The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
REPORT MADERO
AS RESIGNtNG
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to be planning to dynamite four solid
blocks Of the best houses and the finest
commercial buildings between the arsenal
and the national palace. Federal engi-
neers were going over the ground. and
were said to have begun planting mines
at o'clock in the afternoon. The stated
object was to give free play to the
Madero gun fire.
F:kai ut Close Range.
At ont time IN the morning Diaz ad-
vanced n third Of the distance between
the arsenal AID the palace. There was
desperate close range encounter and
the rebels retired to their shelters.
There was a desperate and significant
I1utiny in Madero's ranks A detachment
o. the Twentieth Infantry. stationed be-
tween the two strongholds. turned or
its officers about noon, killed ten OF
tEcm and then made a dash for tho
Diaz lines. throwing away their guns in
sign to the rebels that they were friend
ly. The mutineers were intercepted by
local cavalry and forty of them taken
az prisoners to the palace.
Another American woman was added
to the list of dead to-day. She was
Mrs. Greenfield. the mother of Harry
Greenfield. an employe of the Mexican
Light and Power Company. She was
killed by shell while attempting to
cross Victoria Street.
The people fled by thousands to the
districts outside the city proper, beyond
the range of guns. They remained as
long as there was even a chance of Sc
curity. but the spreading fighting lines
made safety precarious in every popu-
lated section.
Food Prices Soar.
In the streets to-day could be seen.
during the lulls in the firing. steady pro-
cessions of men. women, and children
some bearing mattresses and tents, some
carrying the sick upon their shoulders.
Food continues to increase in price and
scarcity. The menace OF pestiience from
the dead bodies Of men and horses grows
A burning sun beats upon the bodies.
The conditions are indescribable
Many OF the refugees have found
shelter in churches and converts. 1t is
not certain shelter. Five nuns and seven
other women were killed this morning as
they knelt in prayer for peace in one of
the converts. The shell went through
the heavy walls and bursted among the
group of worshipers.
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson is
the central and controlling
figure in the movement of foreigners
against further destruction of life and
sage to-day asking that the Embassy.
which houses scores of refugees, be re-
moved to some other part of the city, so
ttat cannon could be placed at his doors
to lombard the arsenal. Wilson refused
He went on housing the Americans and
other foreign refugees in his building
ard apartments surrounding it,
To him D.az sent an appeal later ask
inS recognition as a belligerent.
in NJ h. cit, he
leader said. Mr.. Wilson declined to rec
cgnize the plea.
Sends Message to United States.
The ambassador forwarded a message
10 the United States. in which he said:
American citizens here are in great
peril because Of an urban warfare being
conducted in violation of civilized prac-
tees and Intern: -tionsl rules The Amer
lean colony has no protection either from
the government or from the revolution
lists: but American organizations are en-
deavoring to meet the situation. Amer
lean relief corps arc doing excellent serv-
Ice, not only for Americans. but for all
More than one Thousand
Americans here have been removed from
the line of fire and placed in safer local.
tiles.
About II o'clock the White Cross So.
,iety procured an agreement of truce in
1rder to Collect the dead and wounded
AS usual in the oarbarism of this un-
pa aralleled conflict. the brave servants of
mercy We're fired upon during their work
in spite If the truce. There has been
no law and little honor in the fighting
Madero in the early afternoon sent
another message to DiaZ. demanding sur
render. l. was. of course. futile. and
brought a reply in the form Of a re-
doubled canronade from the streets and
around the arsenal
In spite of Mr.. Wilson's refusal to
move the embassy, the FederaIs began
moving batteries into the vicinity of the
American representatives headquarters
IT noon. Such action was vigorously
protested against by all foreigners who