The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
REBEL CHIEF DEMANDS 0IL
 EXPORT TAXES
Ayers He Controls Petroleum ! Fields And Would Apply In- come To Paying Interest On
 Mexico's Foreign Debt
 BANDS OF MARAUDERS PREYING ON TORN. LAND Federal Authorities Deny Re-
 ported RevoIutionists' Suc- cesses And Say That Enemy
 Is Retreating On All Fronts

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-Instruc- | tions to inform "all oil companies of the issuance of the decree by Adolfo de la Huerta, as supreme chief of the revolution" in Mexico. setting forth that payments of pe- troleum production and export taxes shall be made to the account of the revolutionary group, have been for warded by the latter to Enrique Seldner, the De La Huerta agent at New York.
 The text of the decree which bears the date of December 29 and which was referred to in previous reports from revolutionary sources, was made public here today along with copy of the instructions to the De La Huerta agent. Under it's terms, productions taxes on petroleum shall be paid at New York or Vera Cruz and the export duty at either of port.
 While the decree is designed to di- vert payment of production of taxes from the Obregon' government for the revolutionary group as to the ex- port tax, 1t was stated these would be according the Lamont agreement. The latter agreement, which was en- tered into in 1922 between De La Huerta, who came to this country as and Thomas W. Lamont, provided that such taxes be applied to the payment of interest on Mexico's for eign debt.
 From the date of publication, of the decree, which also was dated De- cambefSs29, all paxments notsnnade h. accordance with It's provisions 1t set forth, would be considered null and without effect"
 Text of Decree.
 "As the entire oil region," De La Huerta's message to his agent said, Including Tuxpam, Puerto Lobos and Puerto Mexico Is under control Of the defacto government headed by me. these companies should obey this disposition"
 "In communicating with these companies, salute them in my name and call their attention to the abso- lute unification of our movement. All the revolutionary chiefs of the republic have recognized me as su- preme chief, in contradiction to all caluminous assertions of the Obre- gon government which is already at a loss to know how to check the dis aster that has overtaken it."
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 Tanker Seixer And Released.
 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 1.-The oil tanker San Antonio, owned by the Mexican Petroleum company. was seized by the rebels at Vera Cruz and its contents 5000 tons of of un- loaded at that harbor, according to advices received in San Antonio today from Tampico. The ship was later released and it proceeded to Tampico
 The sane dispatch said Gen. Daniel Martinez. who has taken up arms in the oii field of Juan Casiano, has withdrawn to the south, apparently to join forces under Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez. Gen. Leopoldo Havate was sent out by the federal commander in pursuit of Martinez.
 NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 1-Adol- fo de Ia Huerta, leader of the insur- rectionists in Mexico. will become a plain citizen without title or office the moment the revolution is sue cessful, according to a message now on it's way to the Washington gov ernment from Vera Cruz, says the New Orleans Daily States.
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 Deputy Released.
 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. l., Deputy Policarpio Mercado, who was arrested at San Angel. together with
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