Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-19
Mexican Govt. Seeks
To Round Up All
In Alleged Rebellion

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Mexico City. Aug. 1S.-(P)-The
Mexican government Is still hard al
work in trying to run down and take
into custody all such persons as it
believes were connected with the al
legged plan for revolt last Sunday.
Also 1t is keeping a careful eye upon
the American border for possible
revolutionary incursions into the
northern states of the republic.
Meantime the religious controversy
continues deadlocked.
There is considerable speculation
as to whether Mexico will request
the United States to eXtradite For
mer Provisional President Adolfo De
La Huerta, VINO is believed to be in
California;: General Enrique Estrada.
who is under Arrest at San Diego and
other revoiu:onists across the bor-
der. Thus FAR however. the govern
ment has not made known it's policy.
1t is reported that General Lopez
De Lara, former governor Of Tam
aulipas. and follower of De La
Huerta, and who recently has been
living In san Antonio Texas, crossed
the frontier into Tamaulipas and was
captured and executed by Federal
troops. The war department asserts
tidI IL has lO " lulS
effect
There have been numerous rumors
In the capital that revolutionists have
come into Mexico. or intend to do so,
from Texas. New Mexico and Ari-
IONA. The war department says II
has failed to verify these rumors.
Nevertheless Secretary Of War
Amaro, who was on military In
SpeCtiOn trip in Durango, has gone
hurriedly to Chihuahua City for the
purpose Of personally directing
troops distributions and military
preparations against possible revolu-
tionary attempts at the frontier.
The foreign Office says it has re-
| ceived information that religious
! elements" in California contributed
| toward General Estrada's projected
| revolution. 1t asserts that special
agents reported to the government
| sometime ago that funds were being
! collected in California to aid Es-
| trada. who with all of his outfit and
; his war stores. was captured by
! Americans near San Diego and land
! ed in jail.
| Jose Mascorro, chief of the secret
poe asserts that Catholic women
wert leaders in the alleged plot for
,
republic last Sunday. which the pol
! ice nipped in the bud Furthermore
/ h says the plot was ieil'l1cly con-
nee ed with General I.StradA's plan.
| the two together being in!crdec TO
! titoN Mexico into rel l'o1.
Sonora Novoa and Sonora Deeper
chez are still being held under ar
rest. together with about 40 other
persons. Altogether more than 60
persons have been arrested in or
near Mexico city. including General
! Carlos Aria. Some of them have
! been released.
Secret service agents say they saw
J arms and ammunition in the resi-
! dences of Sonora Novoa and Sonora
| Deperchez when they attended meet
ings there. but when they returned
to make arrests these had disap
peared One of the agents asserts
that he once heard Sonora Deeper
! chez say that women were directing
the plot. because men are good for
nothing" He added that the upris-
! ing had been originally planned for
tomorrow but that the date had been
changed TO last Sunday so as to
synchroniZe with General EStra s
proposed movement from California
The foreign office admits that Lat
! in American diplomats have made
efforts to mediate in the religious
I controversy 1t was said this was
! done at the instance of the EpiSco
! pate.
! The Epscopate has received a let
| ter from a Catholic declaring that he
| had heard that a Catholic priest In
| Tepalcingo. state of Guerrero, was
| shot and killed while saying mass in
private residence. A crowd pur-
sued and lynched the assassin. Spec
! al dispatches from Durango which
| have not been confirmed. report that
a priest. Father Luis Bats. and three
| civilians were killed while group OF
Catholics were attempting to rescue
, them from soldiers who had .captur
ed the priest for an alleged viola
ton of the law.
Advices from Colima are to the eff
feet that one policeman was killed
and several civilians wounded in
riot in the village of IXtlahuacan,
state of Colima No details were
given. Several policemen, walking
along a residence street In ,Coyoa
can, near Mexico City. are said to
have been fired upon from house.
When they entered the building the
occupants had fled, leaving much re-
ligious propaganda, economic boycott
leaflets and cards inscribed Long
live religion, death to bad govern
ment.'