New Britain herald., 1927-08-04
MEXICO STIRRED
 OVER CAMP PAIGN|NG
Country's Prophets Guessing as to Candidates

formances are so nearly the sam
 that the spectators are merely cheer
 inx known personalities. It is to
 early to predict who has a new ac
 that will go over when the crow
 has grown surfeited with the ol'
 stuff.
 All three of the candidates are de
 claring the revolutionary principles
 of 1910 form fundamental plank.
 in their platform. but these princi
 pies are not being revivified or re
 stated with any degree of clarity
 Sixteen years have passed since
 revolution against Porfrio Diaz with
 the slogan Effective suffrage-Nc reelection" Since then a radically different constitution has come into being and the revolutionary princi- pies have undergone evolution. Il seems essential that these principles
 be defined anew.
 Generals Arnulfo Gomez and Francisco Serrano are former chef tains of ex-President Obregon and are now combined against the one armed general on the principal issue of the campaign-"No Reelection" " Both have openly denounced the amendment to the constitution per hitting the reelection of a former president, declaring it a legislative manouver in contravention of the spirit of the revolution.
 The amendment reads that n, president shall succeed himself, thu. forbidding consecutive administra tions by the same leader, which t]i ,Obregon supporters contend pr, serves the spirit of the revolutions constitution. but Domez and Serra' declare Obregon's candidacy a di vowal of his own revolutionary rr. ord and carries a threat that ne amendment might permit continu, occupancy of the presidential cha
 The anti-reelection conventic l recently held in Mexico City a1 tackled Obregon's position in no ur talk was heard. The convento' 1 nominated Gomez as Its candida: when 1t was decided that no can 1 didate from civil life would really have a chance to win.
 /; Serrano Is also running on an an ti-reelection platform and he and 1 Gomez have decided jointly to op- pose Obregon and to hold another convention in December at which time a show of strength will prove which should continue as the anti reelection candidate.
 {; The campaign began with a de- claration by Obregon that it should be "guante blanco" affair-a white gloved or gentlemen's struggle without plunging the country into revolution again. Both the opposing candidates and the press agreed with this sentiment. Since then, however. some bitter language has been heard and the talk now is of the comparative strength of the candidates with the military. Polit- ical observers generally agree that , this counts heavily.
 In this respect observers declare that Obregon. Gomez and Serrano , respectively hold full house, three . of a kind and pair of deuces, pointing out that Obregon wants tranquility so his winning hand can : easily be played and not run against any bluff. Obregon is said to be moving slowly in the belief that he has public opinion with him. Apart from the real issue of anti | reelection. on which thousands of voters appear to have very definite beliefs. there remains under the sur face the intense religious struggle which may form vital phase in rev. olutionary activities many observers !, profess to see impending.
 The Gomez anti-reelection con- vention adopted plank of religious freedom. under the law. with ab- solute separation of church and state. Whether this means he can count upon support from the Cath olic civilian in the event of trouble . remains to be seen, but it is obvious that If there are any rebel bands operating under the banner of 'Viva Cristo Ray" when a crisis Is reached they would follow the leader who appears to offer them most. \ Although the election is almost a year distant both Obregon and Gomez have already begun active campaigning. the former in his na- tive state of Sonora and the latter in the state of Vera Cruz where he was until recently chief of opera tions.
 It is believed that organized labor , and the agrarians the former per taining principally to the C. R. o. M, and later associated with the same orga nization, will favor the candi- dacy of Obregon, owing 10 the fact that labor leaders declare both Gomez and Serrano opposed to the c. R. o. NJ.
 According to 'El Monitor Republi- cano," new Obregon daily in Mexico City, railroad labor is also support ing Obregon. the organ declaring that they are with Obregon because he promises them "oro y Moro"- i.e.. everything-the expression be- Q lil6 DeiScu oI lIe t-pdIISIl ltStIu that when the Moros money for ran som gave out the captors promised debtors both gold and the Moro.
 Since the campaign began a great number of small political newspa- pers, mostly weeklies, have been es- tablished. One of these. La Esco- ba'-the Broom-strongly favors Obregon and is filled with carica- lures of the other candidates that rival the work of Thomas Mast against Horace Greeley or Tweed The Machete," communistic or gan of long standing is also favor , ing Obregon. <"El Tribunal" "No Reelection" and Grafico Seminario" . are against reelection and favor Ser rano
 Both "Excelsior">n "El Tnivcr- sal.' the largest morning dailies of the capital. are preserving neutral ity, while editorially expressing the