The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-30
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MEXICAN TROOPS CRTURED THE
CITY With EASE
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REBELS TRY TO ESCAPE
Genera Diazs sas
u Rebels, Vas Made sshen
Three Hundred os Aas1s hesas.
ed TO Fire on de ssSsepsS s.oe oe
the Gosesnnes

~. ;nra.n.sSsysSof the exasd resi q
MsxEo. has been short lived ns
.SsDWn OF Vera ruzs which no pccn
pSed with about 2 90 o ~~aSdhere ioi
several days, Was6scep epfure .al sEns
5 Nexican Federal forces s9aesoa!,
The ecas1alhes were few o Tereasn-
ess: were hurt. Two Fe9eral coIunn
commanded by cols ninez castro
and Gen. Joaquin Batrarn, entered
vera Cruz from theaorrh and soutn.
54-> There was sight opposition to
fha;r advance col Castro with less
than fifty neaS Seaptureo Gen. Feii1
Diaz, $500 men at ponce
= hsaaurartersifefused to nre at MS
scommand The revolutlonlsts IN the
SharraeSssaaYe not yet surrendered. d.
rhey say hey will hold out until the
! Iasf mar IS killed. However. the
weaker spirits seem to be trying 70
eseaDe. The killed and wounded
numte. less than 100.
neSultory firing continued after
tbe Ee6erals entered the town. In
stead Of a great battle everything
sKas In q muddle. Rebels and FEEDER
ais encountered each other in the
streets without one knowing which
side the other was affiliated with, as
uniforms Of all were alike. Col
9Jiminez Castro was shot in the leg
during the first hrng. Col. Diaz
fOrdaza, OF the 21st infantry, who
joined Gen. Diaz, with his troops in
the revolution, has disappeared, but
an active search is being made for
him.
The rebel officers have been made
prisoners. It is believed they will
be ordered shot by summary court
martial. It is announced the sol
diers will not be punished. The
United States cruiser Des Moines sent
Lieut.. Burnes and Passed Assistant
Surgeon Cohn ashore to attend the
wounded. The result Of the so-ealled
battle was a great surprise to the
Mexican government, as 1t expected
greater resistance from Gen. DlaSo.
In fact, the government thought II
had a serious matter on hand before
tie battle.
They VIII BE Shot
& dispatch from Mexico City says
Ger. Felix Diaz, Col. Jose Diaz Or
daza, and all officers Of the rebellious
Mexican troops and marines at Vera
Cruz, who were captured Wednesday,
will be haled Immediately before a
Court-martial and doubtless will suf-
fer the death penalty. Orders have
been issued for convening the Court,
which viii be presided over by Gen.
Beltran. Gen. Diaz, although not
now a member Of the army, is amen
able in such Court un3er the law,
which provides for trial Of any civil
Ian under like circumstances. Sol
diers of the rebellious troops will
be decimated-one in ten being exc
cuted. They will be chosen by lot
to pay th penalty for all. The col
lapse OF the Diaz movement one week
after it's inception with a. minimum
O., fighting and bloodshed, has Great
ed the greatest surprise in Mexico
City. In administration circles,
where optimism has been the keynote
since the beginning. the outcome is
regarded as the highest possible vim
dication Of the confidence always ex-
pressed in the loyalty Of the army.
Gen. Felix Diaz, after Gen. Reyes,
has been regarded as the man who
could WELD the greatest influence
with the army and the people gener-
ally. His rebellion ending in a flasco
only slightly less pronounced than
that of Reyes last December, renov-
es 8 danger which has long loomed
on the political horizon. News Of the
fall Of Diaz created little demonstra-
ton in the Capital.
The troops under Gen. Banquet
who came from the North, and pro-
ceeded Immediately to Vera Cruz, got
nc further than Orizaba. They have
received orders to return and will
leave soon for the north to again
renew the campaign against Orozco.
Five hundred troops have been dis
patched to Tuxpam to restore order.
All other troops will be returned to
the points from which they were
drawn for the Vera Cruz campaign