Word: huerta
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...immediate cause of the storm was the feud between President Obregon and Presidential-candidate General Adolfo de la Huerta, who was accused by Obregon's Finance Minister Pani of dishonesty in office (TIME...
...revolution started in the State of Vera Cruz, where General Guadalupe Sanchez, a former friend of President Obregon, commanding 12,000 troops, started an armed movement in support of General de la Huerta. The slogan of the rebels was "Down with imposition," meaning that President Obregon had tried to "impose" General Calles, so-called Radical candidate for the Presidency (TIME, Nov. 19), as next President of Mexico...
Samuel Gompers,President of the American Federation of Labor, returned to the U. S. fresh from a romp in Mexico, where he had been supporting Radical General Plutarco Calles for the Mexican Presidency, and whence have emanated shrieks of protest from Conservative supporters of General Adolfo de la Huerta...
...same telegram alleged that Captain Viscarra and his men, wearing red silk badges, would occupy seats in the gallery in Congress and when the session started would lead cheers for General Calles (Presidential candidate), and that, as soon as the Huertistas answered by cheers for Candidate de la Huerta, they would be shot...
...significance of this quarrel lies in its analogy to events which preceded the fall of the Diaz régime in 1911. Will President Obregon be forced by internal dissension to tender his resignation to Congress as did General Diaz? President Obregon and General de la Huerta became bitter enemies after 16 years of personal friendship. Then came upon the scene General Calles, another conspirant for the Presidency, a fact which necessitated Presidential steps for the enforcement of law and order. On top of all this Señor Miguel Aiesio Robles, Minister of Commerce, tendered his resignation...