The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-18
Smashed All the Windows
and Shouted viva
Madero!"
STOLE MARCH on NTHEP0LICE
Diaz Cool, Guests Scared - Rebels
Keep Northern Mexico In
Turmoil.

reports Of serious demonstration agains.
the person OF President Diaz Of Mexic,
which took the form OF the stoning Of his
official palace in Mexico city by a mob
Of insurrecto sympathizers became public
here this afternoon. An American who
has official connection With the United
States Government and who witnessed
the Incidents himself has broken the
rigorous censorship exercised at the
Mexican capital. This had been 80 strong
that not only was the event kept from the
press outside Of Mexico but the echo Of
It has only begun to penetrate by word Of
mouth to the northern provinces. It
may be said that there is strong likelihood
that report OF the occurrence is already
in the hands Of the State Department at
Washington
The stoning OF Diaz's palace came so
suddenly that the police, utterly unpre-
pared for the demonstration, were unable
to disperse the mob before much glass
had been shattered and guests OF tbs
President who we're 10 the palace at the
time had been badly frightened 1t is
said that there were not many whole
windows left on the side of the palace ex-
posed to the stone throwers
| As the details were recited this after
! noon the demonstration occurred abou.
0 o'clock in the evening. when the street.
centring about the official residence wers
Allied with people. Suddenly there was
movement in the crowd and out of cafG,
and adjacent streets there poured as il
by preconcerted signal several hundred
men and boys With shouts OF viva
Madero!" they let fly first one shower Of
rocks and then second
| The whole thing was over in five min.
utes. As it was learned later, Dias himself
coolly commanded one of his aides to
run out and see why the police did nos
act. The police did act. but not before
the crowd had begun TO scatter. Ther.
were several arrests.
The significance of the report lies in
the fact that this is the first demonstra-
ton against the Diaz Government and
Diaz himself that has occurred in tina
Federal district OF Mexico since the pres
ent revolt against Diaz rule began.
/ An American mining engineer who A.
rived in San Antonio last night straight
from Mexico city. via the National rail
road through Laredo. said to-day that
when he had left the capital on Tuesda-
he saw President Diaz down at the rail.
road station Daz was surrounded by a
guard. He walked alone up and down
by the side of the train which was abont
to depart and, according TO this infor-
man'. the President looked unchangnl
though his step was not sturdy.
Long distance telephone communica.
tions from Laredo tonight say that in thu
American town and tn" sister city OF
Nuevo Laredo. across the Mexican bor-
der, there was great speculation as to III,
possibility % Sehor Imantour Mexlco's
, Minister of Finance. being halted IN MS
progress through Mexico by the dcs.ruo-
! ton of track or bridges on the par. ot
nsurrcctos IN Nuevo Leon or at points
further south .imantour is due to ar
rive IN S:l Antonio nj 6:i5 O'CLOCK IT,
morrow morning over the Iron No1ntain
road, Al this point his private car vii. 90
switched 10 the Southern Pacific tracks 10
| Laredo and the Minister will cross the Rio
Grande and enter Mexican territory at
. O'Clock
Word came from the American city OF
Laredo tonight that the insurreotos are
planning to blow up the railroad bridge
at Jarita. forty miles south Of Nuevo
! Laredo Yesterday most of the soldiers
qnartered in and around Nuevo Laredo
! were summoned south to Saltillo, the
capital of Coahuila, because OF a rimored
attack upon that place by the newly
{ organized bands of insurrectos in that
State and il is reported tonight that ir a
party of insurractos should tackle tho
bridge at Jarita or at any other point
on the railroad between the border and
Saltillo there would be nobody to stop
them. Should the expected happen Sehor
! Lmantour would have no recourse II he
| is in a hurry, as reported, to get to tho
Mexican capital but to return to Laredo,
take the train to Galveston and proceed
thence by boat 20 Tampico on the Gulf
! Alfonso Madero, the head of the local
! ,nsurrectO junta. was asked to-day il hs
thought that it was the design of tho
/ revolutionists in the south to delay the
Mexican Minister on his reputad peaoo
mission to the capital, Madero said that
he did not believe the rebels would want
! to do such II they really knew that
Limantour was hurrying to Mexico to
bring about an armistice and peace talk;
but he was afraid that ignorant insur-
rectos would only consider Linantour
in the light of an Official Of an obnoxious
government and so believing they might bs
led to tempt TO delay him, There will bo
no demonstration by local Mexicans. either
in honor Of o.. against Limantour, when
he gets in tomorrow The chief OF police
# San Antonio will have special guard
OF policemen down at the Southern Paciho
depot to see that none takes place
In the light of the report from Wash
lngton this morning that The Depart
ment ct Justice Is at a loss to know how
far the United States may proceed In
the matter 0f stopping shipments Of arms