Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-11
q DEAD IN MEXICO
AS CATHOLICS GIVE
BATTLE TOPOL|CE:
Fighting in CoCuIa Follows
Opposition to Religious
Demonstration.
MAYOR AMONG KILLED;
TEN OTHERS WOUNDED
Priests Arrested in Zaragoza and
Monclova Imprisoned-Bishop
Ordered Deported.
BY the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY. January ll-Spe
cial dispatches from GuadalaJara state
that q persons have been killed and
10 wounded in a clash between Cath
olics and the municipal authorities
in the town Of Cocula in the state OF
.Jalisco. The mayor of Cocula and
the local deputy, Sostenes Castillo
were among those killed.
The dispatches. which were lack
ing in Details reported that the
municipal authorities offered opposi-
ton to a religious demonstration,
whereupon the Catholics attacked
municipal officials, employees and
policemen, a battle ensuing.
Agrarians Support Gales.
The Agrarians, it was announced
today, have decided to support Presl-
dent Gales, and Mexico City head
quarters has instructed all Agrarian
organizations throughout Mexico to
cooperate with federal troops in
pursuit of rebels wherever found.
Clearing up reports that federal
forces under Gen. Enrique Leon,
We're defeated last Friday near Du-
range City. Torreon specials state
that Gen. Gonzalo Escobar, military
eommandant at Torreon, has report
ed that the situation is merely
revival of the problem presented by
the warlike MeZquital Indians, who
always revolt when an opportunity
presents itself.
At present, the commandant is
quoted as saying, the Indians have
taken up arms under the religious
banner on orders from DamaSco Bar
raZa, "a knight Of Columbus"
Commandant EScobar said that with
in Is days he would restore peace to
the state of Durango.
Priests Sent to Prison.
Reports from Saltillo say that the
Catholic priests, Isaac Peresa and
Roman Blanco, arrested at Zaragoza
and Monclova, respectively, have been
lodged in the penitentiary.
Dispatches from Torreon also state
that an official report had been made
by Col Salvador Valdez saying that
his troops overlook a group of rebels
who began hostilities at Parras de la
Fuente, in the state of Coahuila, kill
ing and capturing 10 in clash at
Palo Alto.
The reports state that 8 of the 10
captured We're summarily executed,
the only one spared being Jesus Ro-
sales, aged so. The rebel leader, An
tonic HuneZ, was among those exc
cuted.
Bandit outrages are increasing, and
a half dozen villages within a score
of miles of Mexico City are virtually
deserted, the inhabitants having fed
to the capital in fear of outrages by
the self-styled revolutionists who have
been attacking towns within the fed
eral district itself.
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The most sensational developments
affecting the situation within the last
"a hours were two in number. The
first was the proclamation by junta
at FL Paso of a provisional govern
ment" of Mexico, with Rene Capistran
Cara, prominent Catholic and vice
president of the Mexican National
League for the Defense of Religious
Liberty, as provisional president"
The second was the arrest and
ordered deportation of Bishop Pascual
Diaz of Tabasco. secretary of the
Catholic Episcopate in Mexico. Five
other prelateS were taken with him
at the Episcopate Building.
Clarence Dubose. correspondent for
the Associated Press who went to the
episcopate to get the preates' com
ment on the development at Ell Paso,
was taken into custody, while William
Folger, United Press correspondent.
who followed when he learned of
Dubose'S detention. also was held.
The correspondence succeeded in
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