MEXICAN REVOLUTION

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 53, 6 March 1929, Page 9

MEXICAN REVOLUTION

FALL OF MONTEREY

PLANS OF CAMPAIGN

United Press Association—By Electrlq X«l»-

Eraph—Copyright tustralian Press Association—United Ser»lc«,

(Received Cth March, 10 a.m.)

NEW YORK, sth March.

The first bloodshed iii the Mexicaa revolution was reported on Tuesday in five States as the Government and revolutionists settled down to what appears to be a life and death struggle. The revolutionists claim the capture of Monterey, a. strategic railway and munition centre in the State of Nuevb Leon, with severe casualties, and the capture of threo Federal generals. Loyal troops claimed the victory in the State of Vera Cruz. The states of Coahuila, Sonora, and Sinaloa reported fighting.

The Government has made wide plans of action on two fronts, North and South. Ejc-Presider.t Calles will conduct the campaign in Sonora, and General Andrew Almazon will concentrate in the South. Eight thousand of his troops are marching on Vera Cruz. Opposing these leaders will bo General Gonzalo Escobar, commander-in-chief of the insurgent forces.

_ For the first time the religious question appeared with the promulgation of a manifesto by Governor Fausto Topete, of Sonora, proclaiming religioua freedom. Preparation is being made to reopen, the Catholic Cathedrals in Sonora, closed since 1926.

Heavy troop movements are reported from Mexico City, where perfect order reigns. The United States Ambassador, Mr. Dwight Morrow, has m*de .it'plain that he would continue to deal 'only with the recognised^ Government.