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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...
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...
...Alvaro Obregon, President of Mexico: "From Celaya, it was reported that I, seriously ill, had suffered a relapse...
...vacation of President Obregon...