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384 revolution at Ameca on the 3d of April, and to be a modification of the La Noria plan, was circulated in Mexico; the object being to establish the president of the supreme court as provisional president of the republic; but thinking men looked upon it as apocryphal. It was no less unconstitutional than the plan of La Noria. Diaz finally sought an asylum with Lozada at Tepic. After the triumph of La Bufa, the insurrection did not present the same menacing aspect as at the latter part of 1871; but in Chihuahua, Guerrero, the Sierra of Puebla, and indeed everywhere throughout the country, it still possessed elements strong for resistance, which any turn of events might render formidable. The government had gained several victories, but they were not of a decisive character. Juarez' administration could not feel assured of its safety as to the war as late as July 1872. The political situation was no more satisfactory. The three political parties, Juaristas, Lerdistas, and Porfiristas, were about equal in number of deputies in the sixth congress, and though Juarez had a majority, his measures might be jeopardized by a temporary alliance of the two opposing parties. In the early part of June 1872 there was a ministerial crisis, Mariscal. Romero, and Castillo Velasco