The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-02-10
FEDERAL
MEXICO City


He was also granted many conces-
esions by the government, and the reb-
els charge that he went to Japan to
sell to that nation a Pacific coast coal
ing station to raise money to fight the
rebels.
Gustavo Madero wears a monocle,
and SO strong is his influence over his
brother that the rebels call the Ma
dero rule "the one-eyed government"
+ General Felix Diaz, who is now the
supreme leader of the rebels in the
capital, was under sentence of death
by military court martial for his re-
cent attempt at rebellion at Vera
Cruz.
General Reyes was in Jail awaiting
trial for attempting to start revo.u-
Ion in Nuevo Leon about year ago.
General Huerta is to be the COM
mander of the south in the new re-
colt, it is declared, and General Pas
cual OroZco, Jr., is to take command
in the north, while General Trevino is
to be president and General Felix
Diaz is to be secretary of war
The present uprising is strictly an
army uprising, but has the approval
of the rebels.
Sundays revolt had been expected
for a day or so. Even Saturday af-
ternoon code messages were sent to
rebel leaders all ovor Mexico and in
border cities in the United States to
be prepared for something big"
Only two weeks ago a rebel ticket
was announced at San Antonio, Tex,
which was said to have the approval
of all rebels, with General Trevino for
president and General Diaz for minis
ter of war. 1t is for this ticket the
present revolution is being pushed.
Francisco de la Barra, former pro-
visional president of Mexico and prior
to that Mexican ambassador to the
United States, was named for one of
the cabinet positions under the new
regime General Samuel Garcia Cuel
lar, former chief aide de camp to
General Porfirio Diaz. was named as
another officer for the proposed cabi
net.
81 Reyes Reported Killed.
Another report says that when Gen
erals Diaz and Reyes were released
from prison they were taken to the
palace by the troops.
II Suddenly the south door of the pal
ace, known as. the presidents door,
flashed open and from within came
the report of rifle.
Z At the same moment General Reyes,
standing near Diaz, crumpled into a
head and died instantly.
His death was the signal for gen
ara1 fight. In an instant the machine
runs on the roof of the cathedral be-
gan splitting their hail Of lead and
steel and simultaneously the artillery,
which had approached from the south,
began an attack on the cavalry.
The mob in the streets swung about
and beat hasty retreat for any kind
of shelter. In a minute or two the
Zocalo plaza was filled with the dead
and dying. Everywhere a pool of
blood marked the place where bullets
had found mark and where the
shrapnel and the solid shot Of the
field guns worked carnage.
Your correspondent was in front of
the national palace when the firing
began. He ran across the plaza with
other thousands of scurrying men, wo-
men and children, scores of whom fell
in their fight to cover.
It is conservatively estimated tina;
200 were killed in the Zocalo plaza
and 500 wounded. Outside the plaza
resembled a shambles. The battle IA
vored the federa!s, who, not keeping
faith, Diaz turned the machine guns
on the troops below.
It is impossible to make forecast
of the outcome, but if the mobs get
the upper hand it is likely to be re-
petition of the Paris commune. A
large Maderista mob found vengeance
in destroying the buildings and plants
of the -Maderista papers, Ell Pals
and La Tribune.