Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-02-27
HUERTA'S SWORD
is ALL-POWE RFUL
By Il He Intends to Maintain
Supremacy and Control.
WHOLE COUNTRY MUTTERIhG

WHOLE COUNTRY MUTTERlhG
Turbulent Republic Seems Ripe Tor
Another Revolt and Ready to Over,
turn Government Now in Power
Placards in Capital Announce Open.
Ing of Presidential Campaign.
MeHlco City, Feb. 26 - The iron
hand of General Huerta and his coun.
sellers is apparent in the capital CITY.
/ While the men of the new govern.
ment are claiming that the backbone
/ OF tho resistance to their regime is
broken, there is still great feeling
of discomfort and heavy patrols of
! troops occupied the principal streets
all dav. to prevent any disorder that
might assume serious proportions
Discomfort is Kept Quiet.
But HE discomfort is all below the
| surface 1t needs a great incentive
/ for the dissatisfied citizens to rise
| against Huerta, for they are much
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/ the government has announced it will
| employ. AIurmurings could be heard
( in various places, but the sight of
| Huertas soldiers or the municipal DO
1 lice was sufficient to quell any likeli-
| hood Of open rebellion
General DiaZ, the idol of the sol
diers, and General Huerta seem to be
| in perfect accord and determined to
stamp out uprisings at no matter what
cost in blood or lives. The capital is
very heavily garrisoned and troops
are still encamped in the public
streets, prepared for everything.
Campaign for President On.
/ There was grim humor in the APP
pearance throughout the capital of
political placards announcing the
candidacy for the presidency of Mex
! leo Of General Diaz, Rodolfo Reyes,
Vasquez Gomez and General Orozco.
The volatile Mexicans, apparently
forgetting for the moment that man
they had acclaimed as their chief ex-
ecutive but a short time before had
been shot down as a rebel and a plot
| ter against the peace of the country
went ahout the streets parading and
hurrahine for their favorities as If
nothing had happened to disturb their
quiet existence but the throes of a
political campaign The indications
/ are that the election will result in the
choice of General Diaz
Americans and other foreigners in
the capital have received with relief
/ the acceptance by Ambassador Wilson
of the governments version of the
killing of Madero and Pine Suarez
! It was generally admitted that no
! other course could have been pur
sued for if the ambassador had lent
! the weight of his official Judgment to
| the feeling against the murders, seri,
GUS trouble would have resulted For
the present then the tension between
| the foreign element and Huerta is
lessened and no further danger may
be looked for from that quarter for
| the present.
Maintain Supremacy with Sword.
But with all the governments pro-
/ testations of its ability to cope with
the great task that confronts 1t, with
all its claims of dominance in every
part of the republic In spite of the
great array of soldiers in the CAPT
tai and the sending of detachments
/ to all parts of the country, the Huer-
1 ia control is not yet founded upon
rock. 1t is established, but the prob
lem of maintaining it is a grave one.
From every quarter of Mexico come
reports of mutterings and murmur-
ings OF discomfort. Apparently It
needs but feeble flame to kindle all
this into activity against the party
now on top. So General Huerta and
his advisers are acting quickly and
forcibly. They see that their SUI
premacy depends upon the sword,
/ and wherever there is the slightest
pretext for using it they are ready
and eager to do so
Ninety-five federal soldiers are re-
ported to have been executed at
Suaz, near Juarez, because they re-
volted when news of the killing of
/ Madero and SuareZ reached them. No
confirmation of the story has been
received yet
Another Madero Shot to Death.
Emilio Madero. another brother OF
the slain president. was shot to death
at Monterey. 800 miles from here, in
the state of Neuva Leon
Emilio Madero was regarded by the
Huerta government as the greatest
surviving menace to its existence.
| Upon the summarily death Of his
brother, he took to the hills near
Monterey and called to his standards
all who would espouse the cause Of
his family. He was speedily joined
7 by a formidable army of more than
1000, Bands of armed men we're on
their way to join the beleaguered
army in the mountains Of Neuvo Leon.
and he was winning adherents from
all parts of the republic This made