The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-02-21
Renew The WAR
Mexican Capital Again under
Rain Of Shells.
MADERO STILL IS PRESIDENT

His Resignation, Demanded by Senate
and Once Authoritativeiy Announe.
ed, Ia Refused at Last Moment, and
Arbitrament Of Fire and iron IL
Again invoked to Remove Him.
truce established in Mexico City
between President Madero and Gen
eral Diaz ended by mutual consent.
and machine guns on the roof of the
arsenal began sweeping San Juan
Plaza, south of the Alameda, where
the federal troops@had taken positions
for a renewal of the assaults on the
rebel fortress.
Francisco q. Madero is still presi-
dent and the issue between him and
General Felix Diaz must yet be fought
out.
The capital was almost gay Sunday
morning for the first time since the
revolt began. The armistice which
went into operation at o'clock in the
morning encouraged many thousands
to venture back to the center of the
city. The shops were open several
of the larger markets received sup
plies from the country, and people
were able to buy food and other
necessaries.
From dawn until afternoon the
streets were crowded. There was
feverish activity. Citizens staggered
under burdens of food and clothing
which they were removing to places
of refuge. The well-to-do were able
to obtain cash from the banks and
there was more money in circulation
than has been seen In the capital for
eight days.
Bodies Removed from Streets.
The greatest boon of all was the
opportunity that was given to the Red
and White Cross organizations and to
volunteers and sanitary organizations
to remove from the streets such
things as imperiled health and were
in way to produce pestilence. For
a week the sanitation had been indie
scribable. The forty acres of the
Alameda were strewn with the bodies
of horses. The federal cavalry had
used the park for bivouacs and their
position had drawn destructive she'll
ing from the arsenal.
In many of the principal streets,
bodies of soldiers and of citizens had
lain for days, buried under the
wreckage of buildings. In Juan De La
Letran street, twenty federals had
been killed on Friday by the explo-
sion of a shell in a warehouse, where
the men were quartered. The volun-
teers, made up of Mexicans, directed
by American, Spanish and German
doctors, were able to remove many
of these bodies and to lessen to some
extend the peril of pestilence.
Wreckage of Weeks Warfare.
For seven days, city of 100000
people, had endured warfare which
recognized none of the laws of civil
lied fighting. Six-inch field guns had
duelled at a range of from four to
twenty blocks, sweeping the finest
streets of the city with their shells
Night and day the people were alarm
ed by the terrific roar of the cannon
aiding and were driven from quarter
to quarter as the zone of the fighting
extended All classes suffered. The
wealthy whose homes were in the cen
ter of the city were in no better po-
sition than the unfortunates of the
red light district. Dozens of fine
mansions were wrecked or burned.
Some of the most ornamental build
ings of the capital will have to be re-
built at enormous expense. In the
mad warfare in the heart of great
city, neither Madero nor Diaz count
ed the cost.
One Thousand Killed.
A conservative estimate placed the
number of dead in the weeks fight
ing at one thousand, the number of
wounded at more than 1900. This
includes citizens and foreign resi-
dents as well as soldiers. The Ma
deristas were by far the heavier
losers. Diaz lost probably fifty killed
and 200 wounded The federal troops,
because of their hopeless frontal at
tacks on the arsenal in the face of
deadly machine gun fire, lost probably
600 in killed and 1000 in wounded.
There was better feeling in the cap
ital as a result of President Taft's
announcement that there would be no
Intervention at this time. The Amer
lean presidents denial of rumors that
were given credence by General
Camacho and many of the senators
had a good effect.