Evening star., 1927-10-11
REVOLT IN MEXICO
CRUSHED, WITH 19D
REBEL LNESLOST
Fifty Executed and 100 More
Slain in Move Against
Government.
FEDERALS LOSE | MAN,
SPEND ABOUT SIS, 900, 900
Property of RevOlutionaries to Be
ConRscated in Payment
of Loss.

Bv the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, October 11.-Sup'
nrassion of the military revolt is es'
timated to have cost lao rebel LNes'
including those executed
This Is on the assumption that 5O
were executed, so killed in the battle
in which Gems. Gomez and Almaoa
,rera defeated and so in various other
skirmishes throughout the repuphc'
In the absence of accurate lntofma-
tion the number of executions may De
larger than estimated
Onlv one death among the ieoera'
forces was reported. Col LUIS felpe
cruz was killed last Tuesday Whlie
hghting rebels near San Juan leo'i'
buaoan. northeast of Mexico City'
To Confiscate Property.
,rha government expended more
tbou 10 00O. 900 pesos tabout So,VoV,UVvI
i'm suppressing the movement. o
n,st however. will ultimately be pofne
~ tha revolutionists themselves, as
,y,,der Mexican law the property oi
r.hels reverts to the governments.
II 1s thought that the government
will recover the entire cost Oh Ns
measures TO quell the rebellioh anu
perhaps more ,,e.,ass
With rhe same dramatic sWlttreSs
with which it started the military re-
Volt has been crushed, leavins tne 3
GALES government absolute masls. u
+,a situation IN Mexico and Gen.
Obregon the only PRESIDENTS, vd ma
nate in the field to succeed cafes.
DisaStrousIv defeated in ntlcned
hattie in the hills of western vera
ssr9,z Gems. Arnulfo Gomez ahd
Hector Almada were being hunted
today nv the victorious Federal troops
under Gen. Gonzalo Escohar.
.sIt is the end" was President
Gales iubilant comment on the news
of Escobar's victory. which came
after 6hour battle ending In the
canture of between 500 and COO rebels,
the killing Of SO and the w0unalng
OF 100. .,.a !.
..The revolution ii absolutely ended
ii was announced by Gena~dAlsa s@''
chief of the presidential stan.
Rebels Rout Reported.
The Gomez. Armada column Of not
more than i.O0e men was the last
remaining rebel force Of any size IN
the country. the government declared
It's members today were either dead,
wounded. captured or scattered over
the countryside in twos or threes.
The two leaders with bodygua rds
OF not more than SO men each, would
either be quickly captured, the author
tiles said, or would degenerate into
mere bandits. hiding in the hills"
Gen. Francisco Serrano. named as
the other principal leader of the revolt
which was allegedly based on non
reelection" opposition to the presiden.
tial candidacy Of former President
Obregon, was captured and executed
"a hours after the mutiny of Almada
and part of the Mexico City garrison
the night OF October 2.
Thus the government has stamped
out within weeks time what is gen.
orally conceded to have been the most
formidable movement against it since
President Gales was elected to sue
ceed Obregon. The old saying in
Mexico, 1.-THE revolution always wins, .
has proved fallacy in this case.
The battle which brought such dras-
tic defeat to the rebels was fought
Sunday. the pursuit of the defeated
rebels continuing overnight. News OF
the result came in a telegram from
Gen. Escobar.
Two Generals Flee.
After considerable maneuvering. the
federal troops, who had been pursuing
the rebels for several days in the vicin-
fly of Perote, western Vera Cruz. final
ly cornered them at o'clock Sunday
afternoon. he said. and forced battle
near the town of Alyahualulco.
The fighting continued fiercely until
s o'clock in the evening. by which
time the rebel column had been wei
scattered with casualties estimated at
$50. of whom 80 We're killed. The fed
eral casualties were placed at 81
wounded. including 6 officers.
Gen. Escobar reported that when
the battle had been under way two
hours. Gomez and Armada. with small
bodies of followers. fled shamefulIy," ="
abandoning their men.
The rebels seem to have fought
bravely for Escobar's telegram said:
1--WE fought them fully six hours, un-
til we drove them away from the in
accessible hills, where, in advance,
they had built small fortiflcations. We
fought them in front and on both
fianks.
The enemy unsuccessfully attempt.
ed to occupy positions behind us, but
we drove them off. =
500 Soldiers Surrender.
Gomez fed in the direction OF Co
sautlan. % miles southeast of the old
Fortress of Perote and not far from
the Puebla State line. The main body
of rebels withdrew in the same direc.
tion. and between 500 and 500 men
with their officers. constituting the in.
fantry commanded by Gobez, sur.
rendered there the next morning.
OF the morale of his own men, Gen.
Escobar said: ''The conduct of the
federal officers and men was very sat
isfactory, and ] am very proud to
have headed them
President Gales sent a congratula.
tory message and requested detailed
report Of ''the action which ended the
revolution. He also personally or
dered that full amnesty be given the
ofncers and men who surrendered and
that they De mobiiized at points to be
designated BY the government.
Meanwhile the authorities of every
Mexican port and the officers OF al
ships in the navy have been ordered
10 exercise utmost vigilance to pre-
vent Gomez and Almada from escap
ing from the country.
Heavy relnforcements are on thu
way to Vera Cruz, dispatched before
news OF the rebel defeat was received
and nve military airplanes are In that
rcT1pn TO assist in the search for tn,
chiefs.
NncidentalIy with news of tht
Ver9 Cruz battle, word was received