The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-02-14
zoo KILLED WHEN
SOLDIERS REVOLT
AGAINST MADERO
REBELS RELEASE DlAZ AND
REYES FROM PRISON AND
STORM PALACE
GEN. DIAZ In FULL CONTROL
Four American Warships Are Rushed
to Southern Republic to Protect
Citizens of u. S.-Taft and Cabinet
Consider Situation.


Consider Situation.
New York, Feb lin response to
a cablegram requesting an authorita-
tive statement on the situation in
Mexico City, Gen Felix Diaz, leader
| of the revolt, cabled as follows:
Mexico City, Mex, Feb 10, 1913,
The revolt is in progress All the
| chances are in our favor. i will pro-
tect all American citizens and prop
erty as | did when | was in control
of the port of Vera Cruz.
FELIX DIAZ."
Rush Warships to Mexico.
Washington, Feb. 11.-Rush orders
were sent to Rear Admiral Charles
Badger, in command of the Atlantic
fleet at Guantanamo, to hurry two of
his best battleships, 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 special cabinet meet
ing.
Will Fight to Finish.
Mexico City, Feb. j0.-Following a
HnJ of
tai, in which 200 persons were killed
and 500 others wounded, the fate of the
republic of Mexico under President
Fra cisco /. Madero is trembling in
the Balance. The long predicted re-
volt against the present regime, which
has been smoldering practically ever
since Madero overthrow Portirio DiaZ,
was realized when large part of the
federal troops revolted released Gen.
Felix Diaz, nephew of the former pres
ident, 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
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
oil
shot down by the bullets of the oppos
ing forces.
The city is in an uproar of excite
nent and suspense; mons 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.
Daz 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
sion and uneasiness to those in the
unrising, but their hearts rTere glad
dened in a few minutes by the clatter
of hoofs and amid wild cheering, the
cavalry appeared with Gen. Felix DiaZ
and Gen. Ber1 ardo Roves at their
head. The two leaders had been liber-
ated from EelemI prison, where they
were placed on December IL, 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 # the pai-
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 gum
ners on the roof of the palace was
poor and the onlookers in the Zoca,o
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 were 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
pavements we're stained with blood
Meanwhile General Diaz had at
tackled the arsenal and, after a 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.
Ship Distressed at Sea.