Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14
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the cannon and machine guns subject
eG foreigners in public buildings in the
City of Mexico TO araking crossfire.
Government and other foreign resi-
dents of the capital spent a night Of
terror. . - X ~
Marauders, !. liberated conFictss of
Fallen prison roamed the residence
districts, pillaging. saeking and burning
deserted houses. This continued till
daylight. Thousands of foreigners
Representing all nationalities. fiocked
ITO the American quarters last night.
Ambas sador Wilson pressed twenty
autos into service and before dayligif
these had carried seven hundred
americans out of the danger zone.
Thousands of natives are fleeing
from the city amid great confusion.
Practically no effort has been made to
care for the dead and wounded. Many
Of the wounded have died for lack of
medical attention and the city is
threatened with a pestilenee, as a re-
suit of the presence everywhere in the
business district Of deeomposing God.
ies.t s5Ss. 49,
Madero has expressed willingness to
move the seat of government, If the
situation does not improve within q
day or two, but this is as far as he will
go. Diaz fatty refused to listen to
any terms of peace unless 1t involves
complete surrender by Madero. 5
The Times building, a four story
biiek structure at Second avenue and
University street, and the Deeny build:
ing, FIVE story building adjoining
the Times, in Seattle were partly
wrecked by FIRE TO-DAY.
Ambassadors Of the Powers met in.
formally in the foreign Office today to
consider the request of Turkey for the
iiteryention of the Powers in the Bal
kan-Turkish struggle.
The bambardment of Scutari is said
to be proceeding. -
AntfAmerican feeling at Acapulco,
hexico, eliminated in an assault by a
mob upon two officers of the cruiser
Denver, before she departed yesterday
for Acajutla, Salvador. ..:..s.. Il. +
fer Aeaiutla, Salvador , - -,
cruisers surgeon and Ensign Guthrie,
who were passing through the streets.
Neither were injured. y -.
= The. new Japanese premier, Count
Gembei Yamamoto, and the members
of his cabinet, have postponed their
official installation to Office, owing to
the decision of the old Constitutional
Earty not to appoint any purely nom
party cabinet. - ..-., :.
Gripped by the lowest temperature
Ct this winter, ten degrees above zero,
New York's poor today are suffering
terribly and are facing the prospects
OF worse conditions IL the weather
b; reau prediction of still colder wealth
err comes true.
All last night and today charity
workers were busy on the lower East
SIDE, rushing fuel to the poorer class
es where many tenement dwellers
were dismantling their homes and
tprning the fittings of their tenementl
TO escape death by freezing.
= Secretary Knox and Ambassador
Jrsserand, of France, today signed
convention to extend for another
period of five years the arbitration
treaty between the United States and
France, which will expire March II.
"President Taft" said an official
tere today, will ask congress for per-
mission to intervene in Mexico if an
archy continues to spread, if the de-
mand of the ambassadors for all cessa-
ton OF hostilities continues to be fg-
nCred, if another Power threatens to
interfere, if the Madero government
falls, if rules of civilized warfare are
ignored, if communications between
Washington and Mexico City are sew