The Washington times., 1924-11-08
REBELLION
|NNEXICO
LOOMS
Army Chiefs to Force Con-
cessions From Gales Under
Revolution Threat

Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. S.-Mexicn
was threatened today with a mill.
tary revolt whist may prevent
President.elect Plufaia0 Elias Gales
fiom taking office unless ne gives
certain pledges to leading army Of.
ficers, the ring leaders of the anti.
Gales movement, it was learned
from documents struggled out OF
Mexico City to avoid the censor.
ship.
If the revolt comes to an actual
head, the military chiefs may sue
coed without causing any blood
shed. The movement, according to
reliable sources, does not involve
civilians. but is being engineered
entirely by army officers.
Plans for the uprising have been
completed in detail. But before
taking any definite step, revolu.
tionary commission will wait upon
President-elect Gales to ask him
for satisfactory declarations OF
security" If the Presidentelect
consents, there will be no uprising
if he does not, everything is in
readiness for the blow.
Gales On Way.
Gales is now on his way to the
capital from the United States.
1t is asserted by persons who
have studied conditions in Mexico
City that nearly the whole army IL
against Calles-or, at least, the
A..n n. II
General Angel Flores, who was
defeated in the presidential con
test by Gales. has been selected al
the nominal head of the anti-Calles
movement. 1t is planned to execu:'
coup d'etat on the night Of
November %, unless the president
elect gives In to the. revolutionary
leaders in the meantime. Gales
Inauguration Is set for midnight
| November 80.
Four of the leading Generals IL
the federal army are understood tt
have told President Obregon, the
retiring executive, that their loyalty
| to the present government end.
with the termination of his admin
| istration.
These Generals command the picl
of the federals and are openly
against the incoming president. One
| is said to be commander of the
federal district where fully one
fourth of all the troops in the re
public are in harracks.
Deputies Divided.
In addition to the military cabal
President-elect Gales faces divided
chamber of deputies. Not alon,
will Gales have this trouble Il
contend with, but it is understood
that he has broken with Lui!
Morones, the labor leader, who Il
generally credited with being
mainly responsible for his election
Morones is an extreme radical ant
will not consent to any conservative,
| tendencies in the Gales administra
| ton.
Gales himself holds strong social
klstic doctrines In fact, his lean
ing in this direction is so stronl
that II was generally believed h,
would visit Moscow on his recen
trip to Europe.
Full details of the military Off
GERS plans are known to Gales ad
herents in Mexico City. They ar
disturbed, but contend that the re
volt will be nipped in the bud. /
has been suggested that President
elect Gales appoint General Obre
gon secretary of war on account o
! his popularity with both the arm!
and the people. Those sponsorinl
this suggestion claim that the arm
would not rise against allies so lonI
as Obregon was head of the war de
partment.
Reports from the west coast stat,
that all that district is agains
Gales. Enemies of the president
elect claim that the Mexican state
on the border are equally hostile b
him.