Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-18
Oregon Leader In
C0yYunza'S Defeat,
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head OF 400 neighbors to protect
their property from the footing Of
organized bandits. He was medium
sized, stockily built, a fine specimen
Of his Irish-Indian blood. 1t has
been said of him that he was "the
only M-Xican revolutionary general
who never lost a battle"
The keynote TO O%bregon's charac-
ter he recently voiced in the follow
ing words: II would rather teach
the Mexican people the use Of a
toothbrush than to handle a rifle. !
would rather see them in schools
than upon battlefields. ! prefer any
day a good electrician, machinist, car
penter, or farmer TO a soldier" His
attitude toward foreign investors was
shown at the same time by his dec
laration that "a country without cap
ital is like a body without blood" He
opposed Carranza's foreign policy
and his antagonism toward the Unit
ed States.
Quelled Revolution
Obregon in 1911, quelled the rev.
olution Of Pascual Orosco in Chihua-
hua. Later, when President Madero
had been slain and Huerta assumed
the presidency. Oregon, who had re-
tired minus an arm 70 his farm, again
became a military leader. In 1914, he
defeated Villa "a Celaya and Trinidad
after 33 days of fighting. 1t was as
parties TO the Plan of Guadeloupe, by
which the rebels against Huerta's die
tatorship took the name Of Constitu-
tionalists, that Oregon and Carran-
"a first met. When C~arranza became
president he appointed 0bregon his
minister Of war. At the Inaugural
ton, the general rode beside Carran-
"a IN the procession in Mexico City.
As minister of war, in 1916, Obre-
gon went to the border and negoti-
ated with Major Generals Hugh L.
Scott and Frederick Funston for the
! withdrawal Of the American troops
sent into Mexico shortly after the
raid on Columbus, n. NJ. Sometime
later, upon visiting Washington, he
was the guest Of President Wilson.
Breaks With Carranza
The break between Carranza and
Obregon meanwhile having resigned
his post. On June ], 1919, having re-
turned to Mexico from a visit 70 the
United States. he announced his can
dldacy for the presidency. saying:
II am, and will be. a faithful friend
TO those who with blood and Drawn
answered the call Of the country
against Huerta, who murdered Ma
derO. But | will be the enemy OF
those who pretend that their SER
vices must be paid for with the same
Liberties which Huerta usurped and
which he swore TO return to the
country"
Obregon's pronunciamento, issued
from his farm in Sonora, angered
Carranza. He Immediately denoted
him from his title of general of a di-
vision TO a lieutenant c~olonelcy. The
general had many supporters in the
Mexican congress-, however, and 70
some Of them he owed his escape
early in 1920 from a trap set for him.
Friendly to u. s.
Oregon went TO C~uernevaca where
he announced himself in sympathy
with the secession of Sonora which.
on April II. had been declared by its
governor. Adolfo de Ia Huerta. be-
cause Of a threatened invasion by
Carranza troops. Other states fol-
lowed the example Of Sonora and re-
volted against Carranza. Early in
May C%arranza fled from Mexico City
and Governor dc la Huerta, accom-
panied by ObreEon and General Pab-
10 Gonzales, entered the capital. Gov
ernor de Ia HUerta was chosen BY
the anti-Carranza leaders as the pre-
provisional president Of Mexico.
pending an election.
General Oregon, while declaring
he would take the field against any
foe IN case of intervention, for years
mad expressed himself as friendly 10
the American government. In a mes
sage to the American people in 1919.
ne disclaimed hostility 70 America
and pleaded for a better understand
ing between the people Of the two
countries. He challenged the justice
Of the United States senate's inves-
tigation Of Mexican affairs.
General Oregon was twice mar
ried. His first wife, whom he mar
ried when he was 20. died in 1908
after two children had been born TO
them, a son, H%umberto, and a daugh-
ter, Refugia. When he left the army
he married again, his second wife be-
ing the daughter Of Don Francisco
Paia, OF Sonora.