The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-10-24
VERA CRUZ TAKEN
BY D|Az' REBELS
CRISIS REACHED IN ADMINlSTRA.
TON OF PRESIDENT MADERo
IN MEXICO,
UPRISINGS MANY PLACES
Loyalty Of Government Army Cues
tioned-ProvisionaI Cabinet
Formed for War
Times.


lero's administration appears to have
:eached critical point. The resigna-
ion of the cabinet was demanded in
The chamber of deputies by Deputy
Querido Moheno but the president of
the chamber refused to permit discus
sion and the motion will come up
again. With General Felix Diaz, a
nephew of the exiled president, in
undisputed control of Vera Cruz, Mex
ico's most important seaport, reports
also have reached here of new upris-
1ngs in various parts of the republic,
including the city of Pachuca, only
| f1fty-five miles from the capital. Be
| side this the loyalty OF the army is
questioned.
Doubts as to the specific object of
the Diaz revolt were removed when
he was proclaimed provisional presi-
dent by Colonel Jose Ordaz, his cousin,
and commander of the Twenty-first
infantry, stationed at Vera Cruz.
So far advanced are the plans of
Diaz and his supporters that they are
said already to have selected a pro-
visional cabinet. Among those COM
posing 1t is General Bernardo Reyes,
who now is in the military prison of
the capital as the result of the failure
OF an attempted rebellion year ago.
He has been named minister of war.
Former provisional President Fran
cisco De La Barra has been slated for
the portfolio of foreign affairs, while
Alberto Garcia Grandados, who was
minister of the interior under De La
Barra, Is mentioned for the same port
folio.
General Felix Diaz, nephew of Cen
eral Porfirio Diaz, the deposed presi-
dent of Mexico, has raised the banner
of rebellion at Vera Cruz. He entered
the city with 500 men and seized the
arsenal and garrison, which comprised
500 of the tWenty-tirst infantry and
one six-gun battery. Diaz then placed
men in charge Of the two gunboats,
Tampico and Bravo, lying in the har-
Dor.
In order to crush the rebellion of
Diaz at Vera Cruz, not only have the
federal armies from the north and the
south been commanded to converge
on that city, but General joaquin Bel
tran, who has been stationed at Esper-
ANA, between the capital and Vera |
Cruz on the Mexican railway, for the |
purpose OF operating against the rebel
general Aguilar, has been expected |
to move on Vera Cruz.
From Mexico City itself two mill
f9rV tr1inC 11n6nr hn
Colonel Rubio Navareto with twenty
four pieces of artillery, have been sent
to General Beltran's support.
Forces May Join Diaz.
The general public does not seem
inclined to share the optimism of the
government, and it is considered not
improbable that some part of the
army ordered against Felix Diaz will
join him instead Of fighting against
him. There was an indication of this
kind today when a detachment of 1875
men commanded by captain sent
from Orizaba by General Beltran, met
a rebel outpost short distance to the
south and at once joined the rebels.
Vera Cruz is now completely isolat-
Cu ChCCpC Dy WdL6I. Lie government
has instructed the railways to with
draw all their rolling stock and to
establish new terminals at Orizaba,
Jalapa and TERRA Blanca No trains
will be run beyond the federal lines.
The total cutting off of Diaz from
communication will depend on the 10y
atty of the gunboats, which is not con-
sidered likely to be maintained. Some
of the men manning the gunboats
Bravo and Morolos landed yesterday
at Vera Cruz and offered their serv-
ices to Diaz. Commodore Azueta,
however, refused to join the move
ment and had the guns of his boats
trained on the city.