Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19
Rebel EYES turn
ON CITY OF MEXICO
Madero's Next Move Will Like
ly Be on the Capital.
Calls on the United States and Other
Nations for Same Treatment AS
Daz's Government Gets
Navarro a Prisoner.
A dispatch dated Juarez, Mexico,

dispatch dated Juarez, Mexico,
says:
Madero, provisional president Of
Mexico and commander Of the insur-
gent army, has made Juarez the cApi-
tai of his government and has asked
the United States and other nations for
recognition as a belligerent with the
same treatment as the Diaz govern
ment.
This city has also become the base
OF supply for further campaigns by
Madero 1t is supposed that the fret
movement will be a march souihward
toward the City of Mexico.
Should this plan be carried out the
next battle probably will be between
the Madero forces and the army Of
General Rabogo, now marching north
from Chihuahua city.
In a corner room of the barracks,
which for two days he held against
the terrific fire of the rebels, General
Juan J. Navarro, the federal COM
mander, is captive.
In another part of the town is Ma
dero the conqueror, surrounded by
members of his family and his staff,
joyous exultant, and flushed with VIC
tory yet ready, he says, to make
peace with the Mexican government if
it is disposed to deal frankly and sin
cercly with The revolutionists and
without such vague promises as
president Diaz's manifesto contains"
General Madero has dictated tho fol-
loving staten ent:
"The taking of Juarez is of great
military and political Importance to
the reyolutionists and it assures us Of
a complete triumph in a short time.
"The forces which defended the
town fough valiantly. They owe
their defeat to the fact that our for
cos were inspired in this fight by the
spirit to win political liberty, while the
fcderals were only .eld in their ranks
by the yoke Of discipline. The major
ity are in the army against their will.
For this reason ] wish to announce to
all soldiers that I will set them free
as soon as / can find way to insure
some means of support for those who
do not wish to incorporate themselves
in my forces.
"At present I cannot set them free,
as they would have no means of sub
sistence, which would be dangerous
AS far as I can now observe, the ma
jority Of the prisoners will swell my
forces Some of the officers | am
sure, will enter my army, and those
wcc wish to remain rue to the gov
ernment of Porfirio Daz will be ex-
changed for prisoners of war or poll
tical prisoners"
The capture of Juarez was accom-
plished by heavy loss of life A con-
serYative estimat of physicians as
well as of insurrecto leaders puts the
federal dead at fifty and the rebel
loss at fifteen, with total of nearly
$50 wounded on both sides.
The actual number lost in the bat
tie probably never win be known, as
deserters were many and the dead
have been buried quickly.
Nest of the Inhabitants of Juarez
were under cov~r during the fighting,
but were II constant terror A num-
Der Of them had taken refuge on the
American side and Immediately after
the news of the surrender spread
through El Paso scores of the refugees
Hooked to Colonel Steever's Office to
obtain passes to return to their homes
here
Madero was brought in from his
camp in the hills north of the cap
Wred city in decorated automobile
ahcpt four hours after the actual sur
ienuer Of the city. The men cheered
MN as he arrived.
AS soon as the insurrectos took the
town, the officers made every possible
eilort to close the saloons and pr vent
the men drinking. great deal of
h1uor was destroyed and guards were
placed over all saloons. However, the
men got hold Of much rum.
The killed and wounded are found
in all sorts of out-of-the-way places
in luarez. Blood spots appear every
where in the streets and on the side
walks, and dead, dying and men
wounded seriously and slightly are
found at every turn. 1t is believed
from careful estimates of Americans
who have gone though the town very
thoroughly that the total dead will be
fifty or sevcnty-five and the total
wounded will not be over 800. The
lis! will likely run that high, however.
Rebels have made the captured city
OF Juarez the capital of their provision
al government, and Francisco |. Ma
dero, Jr., has announced his cabinet
The members are: DR.. Vasquez
Gomez, minister of foreign relations;
Gustavo Madero, brother of Francisco,
Jr., minister of finance; Venus Tiano
CaTranza, minister of war; FREDERICK
Gonzales CARA, minister of the in
terror; Pine Suarez, minister of JUS
tice; Juan Sanchez Azcona, secretary
to the president.