The Irish standard., 1911-05-13
JUAREz CAPTURED
BY THE REBELS
NAVARRO sURRENDERs SWORD
AFTER BEING DRIVEN TO
LAST CORNER.
NOW THE PROVISIONAL CAPITOL
$50 OF Captured Soldiers Join lnsur
joicine Is General in
the New Revolutionary
Citadel.

Juarez, May 11.-This little bullet
riddled city is the provisional capital
of Mexico and Francisco /. Madero.
Jr., provisional president, and his staff
have taken complete possession after
winning the bloodiest battle OF the
Mexican revolution.
In corner room Of the barracks,
which for two days he held out
sits General Juan ]. Navarro. the fed
eral commander, a captive, having sur
rendered with almost his entire garr-
son of several hundred men. His sal
low face is sunken. his head is bowed
and he does not talk. for the bitter
sting of defeat has disheartened him.
In contrast, in another part Of the
little town, is Francisco I. Madero. Jr.,
the conqueror, surrounded by members
of his family and his staff, joyous.
exultant and flushed with victory, yet
ready, he says. to make peace with
the Mexican government If it is dis
posed to deal frankly and sincerely
with the evolutionists and without
such vague promises as president
Diaz' manifesto contains"
In hotel Hobbies, store fronts and
Railways, the improvsed hospital Of
the battlefield, are scores Of wounded,
attended by host Of physicians and
nurses from El Paso. who have volun-
teered medical relief. The floors Of
the Porforio Diaz hotel, where 30
wounded lay, are covered with blood
and gore-soaked clothing.
Dead Are Buried.
All the dead are being buried. A
conservative estimate by physicians
as we'll as by insurrecto leaders who
surveyed the fighting, place the feder-
al dead at nearly so and the rebel loss
at about fifteen. with total of nearly
$50 wounded on both sides. The ac-
tual number lost probably never will
be known, as deserters were many
and the dead have been buried quick
| ly. Among the dead were Colonel
Tamborel and Captain Sachudo. the
former, the man who few days ago
| tainted the rebels as towards.
! VII Tic ALuClICtH SLUG VI huc llIc HNc
! have been killed and about II wound
ed many of them being innocently en-
gagged at distance from the river
/ front.
The actual surrender Of the town by
{, General Navarro took place about |
o'clock, General Navarro giving his
sword to Colonel Garibaldi of the in
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completely surrounded the barracks
and threatened to annihilatc the gar
rison within.
G neral Madero himself. when he
arrived at the corral where the fed
eral prisoners are CHARTERED, made an
address full Of sympathy and encour-
agement, landing them for their BRAY
cry and assuring them that in his
heart as well as in those Of his men
there was no feeling of enmity, but
OF uniform friendliness.
With shouts Of viva Madero," the
vast throng Of prisoners and insrrrec-
tos who gathered to hear him threw
their hats skyward and shouted in
deafening applause.
Mrs. Madero Arrives.
A few momens later down the main
thoroughfare was heard the galloping
of horses and soon the insurrecto
standard the Mexican national colors,
flashed in the sunlight. Behind IT,
rode Mrs. Francisco I. Madero. Jr..
and an escort Of cavalry. Her face
was beaming with Joy. her black dress
covered with dust, and she purred her
horse to the scene Of her husband
triumph.
The shouting increased as the pair
embraced and entered the municipal
building, now the Madero headquar.
ters.
Orders were being issued all after.
noon to his men to guard stores and
houses to prevent looting General
Oronzeo himself shot at two Of his men
whom he caught trying to make away
with some booty.
Navarro Has to Yield.
After the attack was renewed and
the rebels had brought their machine
gun within deadly range the fedora
retired to the barracks and insured
tos by the hundred occupied the hous
es within 100 yards of every side
Their fire was rapidly demolishing thu
building. There was no other alterna
tive for General Navarro but to yield
shrapnel was being poured into thu
hollow square OF the barracks. Man,
federal cavalry horses were killed
The soldiers crowded the place to 1T
capacity. Only few loopholes from
which to shoot at the insurrecto,
pierced its sides. Finally at noon Gen
eral Navarro hoisted white flag H,
first attempted to send messengs
to Senator Obregon, one Of the go-be
tweens in the recent peace negotia
tons asking him to arrange for I
cessation Of hostilities or for an arm
fstice, but the rebels would accep
nothing except immediate surrender
90 Over to Rebels.
It was reported that $50 Of the fed
erals had taken the oath OF allegiance