MEXICAN REBELLION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18709, 15 May 1924, Page 7

MEXICAN REBELLION.

MORE LEADERS EXECUTED.

OBREGON'S FIRM HAND. A. and N.Z. MEXICO CITY. May 13. General Fortunato Maycott, one of the leading commanders in the rebellion led by General de la Huerta, together with Leovigildo Avila, chief of staff, and Manuel Flores have been executed after a court-martial. A report to this effect has been issued to the War Department by General Guajardo.

The rebellion against the Government of Mexico broke out originally on December 6, in Vera Cruz, under the leadership of General Guadalupe Sanchez, and nine States at once joined the revolt. San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua, Michoacan, and Tamaulipas gave, their adherence to the movement, and like Vera Cruz, ousted all their Federal officers. Jalisco, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tepic were next reported to "have repudiated the Obregon Government, and there were uprisings in Oaxaca and Guerrero. The military forces in the eastern seaboard States went over en masse to the faction of General Adolfo de la Huerta, which fomented the revolt. General de la Huerta was ■ the " Co-operatista " candidate for the Presidency in opposition to Plutarco Elias Calles, General Obregon's candidate. Besides general Sanchez, Senores Villa Real and aoul Madero and their followers supported him against the attempt of General Obregon to "impose," as they said, General Calles on the Mexican people. This was the meaning of their slogan, " Down with the imposition." Twelve thousand troops in ' Vera Cruz and the Mexican Navy declared for General de la Huerta. The outbreak at Vera Cruz followed a meeting at the home of General Sanchez, which was attended by the commandant of the Gulf Fleet, Hiram Toledo, the Chief of the Marines, Alfonso Calcaneo, and Generals Najera, Loyo, Lagunes, Reyes, and Villa Nueva, and Senores da la Huerta, and Pedro Gonzalez. In a manifesto sent to President Obregon they declared that the country's democratic institutions were "offended" by the actions of the Obregon Administration. They denounced especially Federal intervention in the Legislatures of San Luis Potosi and. Michoacan, and the anarchy in the Army, which, they _ said, was fomented in the highest official ranks. President Obregon adopted strong measures against the rebels. After a series of encounters the Federal forces on February 10 achieved an overwhelming victory over Huerta's forces after 11 hours of furious fighting on the banks of the Lorma River. The main rebel column was compelled to hoist the • white flag. On April 15 three rebel generals, seven colonels and a major were tried by court-martial arid executed at Ciudad, Victoria. '