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FIGHT CONTINUES
IN MEXICO CITY
Both Sides Resume Fierce
BOmbaTdment
BIG GUNS AGAIN IN PLAY
President Says Marines Have No Or.
ders to Land, But Says Situation 10
"Most Dangerous"

President Says Marines Have No Or.
ders to Land, But Says Situation 10
"Most Dangerous"
Mexico City, Feb. 1S.-The ninth
days fighting between the federals
and the reb els began early. 81.
General Rubio Navarette, command
ing the federal artillery, opened fire
on the arsenal from batteries planted
in the Gale San Juan de Ie.ran,
which runs north and south i've
blocks east of the Diaz stronghold.
The center of the city is now prac-
tically clear of foreigners and citl-
zens. The American residents had
taken advantage of Sundays truse to
retire to the Colonia Roma or two
small towns near the capital or to
entrain for Vera Cruz. Before the bu-
giles sounded from the federal lines
200 Americans, including many WON
Vera Cruz.
Although the fighting was as { ere
as on any day since the revolt began,
there was less alarm among the GILL
zens, because the diplomatic Prps
had been able to get the cons OF
both Madero and Diaz to limies the
area of fighting. The artillery and ma
chine gunfire was confined to the dis
trict between the Alameda al the
Ciudadela and to a few streets che
eastward of that district. Mo- blls
dropped anywhere near the American
embassy.
At daylight federal batterie II nd
sharpshooters occupied the Cal IAN
Juan de Letran, the Plaza S.,8 de
Juan and several narrow sire In
that quarter. General Navaret :, lad
placed machine guns on the r" OF
the general postoffice, near til Ma
tional theater and on tall buee pgs
commanding streets hitherto uscS by
the Felicistas in their sorties. 80
The federals opened the fighting by
a vigorous Smelling of the arsenal.
Heavy field guns directed a hot fire
against the arsenal. General Diaz and
General Mondragon resumed wi h
their heavy guns at long range attack
upon the national palace and used
half a dozen field pieces that were
mounted On the roof of the arsenal in
an attempt to silence the federal bat
teries in the Gale San Juan de Lee
tran. simultaneously the rebels oper-
ated numerous Maxims against the
Mederistas in the Plaza de San Juan.
Erip
General Huerta, the federal COM
mander-in-cfief, believes that the reb-
els can be starved into submission.
The government says that Diaz's
troops are now subsis.ing on horse
flesh and that the rebel commander
has not been able to get supplies from
the outside. The governments plan Is
to Earass Diaz until the rebels have
used up their ammunition and their
food supply.
President Madero agreed ,tst she
revolt can be conquered &rya
ton. The government now Insists
that further damage to public and pri-
vate buildings will be the fault of the
febels.
There was a sensation when 1t be-
came known that the government had
discovered a conspiracy among we'll
known residents to further Diaz's
cause. Many arrests of prominent
Mexicans were made and the govern
ment has redoubled its precautions.
Strict censorship on all dispatches
was maintained by the government
Operators reported that among the
messages disapproved were several
code kilograms filed by the diplomats.
of the American ambassadors dis
patches had been refused by the CEN
sors.