Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-02-19
clever SCHEME OF GENERAL HUERTA RESULTS
IN THE ARREST Of PRESIDENT MADERO AND
ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVISIONAL government
FIGHTING STOPS
AFTER LONG
BATTLE


Mexico City, Feb. 19.-The fall Of
the Madero administration in Mexico,
brought about by the well arranged
plot of the federal military leaders,
has been received in the capital with
general acclamation. 1t is not known,
however. how the rest of the country
will receive the change. The part
played by the United States embassy
in the settlement of the ten days
battle gained for the American flag
such a tribute as never before was
witnessed in Mexico.
After the messenger from the Uni
ted States embassy, Henry Berlinger,
had gone through the fire of the reb
el lines to the arsenal, conveying the
message of peace sent by Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson, he drove to the
national palace in an automobile bear
ing a white flag on one side and the
Stars and Stripes on the other.
By the time he emerged from the
national palace after delivering the
note to General Huerta, the crowd out
side had learned the import of his Wis
it. The temperance Of his machine
was the signal for a tremendous oYa-
ton.
Through an immense mass Of hui
manity gathered in the zozola and
along San Francisco street the big
automobile picked its way slowly amid
applause with the Stars and Stripes
flying in the wind. Group after group
of people on the street caught up
the cry "Viva los Americanos' until
the entire city reverberated with the
cheering.
Had Feared Intervention
For days the entire population of
Mexico City had regarded interven-
ton by the United States as practic-
ally inevitable. Mexicans Of the nom
combatant class suffered divided emo
tions Of hope and fear. Thousands,
although deploring intervention by any
power, had come to the conclusion that
the good offices of any nation were
preferable to the wanton destruction
Of property and awful loss of life
which had been occurring, with neitht
er side gaining any apparent advant-
age.
After the arrest Of President Made
70, General Huerta declared that he
would deliver the position to anybody
who was legally named
viii Hold Special Election
1t is understood that special genera
elections will be called immediate
to select a successor to Madero. In
the meanwholie Huerta has assumed
the post of governor general and has
appointed General Banquet military
commander of the federal district. All
this was done without the agreement
and without the knowledge Of Felix
Diaz.
Huerta Ignores Dlax
General Huerta placed the bold
stroke Of taking Diaz at his word
given some days ago when he said he
was not fighting for personal ambi
tion, but merely for the removal ol
Madero. News Of Huerta's coup was
sent to Diaz through the American
embassy It was very late at night
before the final peace papers were
signed by both parties, The first Off
cial act Of General Huerta in his new
capacity was to send notification to
the American ambassador as to whai
had been done. The note asked Am
bassador Wilson to advise President
TAFT and the members of the diplo
matte corps that the battle had been
closed. thus ending the danger to the
lives and interests Of foreigners. Huer
ia asked the ambassador to permit
his Office 70 be used as a channel fol
NEGOTIATIONS with the rebels in the ef
fort to bring about complete under
standing