The Springdale news., 1913-12-19

infanry in Southern California, squadron Of battleships and eruis- CTS at Galveston, and a smaller feet at san Diego Mr. Tat notified Di- az that no hostile move was iH5end- ed, that the soldiers were simply on ,he spot 10 maintain order
 In April there was light oppo- site Douglas, Ariz., between fader- a $ and rebels. and stray bullets wounded five persons in the Amer Iiean border town President Taf dispatched sharp Ho.e 10 Diaz Partly due to this. Diaz slipped 10 Vera Cruz and embaakad for Eu- rope Senor Franetsco de Ia Barra. who mad been ambassa adof at Haah- ington. be ame provisional psezident until Senor Made1o was elected on Oct 15, and took office The kind of suffrage pos s=ib'e in Mexico und- CT the best conditions was shown in .he fact that the successful can didase received only 23.ooo votes. The defeated candidate. Bernardo Reyes, Immediately started a reyo-t, but was shortly put=doWn.
 Matiero's Mistake.
 Then Madeelo made wha. many consider his fatal mistake. He re fused 10 follow the.cluel methods traditional in Mexico when rebels are caught He rt Reyes 10 =pris- on Tor sixteen years instead of fol- lowing the law Of fight, which would have resulted in shooting under pre,ense of justification. He caused 10 political executions. As a result, disorders We're continuous throughout his administration Ev- erywhree bands of robbers. masque- rading as patriots. footed, burn ed. blew up trains, massacred and carried off wome Zcap.iyes The barbarous Emiliano Zapata eontin= ued to fight in the south under some theory or other h the north Pasqual orozco, Madero,s ally, head ed an insurrreetion and even took Juafez.
 Moreover, Maaero-the philosoph= CT, the dreamer, the poet-had no been able to create an organization of upright men around him. His relatives led in the plunder Of the state and the "holding up" Of for eign investors There vas great pressure for intervention by the United States. but President Tat was adamant The northern reyo- lutionists made little progress after the United States Lad pla ed all embargo on arms and ammunitioni but the old "eientificos@ raised q new standard of revolt under the leadership of Felix Diaz. colonel of the army and nephew of Poffirio Diaz.
 Madero imprisoned Diaz But fe refused 70 follow the adage, When in Rome do a. the Roman do; he let Diaz live He sent him to Vera Cruz prisoner Consequently, Di- az was soon freed in a farcial raid. his guards firing single yolley ia= to the air The garrison declared for him But Ma4ero sent Gen. Banquet against him. and Biaz vas soon a prisoner again. Again 4e was allowed to live although tHe laws of Mexico a1ew q traitor 10 be put to death
 Nadefo lad put down two reYo= lutions of the eieutiti os No&=eamH the third and final one Ou Feb 9, 1913, about half the army HntiHi- ed and both ReFes and Diaz=@eee liberated
 Reyes was killed in an aeta k uP- on the national palace Then came the battle in the streets of Mexico There was an artillery fight be tween the arsenal and the national palace, iii which thousands of civili- ans, including many women and children fell
 MaIeros prin ipal reliance was hard-bitten old soldier Gen Vie tofiauo Haerta This man had earned d reputation as fighter, and little else suddenly he turned ,raitor 70 Mad ITO. The political bee had got into his bonnet Diaz thought Ae had goHe over to the ----'----
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