Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-02-14
REBELS RELEASE DiAZ AND
REYES FROM PRISON AND
STORM PALACE.
GEN. DlAZ IN FULL CONTROL
Four American Warships Are Rushed
to Southern Republic to Protect
Citizens of u. S.--Taft and Cabinet
Consider Situation.

Mexico City, Mex, Feb. 10, 1913.
''The revolt is in progress. All the
| chances are in our favor ! Will pro-
| tect all American citizens and prop
erty as / did wheS>I was In control
Of the port Of Vera Cruz.
FELIX D1AZ."
Rush Warships TO Mexico.
Washington. Feb H. Rush orders
| were sent to Rear Admiral Charles
Badger, in command of the Atlantic
fleet at Guantanamo, to hurry two or
| his best battIeships. one to Vera Cruz,
| the gateway to the present storm
center in Mexico, and the other to
Tampico, which is also dangerous
revolutionary center
simultaneously orders were sent to
Rear Admiral w. w. Switzerland to
dispatch the armored cruiser Colo
| RADIO, now at San Diego, CAL, to
Acapulco, which the smaller cruiser
| Denver is now protecting.
President Taft took this action at
the close of q special cabinet meet
| ing.
t. VIII Fight to Finish.
| Mexico City, Feb. l0.-Following a
day Of bloodshed j. the national capt.
| tai, In which 200 persons were killed
and 500 others wounded. the fate of the
| republic Of Mexico under President
| Fra cisco~I Madero Is trembling IN
the balance The long predicted re-
| volt against the present regime, which
has been smoldering practically ever
| since Madero overthrow Porfrio DiaZ,
| was realized when large part OF the
| federal troops revolted, released Gen.
Felix Diaz, nephew of the former pres
idant, and Gen. Bernardo Reyes, an
other Diaz adherent, who had been
confined in Belem prison since last
December, and with these two popular
idols at their head descended upon the
| national palace.
Madero Defends His Palace.
President Madero, forewarned of the
| movement, hastily summoned those
| troops who had remained loyal to him
and, with the aid of machine guns.
net the insurgents in front of the pal
ace. For more than an hour the Coca
| 10, the plaza which faces the palace,
was the scene of fearful carnage
soldiers and spectators alike being
shot down by the bullets of the oppos-
ing forces.
The city is In an uproar OF excite
ment and suspense; mobs are every
where; mounted guards patrol every
street in an attempt to allay the ex-
element and unrest Madero is in the
national palace surrounded by regi-
| ment O; volunteers whose loyalty is
questioned.
Diaz and Reyes Released.
Soon they were joined by the revolt
ing federals, their number including
several companies of cavalry. When
their forces appeared to have reached
the number expected to join in the
movement they suddenly disappeared
This was cause Of great apprehen-
sion and uneasiness to those in the
| UPRISING, but their hearts were glad
dened In few minutes by the clatter
of boots and, amid wild cheering, the
cavalry appeared with Gen. Felix Diaz
and Gen. Berr ardo Reyes at their
head. The two leaders had oeen 1iber-
ated from Relem prison, where they
were placed on December ~, when
they were brought up to Mexico City
| from Vera Cruz as prisoners of state
Occupants of Palace Alert.
Meanwhile the occupants OF the pal
ace where on The alert For months
| machine guns have been mounted on
the roof of the palace and they were
soon manned.
Suddenly from the roof If the pal
| ace came the rattle and roar of the ma
chine guns. The Maderists had turned
loose. The populace, without warn
ing. suffered equally with the rebels.
Around the palace were drawn up a
| regiment OF volunteers, still loyal to
| Madero. These the revolving troops
attacked, and for more than an hour
the battle ragged. The aim of the gun
ners on the roof of the palace was
poor and the onlookers in the Zocalo,
who ran in terror in every direction
for point of safety, fell in their
| tracks. either killed or wounded.
Bodies Lying Everywhere.
| General Diaz, realizing that he was
| outnumbered. retreated Taking the
crack First regiment with him, and
| followed by more than 500 sympathiz-
ers, the rebels moved away. AS they
left the plaza bodies we're lying every
where. In some places there were
| three or four on top of each other.
| while many persons were struggling
| to get away as fast IS their wounds
would permit The grass and stone
movements were stained with blood.
Meanwhile General Diaz had at
tackled the arsenal and. after q sharp
fight, was soon in possession 1t was
| rumored that General Reyes had been
killed In the onslaught at Zccalo. but
! the rumor has not yet been confirmed