The chronicle=news., 1913-10-18
RETIREMENT OF
AUERTA IS A
POSSIBILITY

Nufh,iiston. OcN. IO5ribiilti"h
OF Huertus Immediate retirement
commanded foremost attention In the
Mexican situation here today aud
administration officials were await
inY adviccs iG supplement ihcs" of
late Yesterday which suggested very
strongly that Mcxico's provisional
prseid-nt ha! bcen deferred only for
lack of agreement on n mrn 10 sue
r..d MIN,
iilnnIucf. minister of war. on. nf
III. group Aho acted with Hu.ita In
the downfall of Mudcro. WI, men
TONED n. - svcccssor. hut not approv-
cd here.
DIPLOMATS aISO N.r. of th. opinion
;has nianIu"' wn. ineligible b.-,,ise
he WAS hor, IN Spala and til. M.<I-
can constitution demands a nniiy--
born. Whether Hlauau.t eould re-
li.,. the situation with til. Uni:ed
States siso WAS u question discussed.
Reports at Hucrta'- rc,iv.msn,
r,nnors cr death plots against friiS
piax. u rival pr-sidcniiAi candidate.
aud the attitude OF foreign govern
m.nts. which already aYc'fscoxrix-
cd ifu.r.a and some o! which ar. re-
Iard"d as svMpaihi.ing with the 10
aiiion of the rnitcd States. all served
to make the present situation more
compI-,.
The attituI" of cr-a, Britain. a,-
-crdin. TO thosc vito know the views
Of the Washington administration. IN
causing ~oin. ron,crdn. American
officials showed soec disaproin, men,
to learn tina, Sir C,on.i Garden rrr.
srntcti his crcdsaslsis TO Hucr,a the
dsy alter he hat proclsi,ncd himself
a. dictator.
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Mexico ci,,. MeSieo. Oct. IS.-
Sc'cniy-four ~ thu iio mcinb-rs sf
the Mexican chamber OF Deputies ar.
rcs,~a BY order Of PRO. i.ioasi Pr-s,-
dent Hurrta Octoss s>to werv rors.si-
Y srrnicp ~ .tc3..t hc1S.e ,as- s~eoud
fudge of the federal district who has
had charge Of the Investigation Into
the eases. The period of filing .hsrx.
cs nnainsi the deputies expired today.
The charges entered againrt the
deputies today were all for political
offences designated by tho Inv na re-
hcliion. scdition and ''insuiis'' to I'M
port,nt public fnnctiouarter.
Ten Of the deputies. against whom
there was said to be- insu ufficicn; ",.-
ticnc". were released today. The 9TH
ers had been previously ~, ~ iib-r-
ty
II WAS expected Yesterday that Ro-
dolfo Reyes. formerly provisional
minister Of just!ca. AMI Jorge v.ra
Estanoi. formerly provisional minis
ter of pnblic instruction. would b.
released. bu, they were among those
kept In captivity,
The sensational arrest Of the dcpu-
ties on Ortohcr 10 was sequel to
their passage of resolutions demand
Ing an inv"sti cation into the disap-
pearancc Of senator Dominguer and
warming the provisional president
that II h. did noi guarantee their
immunity from arrest they would
hold their sessions somewhere else.
Douglas. tri,.. Oct. 18th. an
cicnt custom OF h"ral,ling victory by
making public demonstrations with
the heads OF III" conquered. wa. re-
viycd at sucrt.. sinsloa. at tn" time
of its occupation by the rebels two
weeks ago. according to stories told
today by travellers who reached here.
Following the invasion Of Etiertc.
the story runs. Yaaui Indians pur-
sued the rc,rcating federal army and
captured. among others. Prefecto
n federal commander. The
Indians put him to death and re-
turned with his head, parading II
about the streets on u pole.
Torres. II is reported. had threat
ened to execute any Consiitutiona1tst
who fell into his hands.