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...traverse part of Texas in passing from one field of operations against the Rebels to another. The ticklishness of the situation is that Americans in Mexico or along the border may suffer if the ire of either faction is aroused. So far Mr. Hughes has supported the recognized Obregon Government; it is impossible to say how long the policy may be continued without arousing the active enmity of the Rebels...
...Foreign Affairs Committee killed resolutions authorizing investigations of the sale of arms to the Obregon Government (Mexico) by the Administration...
Fighting was verbal rather than physical. President Obregon praised U. S. President Coolidge for backing the arms sale. General de la Huerta protested against the decision and as a counter-move issued a decree claiming the oil taxes in the name of the Revolution and under the provisions of the Huerta-Lamont agreement. Physical fighting was confined to unimportant engagements, the largest of which resulted in the defeat of the Revolutionary General, Romula Figueroa, and the loss...
President Obregon: "All my life I have been in critical situations, but this situation is not bad. Two weeks ago things were different, but now it is only a question of time. One naturally does not hurry preparations when conditions are against the enemy. That is what is happening now. All things are against the rebels. . . . My wife said that I would surely die if I took the field. My answer was that I would sooner die on the field as a soldier than be caught in bed. Really, this revolt has improved my health. The change from civilian clothes...
...Alvaro Obregon evading...