The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-24
|D|Az SEEKS PROTECTION
UNDER STARS AND STRIPES.

aboard the MORO Castle but this was
not confirmed.
My plans are rather unsettled"
General Felix Diaz today told a Un-
tied Press correspondent, with
touch of irony.
It's plain am undesired in Mexi-
,, co at least by some persons. do
not know when / shall leave this port
If at all. Most of my friends are here
l have been advised to remain here.
have been considering the plan OF
going to Mexico City within forty
| eight hours so as to be there before
| the election on Sunday. However all
that is uncertain"
| The persecution OF my followers
and friends since | returned to Vera
Cruz can be construed in no other
way than a hostile action against me,
a direct attack on me, of course it Is
plausibly explained by my opponents.
ut all seems very strange to me as
have been on the very hest terms
with General Huerta and am exceed
ingly friendly to the Huerta govern
ment.'
While Diaz was talking he was In.
formed that a party of friends aud
leaders in Oa1aca had been arrested
as they were coming to Vera Cruz by
special car
The escape of Diaz to the AmerN
can consulate was dramatic. Since hid
arrived In Vera Cruz he had kept
L n ypit In tbc y, ;.,l
inlaw, a lawyer.
I Yesterday the place was surround.
ed by secret policemen, police in un.
! form and soldiers. This gave rise to
, the report that Diaz had been placed
dnder arrest. However, he was not
. taken into custody, but merely kept
, under surveillance. When Lind and
/ Canada and their marine escort ar
! rived, they were not molested for the
q soldiers had no orders covering such
s q contingency General Diaz emerg-
n ed with the Americans and ali walked
4 slowly along the streets to the Ger
II man hotel which they entafed' Tha
4 American consulate adjoins the ho.
q tel and entrance to it can be mado
$ over the roofs. Diaz entered the con.
g sulate by that route. Both the h3te,
= and the consulate were immediately
a guarded by police and 1t was said
a that Diaz would be arrested II he
4 appeared on the street
\. The officers of General Diaz's dipIo-
4, matte suite who were arrested when
o they arrived in Vera Cruz were order
If ed taken back to Havana aboard the
n Gunboat Zaragosa The warship will
W sail as soon as the Morro Castle mat
" ter ts cleared up. The ofIicsrs were
to remain in Havana when Huerta's
a representative tried to pursuade Diaz
n to stay there. 1t Was first ordered
ff they be court martialed for insubordi-
of nation but this was countermanded
10 and their deportation substituted. 1t
Or was said that Huerta offered General
d Diaz special train ant military es-
II cort to Mexico City and the offer was
promptly rejected.
NJ Diazs friends were today trying tc
"a arrange for a special train OF their
IS own to take the leader 20 the cap1 /
- Huerta's Announcements.
tAiN~NiSo Ill NCb. G4.-IeDera
- Hurta's announcements to the diplo
- matte corps that he was not candi
date for election to the presidency
=. - vas not taken very seriously today
:, by foreigners in the capital 1t was
:, pointed out that the dictator had MOI
= issued any formal statement to his
people, telling them not to vote TO,
him and the handbills announcing hi,
81 candidacy with that OF General Blan
~ quet for vice president are still scat
oh tered about
st
~, General Huerta early today supple
i mented his statement to the diplo
:. mats by informing them that he woult
. not brook interference by any foreigi
10 lower. This was construed as an at
ia tempt by him to counteract the feel
N, ing that he has Disseminated agains
an the United States by taking adyic
90 from Sir Lionel Garden, the Britisl
.rs minister.