Arizona republican., 1913-02-23
Wife of Deposed President of Mexico Pleads With Huerta to Spare Her Companions Life, But Gets Small Consolation
IS TOLD ALL RESTS
 WITH CONGRESS-
Is Not Allowed Privilege of Conversation With Man She Loves, the Guards Being Instructed to En- force Orders of Incom- municatiO
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2Z-f rdnClSCO L Madero's wife stood before Gen eral Victoriano Huerta. the provision al president and pleaded today for clemency for her husband. She left the national palace with no assurance of her husbands safety and she was forced to fOrego the consolation of conversation with the imprisoned eX- president whose guards are enforcing rigidIy the orders of incOmmunicatO. Huerta treated the dOwncast and frightened woman with every courte- sy. but explained that in view of the investigation to which EX-pres1dent Madero will be subjected. his fate is in other hands, intimating that con gress will probably render the final decision.
 From the state of COahuila and other northern parts of Mexico where rumors of dissatisfaction with the new administration are rife. more re- assuring news reached the capital to- day Governor Carranza of the state of COahuila who joined hands with Emilio and Raoul Madero brothers of the deposed president is said to have been unable to increase his fol- lowing Governor Villareal of the state of Nuevo Leon, father in law of Gustavo Madero who was recently shot to death at the capital. relieved the situation by resigning from of flee.
 The most active trouble with which the government has to cope is being caused by groups of southern rebels, One band of four hundred men to- day entered the village of Ozumba on the inter oceanic 1dIway and footed and burned the public build ings.
 A force of federal troops sent from Amecameca was repulsed though the government losses were slight Fur ther endorsements will be sent from the capital and a second effort to dislodge the rebels will be made.
 To an emissary of the provisional government the rebels said they would recognize the government when it adopted the plan of San Luis Po- tosi, as revised in Tacubaya- This revised plan is that which sought a year ago to place Emilio Vasque2 Gomez in the presidency.
 VERA CRUZ. Feb. 22.-The report ed antagonism to the new federal administration on the part of officials of the state of Vera Cruz was dis posed of today at a conference here between Enrique Copeda. governor of the federal district and the civil and military authorities. Copeda or ( ra Velasco. military commander of Vera Cruz and the civil authorities of this state. all of whom pledged loyalty tC Huerta provisional president Cope da said the rebel leader Zapats would probably accept the new condi- tions If not the government would institute vigorous campaign against him and his followers.
 Volunteers Are Disarmed.
 FL ASO. Feb. 22.-By a ruse 35' federal volunteer troops were dis armed al Chihuahua according to the report of passengers arriving here today Feeling runs high over the incident Eight hundred volunteers retaining arms. threaten to leave the state capital where nearly two thOus- and federal regulars are also sta toned The volunteers were decOy- ed into stacking their rifles and ther disarmed.
 Revolutionists in northern Mexico will not lay down their arms unti the solution of the agrarian problem it was reiterated today by Manue L. Lujan. former rebel agent a Washington. A telegram received today from General Mondragon, min. ister of war of the Huerta cabinet authorized Lujan to treat with th' various rebel chiefs and form a truce with the federal troops. After ac- cepting the armistice, Lujan vii journey to Mexico City and lay be fore the party in power the demand of the rebels in the north. It will b. proposed to borrow thirty million pesos on lands in Mexico. With thi loan, the rebels propose to install at once d system of land grant whereby farming and ranching prop critics may be secured on easy pay ments at periods of from twenty t fifty years
 By offering attractive homestead it is hoped to dispel quickly the re volutionary tendencies, leaving n more banditti than existed before tn first revolution. The first problem however will be to combine tn many groups of rebels scattere through the border states and als placate the federal volunteers an former insurrectos of the Madero up rising.
 Lujan says that General Salaza