The chronicle=news., 1913-02-20
Diaz Will be Candidate for President and
Zapafa Will Continue to Wage War
Against the Government
SITUATION CLEARING SAYS WILSON

I
as Poriorio DiaL WAS sent abwy aud
that his exile was 10 bc n Substitute
for III" trial for the murder or Col
on.l Rlveroi whom ha was accused
OF Killing ut the tim" OF his arrest
| In the national palace. Tho formal
accusation WAS mad. against him BY
| Attorney Carlos Salinas before tho
attorney general Of the republic. and
| /, was declared that the charge WAS
to be left pending. should h. attempt
10 return TO tho republic.
| Another report was that niu gov
crnmcnt was considering The ndviB.
ability o< him before tn. lunacy com
| mission.
| i,umors that all was not EoinH
well between General liuerta and
Felix Diak wcr" discoun,rnanc.d bY
tho fact that the two held recent
conferences regarding III" conduct
| ot affairs and often addressed each
other by first nnmcs.
Ambassador Wilson. who has tax
en- such u keen interest In tho cstab-
| ilshmcnt OF tn. new administration
| was In counsel with General liuerfa
und Diaz and was made tn. r"rip-
len, or frank condolences by both.
The cabinet at first agreed upon
by Hucrta ana DiaE was confirmed
In all details except In connection
with IN" minister OF finance In which
Esauivnl obroson was substituted
FOR Carlos Mnngrandon. The nam.s
for tn. portfolio were suggested by
Diaz and partytl by Hucrta.
Madero's Fate in Doubt
The fate or Francisco |. NIa,lcru
tn. deposed president OF Mexico.
was till In the balance this morn.
ing.
; Preparations had been mad. at
midnight Tor his dcpartur. with the
Nemhcrx Of hIs family intO exile hnt
these wcr. suddenly halted hy mys-
ItrrIoiis orders from General Hueria.
Sonora Mad.ro and the cN-prcsl-
dents two sisters and his aged faith
-r. together with the family OF cN-
vice president Suarez waited at tn.
station ready to depart for Vera Cruz
land thence for Europe.
! hut at the hour which had bccu
fixed for departure congress was
still In session discussing the situa-
tion.
Sonora Madcro and the ret OF her
party OF cxiics had waited impatient
Iy for more than two hours when they
were Informed by cN-forciIn min
lister Lasrurain that the cx.prcsidont
would he prevented from Joining
them In their journey
Sonora Madero ir Tears,
Senior t.tscurain declared that IL"
was unable to give any explanation
OF tho delay. Senora Mndcro. fear
ing tho intentions OF congress and
General Hucrta in regard To hcr
husband. wept profusciy. She and
her party then lef. the railroad sta
ton and went back to the city.
Only the optimistic residents OF
| ., fal nrnsrpI tn hp-
. Iicvo that the substitution OF Cen
crai Huerta for Francisco Madcru
will result In the restoration or
complete peace throughout the re.
public. II remains to be seen wheth-
er many of the rebel leaders VIII ac-
ccpt tn. Invitation extended to them
by Hucrta to join in an effort to re-
store normal conditions.
Zapata Still a Rebel
|. appears to he taken Tor grant
ed that Emiliano Zapata. "thc irro-
\ conciIiabio rebel" win continue at
the head OF his powerful force In
the soutl. whilc DR.. Faslucz Gomez
BY tho issue OF his proclamation
claiming the presidency had rendcr-
ed conditions in the north problem
atical.
Those familiar with the propogfn-
da of the northern rebels express III"
ibclief that Pascual OroZcO, lncH Slla-
zar and other leaders may not bo
satisfied with the selection Of only
one OF their comrades. David Dc La
Fucnte as "a cabinet member.
On the other hand IL was we'll
known that the men who have been
. operating in tho north are tired or
fighting and have repeatedly said
that their main object In doing SO
, was tho removal of Francisco Madero
from power.
Th" new administration will not
t.mDOrizc with any of tho rebels.
1t declares that all that IN possible
will be done to effect Il reconciliation
hut in tho event of failure in this
direction 1t proposes to wage viSor-
GUS warfare Already federal troops
have been sent to Cucrnavaca to
prevent the occupation of that city
by Iapata.
Only three Of those arrested by
General Uuerta and BlanQuct at tho
moment of the overthrow of Mndero
remain In custody. These are Fran
cisco T. Madero himself: Jose Pine
Suarc4. the ex-vice president and
Gonzales Garcia. who was governor
, of the federal district and who tn-
Cured Widespread enimity owing to
his close affiliation with La Porra'
> the political group directed by Gus
! tavo Madero.