Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-29

Vera Cruz, Oct. 2S-Mexico, as rep resented by her authorities here, is chuckling over the Diaz incident; Diaz is resting contentedIy aboard the American Warship Louisiana, and Rear Admiral Fletcher is wondering just what disposition Washington will ask him to make of his self-invited guest.
 This was the net situation at the close of General Felix Diaz's first day as a refugee. Ashore the arrest of two or three persons of lesser importance served to sustain interest but there is one feature which is not generally known, and that is that the German consulate has become an asylum for follower of DiaZ. Rafael AlColea, brother-in-law of Diaz, alarmed for his own safety, sought refuge with Consul Gertz. The Mexican authori- ties apparently are ignorant of his presence there.
 No Order for AIcoIea's Arrest.
 Friends of Alcolea expect to get him out of the country at the first oppor- tunity, and the possibility is that he, too, will become a refugee on a war ship. If so. it is probable that the Hertha, the German cruiser, will be chosen. No order has been made for his arrest.
 Both Rear Admiral Fletcher and President Wilson's representative, Mir Lind, reported the flight and subse- Quent doings of General Diaz to their respective departm ents, but so far as is known have received no answer. The admiral assumes that he will be instructed to put Diaz and his two companions aboard some passenger steamer whose schedule does not call for a stop at Mexican ports, or set them ashore from some warship at an American port.
 Diaz in AdmiraPs Mess.
 General Diaz and his fellow fugitives displayed marked signs of relief when they reached the warship but not greater than did the authorities ashore, whose attitude is that Diaz has relieved them of an embarrassing pO- sition, They insist that they have no orders to protest and express the belief that General Huerta is highly pleased that General Diaz has chosen to elim- mate himself In such q manner No henors were accorded General Diaz when he went aboard the Louisiana, to which he was transferred from the Wheeling but marked courtesy was shown him by the admiral, who as- signed him to his own mess and sent the others to the ward room,
 May Locate in Europe.
 A long rest in the afternoon served to restore General Diaz's nerve, which seemed to have been badly shattered 
 ments since he arrived in Mexico, He explained that he had consented to take refuge in the consulate and then aboard g. warship only after deciding that this was ''the last extremity to preserve my life"
 He added that ne had no plans ex- eept to avoid being set ashore in Mex ico; It was probable, he said, that he would establish a residence in Europe in the end, although he thought he might spend some time in Havana. On his own testimony he would not be welcome in the camps of the rebels and his presence there would probably mean his death,
 Safe Nowhere in Mexico.
 General Diaz finds himself in a more awkward predicament than most refu- gees, as there is no quarter of the re- public in which he considers himself safe, His wife is still in Vera Cruz and was no less apprehensfve as to his safety than he himself, She expressed her delight that her husband was now safe aboard an American warship.
 The Vera Cruz papers give much prominence to the resignation of Diaz, attributing his position to undue par icipation in recent events. The mili- tary authorities here have reported to the capital, but have received no in structions relative to the case.