Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
MEXICO.
W.-The Death of Madero.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

PreSl0cnt AaderO ) QepOSltlon ana
death were the climax of the most dra-
matte military coup d'etat in the tur-
bulent history of Latin America True
to tradition, the cientifico plotters chose
Sunday-February 8. 1913-for their
last desperate effort to restore the old
order.
Gen Bernardo Reyes was in the San
tiago military prison, Col Felix Diaz in
the national penitentiary. Gen. Mon
dragon. chief of artillery, marched with
a force of federal troops from the Tlal-
pan barracks and a detachment of cadets
from the national military academy to
the Santiago prison and released Gen.
Reyes. The rescuers had brought along
his uniform and sword. Hastily donning
them and placing himself at the head
of a detachment of soldiers, including
some of his late jailers, he marched
to the national palace to demand the
surrender of President Madero. This he
confidently expected to receive, but a
blast OF fire from a battery of machine
guns moved down the attacking party.
Gen. Reyes fell dead and more than one
half or his troops We're killed or wounded.
Gen. Mondragon had proceeded to the
penitentiary and had freed Col. Diaz.
who Immediately established himself in
lne cllauei OF arsenal, the prompt sur
arransaS prnsidan. u zen p,esiousiy
command of the garrison at the national
palace Gen. Victoriano Huerta, a griz-
zled old tghter. who long had been the
first finger of Porfrio Diazs iron hand
in Yucatan and elsewhere.
Between the citadel and the national
palace. six blocks away. a fierce ARTILLERY
duel was waged for week. The badly
aimed smells did Tar more damage TO the
property or private citizens than to the
paIdce OF the CITADEL \ reign OF terror
ensued- foreign residents fled to their le-
CATIONS Al WASH nston, london, Paris
ana bernn the gravest anxiety was felt
LOT the ioTelgn colonies at Mexico City.
PRESIDENT Iail was again subject to pow
erIui pressure Tor intervention. The SEN
tlrnent OF the world was anything is
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The fighting stopped as suddenly "a il,
had beg,,p Gen u,a,,, 80 60 -.
o w. iaN
IN { ana
UlaZ and Huerta agreed that Made
ro must he elim;-
Come to Terms. n..aa 1,,,.
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turned 10 the nationai palace and FEB
| ruary IS President Madero and Vice
President Suarez were arrested Within
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uas VI
tanned ana placed IN the hands OF the
minister of foreign relations, Senior Pc
dro Lascurain. who appointed Gen. Huer-
:. ,-..o g ,xhornooion IT, uos;.r,,o
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tons were submitted TO congress, and de-
spite the fiery protest of the speaker,
Senior Francisco Escudero. against the
,,hl,o ,rooaaa;no wara accanted vhara-
"Ao'e '.s.1.,a,u,.
upon SeloI Lascui an '-u.oiia. ieoit' III
der the Mexican constitution, became
president. lie promptly resishsu ana
was AUTOMATICALLY suecesueo ia turn os
the minister Oh gooernacoii, VINO, .haIiss
to the previous arrangements was none
other than Gen; tuerta-
The new provisional presiueht no" hau
senior Mauero anu oenor oueA' stlIppeu
OF their oinces' on ms naHus. FEBRUARY
- they were killed Wniic pells trans
ferred from tne- naliohal pa!ace 10 the
penitentiars. Fresiueh. IIueI.a ilIaoe an
ofnciai explanation , TOT erea.e t, secu-