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Meanwhile the Obregon Government prepared a campaign to crush the re- volt. Martial law was declared. General Calles renounced his candidacy for the Presidency and offered his services to President Obregon. The President put him at the head of 28,000 troops, already on their way to Vera Cruz. President Obregon issued a manifesto to the people calling upon them for support against the Huertista military coup. A strict censorship was imposed on telegraph, telephone, mails...
...have a Republican constitution? Advised by Britain, Yugo-Slavia and Rumania not to discard the present dynasty on account of its important connections with the Balkan Powers,* Dictator Colonel Gonatas and his Government tried to quiet down the opposition by abolishing the press censorship, promising the abolition of martial law after the trial of those arrested in a recent revolt, appointing Foreign Minister Apostolos Alexandris as delegate on the Reparations Commission. Republican sentiment, however, refused to be appeased so easily and the clamor for a change of régime continued...
...months ago seven destroyers, speeding south along the Pacific coast, bound for San Diego, ran ashore 75 miles north of Santa Barbara. Twenty-three men were lost, and $13,000,000 worth of ships. A Court of Inquiry investigated; court martial proceedings are under way against eleven officers. There may be convictions and acquittals. But the lesson of the disaster and the law of the sea were laid down in the report of the Board of Inquiry, written by Rear Admiral William V. Pratt. This report was published last week...
...inexorable. Two men, Commander William C. Calhoun and Lieutenant Commander Seed, will be among those tried by court martial, and will lose their commands because of this report. Yet the same report asked that official letters of commendation be given these two for " coolness, intelligence and seamanlike ability," for "great bravery," in meeting the emergency after their ships had dashed on the rocks...
...That on June 2 martial law was declared and part of the staff of El Diario, La Razon, La Verdad and El Liberal (opposition newspapers at La Paz) were imprisoned and the rest were given the choice of a two-days' trip on muleback into the interior of Bolivia or deportation by rail. The latter was the more popular choice...