Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
CREACERBACK
FROM MEXICO
Revolutions There Are
Thing of Past He
Believes

The revolution in Mexico IL not
only q dead issue, but future revo'
luton possibilities there will be
equally as dead for some time "a
come, in the opinion Of r. Il. Crea.
ger, local attorney who returned
Monday morning from a visit 10
the Mexico capital.
The present situation in the
~neighboring country can heartily be
dignified by the term Of "~revolu-
tion," he declared. ut il an unor-
gained outbreak, with its leaders
fugitives. and is being dealt with IN
much the same day as q bandit gang
would be handled in Texas" he said.
he secuted as absurd the report
carried generally in newspapers over
the United States Sunday that Gomez
is at the head CT 10000 men. Fifteen
hundred men is the very utmost he
could have, and il Is extremely
doubtful il he has anything like that
manyi" was his positive assertion.
There When Trouble Started
In coenting on the story that
Gomez was at the head of a good
sized army, he stated his belief that
IL the fugitive candidate had any
where neal al many men al his COM
mand as has been indicated he would
be in possession of the entire state
of Vera Cruz and Mexico City as
well.
Mr.. Creager was in Mexico City
when the uprising took place, and
was in close touch both with Presi-
dent Gales and Oregon, the admin
istration candidate, during the whole
OF the trouble. No worry or doubt
owe the outcome has ever been
manifested by either, he said.
Approximately 80 leaders Of the
revolt have been executed since the
trouble started, he said, and in adj
dition TO that many minor figures
have either been placed in prison or
executed.
He expressed admiration for the
way the government had handled the
situation. "The plot was vertically
'nipped in the bud" by the prompt APP
prehension and execution of General
Serrano, the real leader" he de-
elAred, "and the elimination Of this
figure as well as most Of the lesser
lights Of the attempted revolt,
should prove a strong deterrent TO
any future ideas along that line"
0~tA&huur III MS oplNlVAg was ~
much stronger figure in the uprising
than Gomez. Although candidates
against each other. il was generally
understood in the capital that one or
the other would withdraw in favor
Of the second before the presidential
election was to be held.
Mr.. Creager expressed doubt OF
the story. published in Texas news
papers last week, that Serrano was
seized In Mexico City and his execu-
tion actually started the whole
trouble.
Serfano Trapped
"The belief is general in the
capital, however, that government
leaders had fun advance information |
concerning the outbreak and its
heads and permitted them just
enough rope 70 hang themselves" he
said. AT the time Of his capture
the rebel leader probably walked in
10 a weli-laid trap"
His business in Mexico City had
some bearing on the construction OF
the proposed Gateway bridge here,
Mr.. C~reager said. Work on the stpuc-
ture will probably begin as soon as
the flood. predicted by the weather
bureau Monday morning, has sub
sided. he stated.
Mr.. Creager stopped in Laredo
and San Antonio on his way back
from the capital. spending two days
in the latter city. He arrived here
Monday morning.