MEXICAN REVOLUTION

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 186, 3 May 1920, Page 6

MEXICAN REVOLUTION

MOVEMENT BECOME WIDESPREAD

CARRANZA PREPARING TO • : FLEE

(Rec. May,2, 5.5 p.m. l )

. Washington, May 1. According to reliable information Cnrranza.is preparing to-flee from Mexico. It is understood that tho,United States instructed.its agents along the border to be on the lookout for Carranza's arrival. Tha revolutionary movement in Mexico seems to have become widespread and uniformly' successful.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CHINESE RESIDENTS SEEKING SAFETY. . (Rec. May 2, 5.5 p.m.) ■ .-.,"' " Washington, May 1. , Forty thousand _ Chinese residents ;in Mexico have petitioned the State Department for permission to cross into tho United States in the event of the present disturbances in Mexico becoming threatening.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PURCHASES OF~"aRMs" IN AMERICA WINKED AT IN OFFICIAL ■CIRCLES.- ■ Washington, 'April 29. Mr. S. Gr. Hopkins, formerly Carranza's- attorney ihistlie United States, in ovidence -before ■ tho. Senate, said the United States had winked at Carranza's purchases of arms in the United States, in 'order to forward his policies in Mexico. Ships were allowed to leave in breach of the laws of neutrality, nnd tho nominal fines inflicted were afterwards remitted. The Carranza regime was, ho said; a hopeless failure in Mexico.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.