The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-07

but have never got any reply to
that.
Tells OF Call ON Ambassador.
Proceeding to give the details OF tho
interview with Ambassador Wilson on
February go, while Madero and Pine
Suarcz were still alive, Sonora Ma
dero said:
II told him that 1 had come to him
to seek protection for my husband
who was prisoner In the palace"
what can l do for you?
want you to use the power OF
the United States to protect him.
said. Cannot you offer him asylum In
this embassy7
mo he answered: do not caro-
to talSo such responsibility upon my
self or my office
"Thon 1t was" continued Sonora Ma
dero, that L asked him to send tho
telegram to President Taft. AFTER he
had promised that no would do so, tho
!, conversation was continued.
Il will be frank with you, madam
| the ambassador said. Your husbands
downfall is due to the fact that he
never consulted with me. He never
wanted to advise with me-
II could make no reply to this" said
Sonora Madcro to-day. plaintively. Il
( had gone there to ask him Il favor"
You know. madam the ambassa-
dor continued, your husband has pc
|
that my husband was crazy.
| II said to him, Mr.. Ambassador, my
husband has not peculiar ideas, but
high Ideals
ITO this he made no reply. I told
him then that ] asked the same assur-
aiice as to the safety OF tho Vice Pres
ident Jose Marie Pine Suarez. as 1
asked for my husband. He replied:
II cannot give the same assurance.
/ That kind of men has to disappear.
because no Is one of the leaders of the
/ Porra party.
I "Mr. Wilson used the vulgar EXPIRES
sion for the progressive party of Mex
leo | urged upon him that Senior Pine
Suarez had n wife and six children,
who would be in want If he died. as
he had no fortune TO leave them. but
lie merely shrugged his shoulders.
"Then he told me that General
! Huerta had asked him his advice as
to what should be done with my hus-
band and the other prisoners.
! What did YOU tell General HuertaT
| I asked.
And the ambassador replied that he
! had said to Hucrta:
"'You must do what you think best
for the interests OF the country
IIns No Reply for Them.
My sister-in-law interrupted here,
saying:
why did you say that? You know
and are going TO kill them But he
made no reply.
Then the ambassador told me that
my husband was unpopular. and
asked him if that was so. why he was
not permitted to 20 free. since he could
do no harm. ana go to Eurone. His
! reply v2S "a 2ca1S1 ;;sG that t.hn ne-,
son OF my husband. the President,
would not be touched.
"One other thing | recall in connec-
ton with our interview. The ainbas-
sador told me that he knew before
hand all that was going to happen. and
/ that was why he suggested my hus-
| bands resignation.
"'But il you knew that MIR. Ambas-
sador.' l asked. why did you not tell
my husband?
No, he replied. that would not
have been good policy, because then he
might have taken precautions against
| it
"Ail Of these things come to me now
/ in disconnected form. There was much
more. but | cannot remember. | told
tile ambassador my husband was very
| uncomfortable in his prison, without
bod or food except the kind OF food
that he would not cnt. He was veg
etarian, and they persisted in serving
him meats, so that all he had to eat
was bananas and bread. The ambassa-
dor remarked that no seemed TO be
getting along all right.
He rests all right he said. for he
has slept hvo hours hand-running.'
Sonora Madero drew from her port
folio n copy of the telegram which her
mother-in law had prepared for Pres
ihent Taft. Every member of the Ma
Gero family believes that had it reached
its destination the crime of February
90 would not have been committed.
Her Message to Taft.
'''rhs Is the cable message which the
amba ssador said he would send for u.s.
said the widow OF the President. 1t
is dated:
Mexico. D. +, % February. 1913
ITO the President OF the United States.
Mr. w. II. Taft:
81 pray YOU 10 intercede in order
that the agreement made with my son
and his friends with General Huerta
TO permit them to go to Europe may be
carried out. Their lives are in dan
ger, ana above all they have right
to liberty. because they are honorable
men. and this was the expressed con-
dition on which he resigned, as IS
known to some or the foreign diplo-
matists who interviewed In the matter.
II address you as II mother in trou-
BILE, who appeals to the only person
whose influence can save the life of her
son and assure him his liberty.
"MERcEDEs G. DE MADERo"
SO far as can be learned this telc-
gram was never sent. After Sonora
Madero reached Havana, following the
assassination of her husband. the Pres
ident. ahc wrote. under date of March
, the following letter TO President
Taft:
10 His Excellency. the President OF
the United States, Hon william II
Taft. Washington. d c.:
Sir address these lines to Your
EXcellency in order to inclose a copy
of telegram which my mother -in-law
Sonora Mercedes e. DE Madero, wrote
To Your Exccllency February last
through the United States ambassador
Hon Henry Lane Wilson which tcie
gram ! personally delivered to him
with the request that ho be kind
enough TO forward same in code.
"As Your Excellency will see by the
contents. we implored your influence tt
assure the life Of my husband, SenoI
Don Francisco {. Madero. so dear To us
CAS- events TRANSFERRED and we re-
ceived no reply from Your Excellency
we desire to know whether or not this