Evening star., 1912-09-15
Don Porfirio is elected. Viva Don Por-


firio.'
.'The most dramatic incident / wit
messed during the war was THE cool braV-
cry of Madero one night when Orozco,
under a misapprehension as to his chief 8
treatment of him and his soldiers, called
Madero out and placed revolver to his
head.
The peace negotiators who came up
from DiaZ played a trick on OroZco. who
had been promised by Madero that he
should have the first money obtainable to
purchase food for his men. as they were
on the verge Of starvation. Two or the
peace negotiatorS surreptltiouSly gave
Gen. Villa $1,000 to buy food for his
troops. Then they lured Orozco into Ell
Paso. and after thoroughly saturatlng
him with liquor. told him that Gen. villa
at that moment was spending $1,000 given
him by Madero. This program had taken
most of the night and about . a. m Oro-
eco, drunk and furious. came to our hotel
shouting to his friends that he was go
ing over to kill Madero, and for every
body to come along and see the fun.
Bravery of Madero.
Leaving our hotel he went across to
the municipal building, where Madero was
sleeping, drummed on the door and de-
manded that Madero come out, which
presently Madero did. Orozco showed a
Colt revolver in the face of his chief and
accused him of giving money to villa
and withholding it from him. He said
that Madero should die, and he was go
ing to kill him.
"Madero never flnched, but demanded
that Orozco hear his defense Being en-
tirely innocent he could not imagine any
way in which Gen. Villa could have got
hold of 81 600.
Still holding the pistol to the side of
Maderos head, Orozco permitted him to
address the troops. which he did as calm
1y as if his life We're not at stake. lie
told them he had not given the money to
Villa, offering to prove the truth of MS
words if granted the time. His speech
was magnetic that the troops called
upon OroZco to remove the revolver from
Maderos head and give him an oppor-
tunity to investigate. He then sent Tor
Gen. Villa. who. meanwhile, had bought
beans and corn for his men. When Villa
arrived he told the truth. and the con-
sequence was that the peace negotiatorS.
who had been holding peace meetings all
day and coming over to FL Paso at
night were notified that they were non
persona grata at the headquarters OF
Madero.
Rafael Hernandez represented Diaz in
the peace negotiations conducted at
Juarez. When the agreement that Diaz
should abdicate was reached 1t was
drawn up and sent to the City Of Mexico
for DiaZ to sign.
Diaz Refused to Abdicate.
Don Porfirio stubbornly refused to
sign the abdication papers, although his
representative had agreed that he should
do SO. Thereupon the Maderistas made
a demonstration in the City of Mexico
which grew so violent that armed bands
paraded the streets and surrounded Diaz
at the palace. Still Don Porfirio refused
to sign. Finally his wife, who is much
younger than himself, became so fright
ened by the mob that she used all her
powers of persua sion to force the old
man to sign for the sake of saving their
lives She told him that she well re-
membered the fate of Marie Antoinette
He remained obdurate
About L. o'clock at night the mob be-
gan to throw stones at the palace, where
upon the excited wife of the president
rushed into his room with her grip pack
ed, crying frantically that she was GO
ing to leave the country on the instant
He could remain if he SO desired. His
answer to her entreaties was to seize the
document which she presented him and
tear it in pieces.
THE mob will kill you before morn
ing she wept, falling on her knees be-
fore him.
Unable to bear her agitation and fin
ally convinced of his danger. he sudden
ly sat down, wrote out brief statement
of abdication, and signed il.
The long reign of Don Porfirio was
over.
When DiaZ had resigned Madero went
to the City of Mexico and took up affairs
of state. leaving his insurrecto troops
at JuareZ under the control of OroZco.
When he became president. apparently,
these soldiers thought themselves neg
lected, and, having nothing to do. they
arranged another insurrection. giving as
reason that Madero had not carried
out the reforms they had been fighting
for. What these reforms are they do
not know themselves Nobody knows
The soldiers who then followed are now
fighting against his troops because, in
his prosperity, they claim, he has for
gotten his former friends"