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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON, S. C.
PAGE SEVEN' - I'M
MEXICO AGAIN IN
STATE OF REVOLT
Three Sections of Nation Are Siniul-
taneonsly Taken By Oppements
of Established Order.
Mexico City, March 8. — Revolt
flamed on three sjdes of the capital
toni j^ht. The state of Vera Cruz Was
almost entirely held by rebels, the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the south
was reported in their hands, and an
other group had taken the northern
border state of Sonora without blood
shed.
Several cities and towns in the state
of Vera Cruz were reported captured
by army units, which revolted today
under the leadership of Gen. Jesus
Maria Aguirre. A simultaneous re
volt, led by General Manzo, was said
to have broken out in the northern
state of Sonora.
Vera Cruz, Jalapa, Orizaba, Perote
and several other cities and towns
were said to have fallen to the rebels.
Aguirre was military commander of
the state of Vera Cruz and seven ar-
iny “units’^ (of what size was not re
ported) were said to have served him.
Former President Plutarco Elias
Calkes, who was succeeded last De
cember by the provisional president,
Emilio Fortes Gil, after the assassi
nation of President-elect Obregon,
was recalled to active military dutf to
meet the situation.
The capital was in a state of high
excitement. Trucks filled with armed
and Quipped soldiers dashed through
the down town streets. A strong guard
hastily was thrown around Chapulte-
pec palacie. • ^
Meanwhile all communications be
tween Mexico City and the Gulf ports
was cut off. No trains ran and the
national telegraph line and the tele
phone lines wens cut. The population
here waited events while rumors
j spread rapidly.
I As soon as it became apparent that
I a serious movement was under way,
j Preside^Pprtes Gil summoned mili-
I tary leaders to the national palace to
! plan the campaign.
! The rebel army units were reported
I unofficially to be in control of most
j cf the state of Vera Cruz.
I While the capital was buzzing with
I conflicting reports and martial prep-
I arations were going forward on every
side. United States Ambassador
Dwight W. Morrow, with his wife and
daughters and Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, was at Cuernavaca, 40 miles
south of^the capital. There is no tele-
p^bne in_,tihe residence of the ambas
sador, but it was expected that the
embassy staff could reach him through
the telephone at his next-door naigh-'
bor's, the British minister's.
. Vera Cruz is about 250 miles by rail
from Mexico City. The nearest point
to the capital reported to be in the
hands of the rebels is Orizaba, which"
is about 80 miles distant. The stop
page of train service, which was the
first indication that an uprising was
under way, checked all tri^s at a
point less than half-way from Mexico
City to the port.
Gen. Gonzalo Escobar, military
commandant of Ihe state of Coahuilla,
also had joined' the revolt, according
to reports from other than gjvern-
ment sources. He is another veteran
of the internal wars of Mexi"'^ and
was at one time commander at Ciddad
Juarez, across the border frem El
Paso.
Several Americans in business in
Vera Cruz but temporarily in the cap
ital were desperately attempting to
night to get airplanes to carry them
to their families in Vera Cruz, from
which they are cut eff by every other
means of transportation.
The American embassy was unsuc-.
! cessful for some time in its efforts to
’ reach the ambassador at Cuernavaca.
So far no fighting or other disturb
ance had been reported in that direc
tion.
President Pertes Gil called a ses
sion of the supreme war council and
also the cabinet in his residence at
Chapultepec palace. Military dispatch
es poured into his headquarters from
all parts of the republic.
' " Late tonight the president ordered
the commander of the Valbuena army
air field used by CoL Charles A. Lind
bergh and the place that he crackled
up last Wednesday in landing, to have
all aviators ready to fly to the front
at a moment's notice.
Gen. Francisco R. Manzo, reported
to be leading the revolt in ths state of
Sonora, is a seasoned fighter, who
has campaigned throughout the west
of Mexico and knows the entire coun
try. In Sonora he long commanded
rutfits of Yaqui Indians, known as
among the fiercest fighters of the
world.
The secretary of war, Joaquin Am-
aro, one of w'hose eyes was removed
only a few days ago because of an
injury received while playing jai ali,
got up from his sick bed tonight to
take personal direction of the federal
campaign.
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