The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
Mutin0us Rebels Go on War Path and Demand Life
 of Gen. Navarro
MADERO IS MASTER
 OF THE SITUATION
Alfred Henry Lewis, a Prominent American Author, Interviews Navarro and Also Gives
 Interesting Gossip
By ALFRED HENRY LEWIS

morning Maderos insurrectos were for going on the warpath. Crying. Death to Navarro" they rushed in hundreds to the beaten federals house of confinement They wanted to taste federal blood.
 Orozco, one of the fighting leaders Of the insurrectos, was at the head of the tGn1Lit His wrath took highest form when he hourished his pistol in President Madero's face and declared that executive ';lnder arrest. Also Orozco demanded the aodcation of the provisional presi- dency hs Madero, and that his cabinet get out of office quickly and for good.
 Madero, for his part, carried himself with discretion and courage He did not give ID Navarro, he did not order him shot, he did not abdictate, and he was not al rested, In the end the violent Oroz- co put up his pistol and walked off with Madero to talk it over. It looked warm for the moment, however. and what Americans were in Juarez let no grass grow under their feet before getting out.
 Tonight Navarro is not In Juarez
 With many nsurrectos an American is not popular proposition, nor has Madero helped make him one with his present war cry, Keep Mexico for Mexicans."
 Recurring to General Navarro. Presi- dent Madero is bound to save his life. The large per cent of the insurrectos in sisi that he be shot, Navarro was on parole, but could not leave Juarez. For the latter reason he did not leave his quarters in the Baron Won Roeder house save on Madero's orders. There he re- ma ned closely shut in with his staff. He believed he would be shot down on sight by the insurrectos were he to walk about the streets
 Feared for Navarro
 For that matter, President Madero, while he has had his men in perfect hand thus far, feared the same thing. So Navarro stuck to his room and wrote let ters to his wife in Chihuahua and laid on his bra SIS bed and sadly ruminated over the down-plunging changes of week. Seven days ago he was the unchallenged master of Juarez, and no one might stand before his frowns. Now a prisoner and a beaten man, the cry Is Death to Ma vaIln.1 and his appearance in the Juarez streets means bullet through his heart. The story of insurrecto hatred of Ma varro is this: In the battle of Escoba, Navarro took their prisoners. He turned them over--these three insurrectos--to the local judge and they were put In the cala- boose for months. The local judges were afraid to do more, because of local in- surrecto sentiment.
 Diaz waxed furious at the four months sentence. Four months of light captivi- ty for traitors It was like putting premium on rebellion.
 Diaz sent brief message to Navarro:
 ''Take no more prisoners, said Diaz.
 At the battle of Cerro Prieta, s6 insur- rectos laid down their arms. Navarro stood them up against wall and had them shot. The shooting made a stir. Notes passed between Washington and the Diaz government. The Diaz govern ment denied the shooting. It denies It today.
 Navarro says nothing. I. myself, when talked with him, did not ask the aged general concerning the bloody business hardly five months old-for obvious req sons. He was in trouble enough as it stood F
 But in spite of Diaz' denials and Na- varro's silence, the insurrectos know. The evidence which proved the shooting 10 death of the Cerro Prieta 38 was to his mind complete. Navarro, in the common lnsurrectot heart, was convicted. Where fore, by way of vengeance and a just re- ward the insurrectos broke Into todays
 
 be shot.
 Madero in Dilemma
 President Madero Is in dilemma. He is firmly resolved. both from reasons of humanity and policy, to protect the life of Navarro. And yet the feeling of the lrsurrectos were such that he hesitated 0o let Navarro leave Juarez. Mary thought move of that kind would be the signal for Navarro's massacre It might mean, too. the downfall Of Ma dero.
 President Madero has talked of ex. changing Navarro. Not few insist that the insurrectos would not allow this. They say that sooner or later Navarro would be killed. Meanwhile, Navarro has been taking the situation with calm sadness. He has stayed out of the irsurrecto light and written letters to his beloved wife. s,l
 Today's mutiny has brought Navarro's fate to a focus. Madero, to make him perfectly safe. has sent him across the bridge to American soil. The move will have its sequel. It will fan the fires Of lnsufrecto hatred against Americans. It may even spell the downfall of Madero.' The insurrectos are as hard to handie ls a runaway horse. and may in mo- ment be beyond Madero's control. Madero deserves credit and wreath. He ex- hibited courage at crisis Of the shortest sort. He took life position. everything In his hands when he today withstood the pistol fourishing Oroaco and sent Na- varro to the north side of the river. where waves the safety of the stars and atripes.
 The incident has left the military gen. tlemen here in an uncertain state of mind. Many believe the day is not far off when they themselves will be ordered on to Juarez. The butchery of handful or Mexicans would settle the matter, ana the wise men look for that butchery.
 Today met a gentleman who had paid t750 to be brought from Chihuahua in an automobile. He did not like to part with the money. but decided 1t would be wise.
 An American Rebel
 Going back to General Navarro He has been the guest with his stan in the house owned by Baron Von Roeder Mexicanized German nobleman. This latter patrician is altogether and wisely absent, but the insurrectos are good care takers. and called on General Navarro just before today's trouble. My inter- preter was New Yorker named Bran don His parents are just now in Pan- ana and his uncle occupies the Brandon house on West Ninety-second street.
 Young Brandon Is entitled to more than passing notice. He has been with the insurrectos through . dosen fights and was shot twice. His excuse for