Revolutions

The normal situation in Latin American republics seems to be a state of flux, since they all thrive on revolutions, revolts, riots. During the past week the following rumbles were heard:

Mexico. The civil war which has been raging in the United States of Mexico is officially supposed to be over, but fighting between Rebels and Federal troops occurred during the week at various points in the southern states of Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, Hidalgo. At all points the Federals were victorious. P: In Guadalajara, a plot to dynamite President Obregon's train was discovered. Two officers accused of being the ringleaders were killed while trying to escape.

P:In the State of Tamaulipas, at Ciudad Victoria, there were executed three rebel generals, three colonels, four lieutenant colonels, one major.

Honduras. For the past few months a bloody series of battles have been waged between several factions representing dissatisfied presidential candidates. Sumner Welles, U. S. Commissioner to the Dominican Republic, who is representing U. S. President Coolidge in an effort to bring about internal harmony (TIME, April 21), arrived in Honduras. His reception was so cold, however, that failing to receive adequate guarantees, he was unable to enter the capital city, Tegucigalpa.

P:A later dispatch said that Mr. Welles had entered the city and was in touch with the de facto and revolutionary leaders.

Venezuela, which has been said to be dominated by the full-blooded Indian family of Gomez, was reported in a state of revolution. No confirmation of the report could be obtained, but it was alleged by a rebel agent in the U. S. that General Areva-lo-Cedefio was marching at the head of a large army which is headed for Caracas, the capital.

P:General Emilio Arevalo Cedeno led an unsuccessful revolt against the Gomez regime in 1920. He stands for constitutional government and is bitterly opposed to the oppressive dictatorship exercised by President Gomez and the minor Gomezes.

Cuba, Nicaragua. These countries, according to reports, may burst into revolution at any time. Elections and intense personal antipathies will be the cause. Some fighting has already taken place in Nicaragua.