REVOLUTION OF MEXICAN ARMY UNITS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVII, Issue 10017, 5 March 1929, Page 3

REVOLUTION OF MEXICAN ARMY UNITS

MANY CITIES AND TOWNS CAPTURED FIGHT FOR PRESIDENCY. Mexico City, March 3 Seven cities and towns in thi State of Vera Cruz are reported to have been captured by- army unit.! which revolted to-day under the leadership of General Jesus Aguirre. A simultaneous revolt, led by General Francesco Manzo is in progress in the northern State of Sonora. Vera Cruz, the capital of that State, Jala pa, Orizaba, Perote, and other cities and towns have fallen/ The purpose of the revolution is understood to Ire to place in office as President Senor ilberto Valenzuela, former Mexican Minister to Britain,, He recently announced his candidature as opposed to the provisional President, Senor Emilio Fortes Gil. Latest reports state that the army has revolted in eight States. The Governor of Sonora has joined General Manzo. The rebels have told Senor Gil that he must go and allow Senor Valenzuela to assume the Presidency. Loyal troops are being rushed to the fronts. Mexican naval craft exchanged shots with soldiers on the shore off Vera Cruz. Washington, March 3 The State Department has been officially advised that revolutionary' forces in Mexico attacked the Government of the President, Senor Gil, simultaneously at Nogales, on the United States border in the State of Sonora, and at Vera Cruz, on the Gulf. The extent of the casualties in the fighting is not known. Communications have been severely- impaired. However a message from -Mexico City says Senor Gil has summoned his military commanders in the capital for a consultation about plans for a campaign against the rebels. The ex-President, Genera] Calles, who is now- head of the loyal section of the army, has been recalled to Mexico City. The President has also asked the aviators at the Val■l/uena flying field to prepare for war duty., The city of Nogales and virtually the entire State of Vera Cruz ! nre _ under the control of the rebels. It Is reported that the Government of Mexico lias established a censorship over outgoing messages. Vera Cruz. March 3 The officers and men of seven ships of the Mexican Navy have joined General Aguirre, the revolutionaryleader.