The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-24
D|AZ SEEKS PROTECTION
UNDER STARS AND STRIPES

aboard the MORO Castle but this was
not confirmed.
my plans are rather unsettled"
General Felix Diaz today told I'M
tied Press correspondent, with
touch OF irony.
It's plain l am undesired in Next.
co at least by some persons. do
not know when shall leave this port
If at ALL Most of my friends are here
have been advised to remain here,
have been considering the plan OF
going to Mexico City within forty
eight hours so as to be there before
the election on Sunday. However all
that is uncertain"
"The persecution OF my followers
and friends since I returned to Vera
Cruz can be construed in no other
way than hostile action against me,
a direct attack on me, of course it Is
plausibly explained by my opponents.
1T all seems very strange to me as
l have been on the very lest terms
with General Huerta and am exceed
ingly friendly to the Huerta govern
ment."
While Diaz was talking he was In.
formed that a party of friends aud
leaders in Oaxaca had been arrested
as they were coming to Vera Cruz BY
special car.
The escape of Daz to the Amer
can consulate was dramatic Since he
arrived In Vera Cruz he had kept
close within the house of his brother
! in-law, a lawyer.
Yesterday the place was surround.
ed by secret policemen, police in un.
form and soldiers. This gave rise to
the report that Diaz had been placed
dnder arrest. However, he was not
taken into custody, but merely kept
under surveillance. When Lind and
Canada and their marine escort ar
rived, they We're not molested for the
soldiers had no orders covering such
! q contingency General Diaz emerg-
ed with the Americans and ali Walked
& slowly along the streets To the Ger
:. man hotel which they entereei The
American consulate adjoins the ho.
, tel and entrance to 1t can be mado
over the roofs. Diaz entered the con-
sulate by that route Both the hbte,
and the consulate were Immediately
guarded by police and 1t was said
that Diaz would be arrested II he
appeared on the street
The officers of General Diaz's diplo-
, matte suite who were arrested when
, they arrived in Vera Cruz were order
ed taken back to Havana aboard the
Gunboat Zaragosa. The warship will
sail as soon as the MORO Castle mat
: ter is cleared up. The oficars were
, to remain in Havana when Huerta's
, representative tried to pursuade Diaz
to stay there. 1t Was first ordered
+ they be court martialed for insubordi-
r nation but this was countermanded
and their deportation substituted. It
r was said that Huerta offered Genera
1 Diaz special train an4 military es
i cort to Mexico City and the offer was
promptly rejected.
+ Diazs friends We're today trying tc
a arrange for special train OF theiE
: own to take the leader 30 the cap1 |
Huerta's Announcements.
. MEXICO CITY, Oct 24.-Genera
Hurta's announcements to the diplo
y matte corps that he was not a candi
date for election to the presidency
: vas not taken very seriously toda,
(, by foreigners in the capital. 1t wa.
!, pointed out that the dictator had no
issued any formal statement to hit
people, telling them not to vote 70,
him and the handbills announcing hi
y candidacy with that OF General Blan
q quet for vice president are still scat
u tered about.
- General Huerta early today supple
, mented his statement to the diplo
!, mats By informing them that he wouI
. not brook interference by any foreigl
- power. This was construed as an al
Ia tempt by him to counterfeit the fee
=, ing that he has Disseminated agains
II the United States by taking adyic
9. from Sir Lionel Garden, the BIRTHS
rs minister.