Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-18
PEASANTS AROUSED
BY GALES ED|CT|
Reported in Co|ima to Be Pre-.
pairing to Resist Surrender
of Arms.

BY the Asso"isted Press.
MEXICO CITY. August IS. The
government campaign aimed at dis
armins the agrarians throughout the
country. Is heing rigidlX carried cut.
Dispatches from various points say
that the people are giving up their
arms with the greatest reluctance.
They are amazed At the idea Of being
forced to live without weapons.
a dispatch from Santa Magdalena.
State ot, Colima. says the agrarians
fed to the mountains. carrying their
"if,es with them declaring they would
fight iatha' than he disarmed. The
dispatch adds that tire peasants gen
orally arr preparing to resist the
order 10 disarm.
While the Catholic eniscoDete has
mad. no fotma statement il has been
ascerta.neG from reliable circles that
the church authorities have not
nut horiZed armed resistance by Catho-
lies and that the episcopate thinks
the government officials are giving
undue Importance to the alleged plot.
Mediation Offer Declined.
It III StS u VilItc 1ttiflIiS TIC ''Ht'ii
American diplomats have made efforts
TO mediate In the religious con-
troversy. Il was said this was done
at the instance Of the episcopate,
bur that the Mexican government was
unable to permit any foreign good
offices in. n purely domestic affair. II
was said also Al the foreign office
that it had information concerning
alleged Catholic propaSa nda in the
United states. Europe and South
America against the Mexican govern
nent. but that Presiden, Gales daily
was receiving messages Of approval
II his stand from all those countries
and that these more than offset the
propa gand:i.
The episcopate has received let
ter from a Catholic declaring that
he had heard that Catholic priest
r TepalcinSo. State Of Guerreo. was
shot and killed while saying mass in
A private residence. 4 crowd pur-
sued and lynched the assassin. Dis
patches from Durango. that have not
been confirmed, report thai priest.
Father Luis Bats. and three civilians
were killed while a group Of Catholics
were attempting to rescue them from
soldiers who had captured the priest
for an ALLEGED violation CT tho law.
Policeman Reported Slain.
Advices from Colima are that one
policeman was killed and several
civilians wounded in a riot in the vii
lage og lxtlahuacan. state "f Colima.
No details were given. Several police
men. walking along residential
street in Coyoacan. near Mexico City.
are said TO have been fred upon
from house When they entered
the building the occupants had fed.
leaving boycott leaflets and cards in
scribed. Long live religion; death to
bad government"
The attorney generals department
announces that II has received re-
ports from Lower California saying
that all Catholic priests there have
accepted the governments religious
regulations.
The government still is hard at
work in trying to run down and take
into custody all such persons as II
believes were connected with the al
legged plan for a revolt last Sunday.
Also it is keeping a careful eye upon
the American border for possible
revolutionary incursions into north
err states of the republic.
There is considerable specula ton
as 10 whether Mexico will request
the United States ito extradite for
mer Provisional President Adolf de
Ia Huerta. who is believed to be IN
California: Gen. Enrique Estrada.
who is under arrest at San Diego.
and other revolutionists across the
border. Thus far. however. the
Government has not made known
Its policy.
General Reported Slain.
II In repcrted that Gen. Lopez de
Lara. who was former governor Of
Yamaulipas and follower Of De Ia
Huerta and who recently has been
living in San Antonio. Tex, crossed
the frontier into Tamauiipas and was
captured and executed by federal
troops The War Department asserts
that II has no information to this
effect. There have been numerous
rumors in the Capital that revolu
tionists have come into Mexico or
intend 10 do SO. from Texas. New
Mexico and Arizona. The War De-
partment saws II has failed 10 verify
these rumors. Nevertheless. Score
tarv Of War Amaro. who was on a
military inspection trip in Dura nso.
ha& gone hurriedly to Chihuahua City
for the purpose Of personally direct
ing troops, distributions Of supplies
and military preparations against
possible revolutionary attempts at
the frontier.
The foreign office says 1t has re
ceived information that religious
elements" in California contributed
toward Gen. Estrada's projected
revolution.
According TO assertions made by
secret police Catholic women. whose
tightening of the purse strings is
proving a big factor in the economic
boycott called by the League for
Defense Of Religious Liberty in pro
test against the governments re-
ligious regulations. are figuring in
plans for an uprising.
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