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...makings of a small storm seem to be brewing in the Washington teapot. A small revolution is frittering about in Mexico (see FOREIGN AFFAIRS), and President Obregon asked whether he might buy some rifles and other munitions of war from Uncle...
President Obregon left Mexico City for the battlefront and on the day of his arrival the Federal forces announced a crushing defeat of the rebels. Two hundred rebels were captured...
President Obregon was reported to have offered amnesty to all revolutionary generals if they laid down their arms within 15 days. He later said: "There will be mercy only for those who are not responsible for the revolt...
...promise that the post-holiday session will open with more than the usual amount of oratorical fulmination. The strongest spark firing the barrage which should rather successfully bury the really vital issue of tax reduction is the Mexican situation. The Administration has sold arms and ammunition to President Obregon who will use them to quell the de la Huerta insurrection...
...seems born a revolutionist seems beyond question. The de la Huerta faction, as far as it knows its own purpose and reveals it, seems to aim at a lawless control by the military and privileged classes. While indiscriminate aid to a foreign power is admittedly unwise, aid to the Obregon government is judiciously extended. Criticism on openly pacifistic grounds is perhaps excusable, and as such could be pigeonholed out of the way of more important Congressional business...