DECLARES GRAFT GENERAL Three Foreigners Ordered Deported for Catholic Manifestations-- 236 Priests Register. Proclaims Fight on Privilege. Congress Considers Speech. Valenzuela Accused of Revolt Plot.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 13–1929. Gilberto Valenzuela, candidate for President, formerly Minister of the Interior in the Calles Cabinet and until recently Minister to Great Britain, has denounced the policies and methods of his former chief in a scathing campaign speech at Hermosillo in the State of Sinaloa, where he is touring at present. The charges are somewhat of a bomb thrown into the Mexican political tangle, especially as President Emilio Portes Gil has declared the Calles policies his own, and the recent transfer of authority to him in complete tranquility was hailed in most quarters as auguring well for the peace, progress and prosperity of Mexico.
"This struggle is not going to be between Gilberto Valenzuela, Aaron Saenz [of the Calles party] and Ortiz Rubio, but Valenzuela against Plutarco Elias Calles," said Señor Valenzuela, "and I wish to state right now that Gilberto Valenzuela does not fear Calles. Valenzuela will be serene and resolute in facing its agents and that school of corruption which is staining everything and placing them in danger not only the welfare but the very life of the Republic."
Proclaims Fight on Privilege.
In outlining his political platform, Señor Valenzuela asserts that his campaign is a crusade of truth, decency and civilization.





