The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-21

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court martial possible according to
Mexican military law and to be Ger.
tain to get pictures Of Asuirre before |
and after execution to prove beyond
Z doubt that the rebel leader was
dead.
NIaxatlan Sights Rebels
News Of the movement against
Mazatlan came In . telegram from
General Jaime Garlic. military gov
ernor of the state OF Sinaloa. The
telegram said that rebels had been
sighted outside Of Maxatlan and were
preparing to attack the city.
Should the rebels capture Mazatlan
they would Be In position to follow
the West Coast railroad down through
the state Of Nayarit and into Jalisco.
where Guadalajara. second city Of
Mexico, Is located. From Guadala lara
a rear movement against the Gales
army In central Mexico and against
Mexico City itself would be easily
possible.
Reports Of rebel recapture Of Du-
range City were without confirma-
ton. but served to disquiet Chapulte-
pee circles. where hurried counsels
and excitement were taken as sig
nificant that some important move
ment was afoot. The rebels were
driven from Durango City last week
by the forces Of General Gales as he
advanced toward Torreon and. 1t was
supposed, had dispersed after their
reverses.
Report Rebel Victories
/ It Is not known here whether the
rebel attack. II such there was, was
made by the troops driven from the
city or by force diverted from Cen
eral Manzos army In Sinaloa, or even
by rebel force moved In from the
south.
There were other reports today Of
rebel victories in the state Of Guiana
juato, where the cities Of Leon and
Guanajuato were said to have been
taken. There was no confirmation and
little to support these, however.
Soon after reports were circulated
of an impending rebel attack against
Naco, Sonora, which has been held
for the federalS since detection OF
General Olachea with 1900 Yaqui In.
dians from the rebel cause, It was an.
nounced at Chapultepec that Genera
Lupez Gonzalez, former Mexico Cit,
police chief. had been placed In com.
mand there, With instructions to de,
fend 1t stoutly.
In the meantime General Gale
was organizing his forces at Torreon
Coahuila, in preparation for the DUR
suit northward Of the forces Of Gen
eral Gonzalo Escobar.
With the Rebel Army in Jimenez
Chihuahua, Mexico, March 21-RE
General Jose Gon1alo Escobar, com
mander-in-chief Of the revolutionists
today was pictured here as militar
strategist. who has drawn his enem
into trap. cut him of from his has
OF supplies. and who now awaits onl
an advantageous moment to launch
I tremendous drive against the FEEDER
ais which may carry the rebels int
J. Mexico City.
Rebel headquarters here receive
reports late last night that the revo
, lutionists have occupied the cities q
8 Peubla and Guanajuato, near Mexic
S City. and that q rebel movement up
!: on the capital has been started I
the states Of Michiacan, Nayari
Guanajuato, Zacatecas, and Jalisco.
The rebels were said TO have DE-
!. stroyed some OF the railroad linz
= and telegraph wires that the feeders
: army under General p. Elias Gale
has been using. Gales forces at pref
: ent are In the vicinity Of Torreol
y m important railroad center In Coz
hula, which the rebels abandone
Monday. Escobar is massing h
forces In Jimenez, and to reach he
the Gales army must march acro'
: the arid desert, through countl
: where the civilian population gene
. ally Is claimed to be friendly to Il
;. revolutionary cause.
= The railroad from Torreon to Il
southernmost after-gl1ard Of the ESQ
bar troops, has been destroyed, al
should Gales be cut off from his ba
ana continue his advance against Il
!, rebels. hic army would be forced
=. forage for their supplies In . count
i. where the possibilities for forage q
~ almost nil.
= General Ruai Madero. credited WI
=: the rebel victory at San Pedro Ia
n week, with several regiments OF ca
~ airy arrived here yesterday. A tro
y train Of recruits from Sonora q
arrived.
Escobar was at the head Of !
troops again today. after . COME
er ence at Chihuahua City yesterd
e. with General Marcelo Caraveo, 2
g other revolutionary leaders. It y
y. understood here that two campal
plans were discussed at the cont
ence-one to start q "vtctor1l
=. march into Mexico CITY," ana
ls- other to withdraw the Escobar trol
y further north and then. when
BE federals followed. to endeavor to
N minister = crushing defeat. It
rs freely predicted here that the 9
70 come Of the revolution depends VI
tho battle between Escobar