Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-28

, eign warship."
: The two Mexicans who sought re
! fuge with General Felix Diaz OF
! board the U. S. gunboat Wheelins
; last night have played prominen
} parts in Mexican politics. Cecilit
Ocon was charged on May 23, 1913, Ii
: the Mexican chamber of deputies by
Puerida Moheno, now minister of for
eign affairs, with being "the actual
murderer of Gustavo Madero"
This denunciation was made in con
nection with demand for an appro
priation of $4,000 to be paid to Ocon
Tor service rendered to the govern
ment.'
Jose Bonales Sandoval, the other flu
gitive, was an attorney in Mexico
City and an adherent of the late Gen
eral Bernardo Reyes, at one time sec
retary of war. who was shot while
leading the rebels toward the national
palace during the attack by Geieral
Felix Diaz in February. this year.
Sandoval was arrested on March 2,
| 1912, in Mexico City, charged with re.
ballion, when he came there with
what purported to be an autograph
letter to President Francisco Madero
from Major Cuartes Hagedron, of the
United States army stating that the
tearer and many followers of Reyes
| t., tl,o 10 hn
| TO return TO Mexico City and resume
their vocations.
i l.. Blum. the American horseman
arrested yesterday in Vera Cruz was
taken into custody in August last in
Mexico city, charged with being impli-
Mexico City, charged with being impli.
Gated in plot to assassinate Pro
visional President Huerta. The police
declared that fund was being raised
to pay the assassin and alleged that
| Mr.. Blum was to be subscriber. He
was, however, released later, having
denied the charge.
| Diaz's Presence Reported.
| Washington, d. G., Oct. 2S.--Gener
al Felix Diaz was given asylum in the
American consulate at Vera Cruz and
on the gunboat Wheeling at the direct
| instructions of the United States gov
ernment, cabled few days ago by
Secretary Bryan to Consul Canada, in
structing him to shelter Diaz if his
personal safety was endangered.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, in command
of the squadron at Vera Cruz, report
ed the presence of Felix Diaz and his
party as refugees on the gunboat
J Wheeling in an official dispatch re-
ceived at the navy department shortly
after 1890 a. m. The navy depart
ment Immediately called on the state
department to decide what disposition
is to be made of the fugitives.
The gunboat Wheeling, because of
her light draft, has been held at Vera
Cruz with the single purpose OF af-
fording refuge to political fugitives
as well as officials of the American
embassy or other Americans or for
eigners who might be in distress.
The Wheeling was chosen for that
particular purpose because she was
able to approach the shore at Vera
Cruz whereas the big battleships un-
der Rear Admiral Fletcher's command
have been obliged to anchor six miles
out. Officials here say there is no
question whatever of the right of
naval commander to extend asylum to
such fugitive as Diaz, as there have
been many precedents to support such
action.
Would Grant Request.
The reported appeal of the French
minister in Mexico City to Charge
O'Shaughnessy for an American war
ship to protect the French colony at
San Ignacio, Sinaloa had not reached
Washington today, but if such a re-
quest has been made it probably will
be s anted. The cruiser Maryland, is
due today at Mazatlan, Sinaloa. The
cruiser California is at Guaymas with
the supply ship Glacier and the cruis- |
er Pittsburgh leaves San Francisco
for the Mexican Pacific coast Satur.
day.
If news of the distress of the French !
colony at San Ignacio reaches any OF
these vessels, asylum will be offered
20 any refugees without the formality
of request from the French govern
ment.
The policy of the United States in
recent years has been to guard very
jealously the extension of the right of
asylum and its efforts have been gen.
orally directed toward greatly restrict
ing such rights. At one time it was
proposed to secure an international
agreement abrogating the right of asy-
um to political refugees, but that
movement did not succeed. The latest
position of the government as now
lpplied to the situation at Vera Cruz (