Evening star., 1927-10-12
Safety Aboard Fishing Boat
Believed Object of Flight
Toward Coast.
GALES MEN CONTINUE
PURSUIT IN MOUNTAINS
Rebel Groups All Said to Have
Been Scattered-Trains Under
Heavy Guards.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. October 12.-Pur.
sued through the wild mountain
country of western Vera Cruz, the
rebel generals Arnulfo Gomez and
Hector Almada today were believed
to be attempting to reach the coast,
where passage in fishing boat or
other small craft would put them be-
yond the reach of the government.
Hot on their trail were scouting
parties of federal troops under COM
mand of Gen. GonZalo Escobar, who
on Monday reported that he had dis
persed the rebel forces and captured
the main body. leaving Gomez and
Almada with only about 100 followers.
A dozen small groups, scattered in
every direction, were declared by the
government to be all that was left of
the rebel column, which 1t is stated
never exceeded 1000 men. Vera Cruz
dispatches say the main group cap
tured by government troops numbered
more than $50 and that all were from
the units which marched out of the
Mexico City garrison barracks the
night or october z.
Troops Guard All Trains.
Those captured were 800 soldiers Of
the 50th Battalion, seven officers and
200 soldiers of the 4Sth Battalion and
the officers and $50 artillerymen of
the I'd regiment.
To guard against the activities of
bandits, attempting to take advantage
of the situation, the government has
ordered an adequate escort of Federal
soldiers for every freight and pas
senger train. Railway officials have
been instructed to notify the war de-
partment of all train movements to
facilitate the posting of these guards.
Taking cogniZance of reports that
the government had manufactured a
case of treason against Gomez and
Gen. Francisco Serrano, who was re-
Gently executed, President Gales has
issued a statement tracing the history
of the movement.
He declares he was aware as early
rs August that the revolt was being
planned5 that he sought to dissuade
Gen. Serrano from the attempt and
that he refrained from action only be-
cause Of his hope that the plotters
would abandon their enterprise.
"In compliance with their duty" he
said, numerous army commanders
who were invited to rebel informed me
thereof, which, with the secret service
afforded me from the beginning full
knowledge of the conspiracy.
Calls SerranO WitIess.
"Any doubt that might have lin.
gered in my mind vanished when Ser
rano himself, out of his wits, went so
far as to ask me to consent to an at
tempt to overthrow the legislative
power in the preparatory sitting pre-
vious to the opening Of Congress.
"In consideration for the state 'of
the public mind, excited by the cleo
ton campaign of the presidential can
didates who became rebels, l forebore
with endless tolerance, aiming at
proving unreservedly my earnest i'm
partiality in the political struggle,
and with a desire Of giving citizens of
revolutionary inclination opportunity
to return to the field of democratic
campaigning.
II made an attempt to dissuade
Serrano from his foolish purpose. A
week before the opening of Congress
/ issued a statement expressing my
full confidence in the army and high
esteem of it's commanders, which
esteem was not diminished by reports
that some of them contemplated
treason.
For the purpose of re-establishing
self-conf1dence among the command
ers who might have been considering
rebelling or felt unsafe because of
guilty consciences, / declared that l,
as President, bound myself as guar
antor Of all commanders of the army,
even those who had not been most
constantly and unjustly offended with
public suspicion.
Rebels Kept in Posts.
"As a further demonstration Of my
purpose to safeguard the military
decOrum Of those who at present are
leading the revolt, which has failed, l
took no steps to deprive of their COM
mands officers who since then became
pledged to the rebellion.
1T would have been easy, as Presi-
dent, to modify the composition of
the garrison of Mexico City, the seat
OF the government, but / allowed the
doubtful elements to retain their COM
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