The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-17
|MADERO GREETED
 W|THENTHUS|ASM Trip Through the South Is
 Completed ALL IS NOW PEACEFUL In Speeches to People Madero Shows Bitterness Against Bandits. Figueroa and Madero Have
 Become Great Friends
ALL IS NOW PEACEFUL

Mexico City. June 16.-With tho same enthusiasm that characterized his entry into the capital last week, Francisco I. Madero was welcomed here by an inn mense throng at 7:SO o'clock tonight on his return from 1ve-day trip through southern Mexico.
 With Madero was Ambrosio Figueroa, who once commanded 12.00e snen. compos- Ing the insurrecto army of the south, ana whose loyalty to Madero, though per- sonally unknown to the rebel chief of the north, admittedly has been one of the reasons of the rapid triumph of the revo- lution.
 Figueroa is to be made inspector gen. eral of the rurales now as a reward for his staunchness and his assistance In pacifying the people of the south.
 Madero returned satisfied in mind that the inhabitants of the southland will sup port him and that normal conditions have been resumed in that section. Only one person and one place are exceptions to complete peace. The person is Emelo Zapata, an enemy of Figuroa, under
 
 acted, and the place is Cuernavaca, where Zapata's men are quartered. Madero has ordered the paymaster to distribute his goods freely in Cuernavaca with the hope of mastering Zapata's 1500 men quickly and last reports from the town are in- dicative of the success of the plan, though Zapata, as source of trouble, it Is ad- mltted, has not been removed. Asked about zapata Madero said tonight:
 ''He will be all right; everything will be peaceful"
 Madero's trip through the south, where he conferred with rebel chiefs every where, hastened the dispersal of the large bodies of insurrecto troops which had col leoted.
 Figueroa, who has developed warm affection for Madero is cooperating with the latter in dispensing the armed forces and restoring order where needed.
 Zapata is characterized by the rebel leaders as a bandit, and an inkling of what may be in store for him should he refuse to abide by Maderos orders was given in speeches made by Madero today at one of the towns en route. It was first at Cuautla, where zapata's men are said to have burned and pillaged to such an extent that the smouldering ruins and charred houses invited bitter denuncia- ton from Madero as he addressed the towns population.
 Death to bandits" he cried angrily, as he pointed to the work of destruction.
 Death it shah be to all who plunder, whether they call themselves revolution ists or not"
 At another town, where Colonel Tetepa, second in command to Zapata, and also denounced as a bandit, was executed re- gently, Madero made an equally threaten- ing speech. =
 ''I am glad he was executed" he said. as he gesticuIated emphatically toward the place where the bandit was killed. 'There is no sympathy for such as he. For his atrocities he deserved no better fate"
 The people everywhere cheered enthu- siasticaIly and at the points where there has been activity among bandits Ma dero's words brought strong reassurance of future tranquility.
 As the train pulled into the station here tonight the crowd broke into chorus of ''yiva Madero."
 The rebel leader was hurled into an au- tomobile by several of his officers as talk of attempts to kill him were in the air today. He was guarded closely through out the day. Mexico City, however, really was unprepared to welcome him. The ex- act time of the trains arrival was not known until late hour today As Madero was whisked through the streets he was repeatedly cheered, as the cry that he was coming was rapidly passed along. Madero will remain at his home here for at least fortnight before making trip to Pueblo and other parts of Mexico, where he has not visited since the close of the revolution.