New Britain herald., 1927-01-14
WASHINGTON IS
 CLOSELY WATCHED
Expected to Make Next Move in
 Mexican Crisis

Mexico City, Jan. A Pt-Devel- opments in the situation between the United States and Mexico now are believed to hinge on possible action by the Washington govern ment, Among the possibilities seen here are the withdrawal Of the American ambassador and the lift ing Of the embargo on shipment of arms into Mexico from the United States.
 Secretary Kellogg's declaration re- garding communistic activities in Mexico aimed at the United States has drawn retorts from two high sources-Aaron saenz. the Mexican foreign secretary, and Ricardo Ire vino. secretary general of the re- gional confederation of labor. the dominant labor group In this coun- try.
 The foreign secretary asserted that Mir. kellogg's statement before the foreign relations committee of the American senate did not prove tDa charge that Mexico was at tempting to establish a holshevist hegemony In Latin-America.
 AS for decisions taken by foreign organizations. nobody could hold Mexico responsible, he said, but 1t was necessary "energetically to re- iect those charges against the Mex ican government, especially regard ing it's relations with Russia"
 Senor Trevino replied to Secre- tary Kellogg in the form Of tele- gram in which he asserted that the Mexican labor movement was an- tagonistic, not friendly, to commun- ism.
 While Mexico's internal disturb ances and her relations with the United States have caused no little alarm In certain quarters, those in high positions apparently wish to make no predictions at the present time as to what course events will take.
 Federal troops pursuing rebel groups continue their movements to points of strategic importance, and 1t seems established that they have been able to suppress the uprisings of the last week or two, checking at least temporarily what might have developed into more or less con- certed revolt.
 Pursuant to its belief that priests are melting the Catholics to rebel | lion, the government has decided to deport all priests captured heading rebels. The war department is in structing all military commanders i to send arrested priests to the capi- | tal, whence they will be sent abroad. | It is reported that several priests, | captured in the states Jalisco and | Coahuila, are en route to Mexico | City.
 Anti Catholic Stand.
 Charges of anti Catholic persecu- lions are made by the newspaper Excelsior. which says it has reliable < authority for the statement that five youths, none more than 20, were | shot and killed at Leon last Mon day after having their tongues cut | out. for participating in an alleged Catholic uprising there. Six others, t says, were executed. The paper in an editorial condemns the waste of blood" in Mexico, abuse of the death penalty and informal execu- tions."
 The whereabouts of Bishop Pas cual Diaz, secretary of the Catholic Episcopate, who was reported to have been ordered expelled from the country after lis arrest last Mon day. is still a subject of uncertainty. Late advices from Vera Cduz, how ever, say person. thought to be the bishop, arrived at the Cordoba rail- way station, three hours journey from Vera Cruz City. early Tuesday morning accompanied by two men, apparently police agents. The party took a train en route for the Guate- nalan border.
 If Bishop Diaz is being sent In that direction. the theory here is that 1t is to prevent him from : quickly reaching the United States as he might have doNe if deported to Cuba from Vera Cruz. Newspaper reports that sixteen more rebels have been captured by the federals and hanged to trees along the highways in the federal district lack official confirmation, but the newspapers say at least twenty-two rebels have been found thus hanged. The government claims to have defeated rebel 1aqui Indians at Topolobampo, state of Sonora, troops attacking and killing many of the Indians after a bombardment by ayiators. Dispatches from Guadalajara in dicate that the demonstrations be- fore the American consulate there were suppressed by government troops almost before they started. Anti American feeling has been : displayed in other places, but no l clashes have been reported. :