airplanes fly overhead.
A column of cavalry debouches across
dusty plain 1t looks like war.
De la Huerta has the Felicistas,
| Carranzistas, the Villistas, Mederistas
and Convencionstas with him. The
head of every one of these parties
wants to be president, but there has
to be leader De la Huerta being the
| logical leader, inasmuch as he is an
able man, the others are content to
play subordinate parts for the time be-
| IL H.
[ or six counter revolutions. It is quite
certain that before Mexico elects q
president next year there will be about
a dozen or two miniature wars break
ing out in all parts OF the county
| The revolutionists, led by De la
! Huerta, are supreme in the state OF
| Vera Cruz There was some fighting
/ in Jalapa, the capital which fell to
the rebels Several other states have
revolted, or rather the generals and
garrisons stationed in them There
was every indication that the move
| ment was we'll planned. The revolu-
| tionists started march on Mexico
City, but they didn't get far.
Three Strong Men.
! Gen. Gales, President Obregon's
! favorite, has renowned his candidacy
| iOl lIlO ~ NoidtiNy anu tdNOti lIiN AOlii-
mand of the royal soldiers who out
number those adhering to the revolu-
| tionists This remuneration of Gales is
F., not to be taken too seriously, how
ever. There is a feeling in Mexico
! City that if he succeeds in squelching
the revolution he will have gained
prestige sufficient to help him into the
| supreme office of the land
! The fight all along has been be-
tween Oregon, Gales and de Ia
| Huerta, three of the strongest men in
Mexico today There is no doubt but
| that Oregon has been the best exec
utive Mexico has had for long time
He has succeeded in restoring and
maintaining order, except for minor
and sporadic revolutions, and had
| reached an agreement whereby diplo-
matte relations between Mexico and
the United States were to be resumed.
That was sufficient to indicate that
| this country thought lot OF Oregon.
Gales and de la Huerta would like
to have been president but unfortu-
nately Mexico has normally only one
executive. They were too strong to
be ignored. however Both were Civ
en- places in the cabinet
While the three leaders seemed on
amicable terms they have been play
ing at hide and go seek with each
other for the past two years. Finally
it came to a show down. Oregon
was compelled to make a choice for
! the sake of his friends who would sur
vive his administration in the govern
ment service. Obregon came out for
| Gales. That made de la Huerta mad
and he gathered all the. ''outs" and
precipitated the revolution.
Uncle Sam Patient.
Official Washington isn't getting ex-
cited about events in Mexico. A revo-
luton is almost as regular as break
fast down there There is a feeling
! that Gales, acting for Obregon, viii
soon put an end to hostilities.
| When the tempest is stilled in the
teapot Uncle Sam will renew the ne
gotiations looking to renewal OF diplo-
matte exchanges between the two
countries.