Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
PALACE REVOLT;
MADER0 DEP0SED
PRESIDENT, HIS BROTHER AND
ENTIRE CABINET, SEIZED
BY FORMER AIDES.
AUERTA is DICTATOR
CABAL WITH CiAZ PUTS CITY IN
THE HANDS OF THE
REBELS.
Western Newspaper Union News seri,y.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Mexico City, Feb. 19.-Overthrown
by his own troops, and made pris
oner in the national palace, Francis
President of Mexico.
General victoriano Huerta, COM
mander of the fedora! troops, was
proclaimed Provisional President
With General Banquet, commander
of the troops at the palace, General
Huerta day ago entered into the
conspiracy that resulted in the over
throw of Madero.
Rebel forces are in full control and
the city is virtually ruled by mill
tary dictatorship.
About the time Madero was seized
by Banquet, Gustavo Madero. his
brother, the former minister of fin
ance, was arrested by General Huer-
ia, who was dining with him in pub
lie restaurant. All members of the
Cabinet promptly were placed under
arrest, with the exception of Ernesto
Madero, the uncle of the President
> who held the portfolio of finance. He
was apprised of the intentions
against the Madero government, and
escaped.
Jose Pine Suarez, the Vice Presi-
dent, was also arrested and held
prisoner in another part of the palace
from that where Madero was con-
fined. Each man was under guard of
two soldiers.
The ministers of Madero's Cabinet
were given parole until o'clock this
morning.
Senior Juan Canchez a~cona, pri-
vate secretary to Madero, has fled the
country in an automobile.
The American ambassador and 9TH
er foreign diplomats held a confer
ence at the American embassy to dis
cuss the re-establishment of order
and the further protection of foreign
residents.
The Zocalo, the great plaza, in
front of the palace, was jammed with
q delirious crowd, with banners in
scribed Peace and Liberty shout
ing for Diaz, Huerta, Banquet and
Mondragon.
The women members of the Ma
dero family, who were in Chapulte-
pee castle, were whisked away in an
automobile by friends. who had
learned of the coup at the national
palace.
kilograms have been sent to the
governors of the states, notifying them
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visional President. and also to the
military commanders, assuring them
that general elections will be held for
President.
General Huerta made speech from
the balcony of the palace to the az
sembled crowds. He declared that he
had no personal ambition, and an
nounced himself as military governor
and General Banquet as military COM
mander of the Federal district
END violence!" Is U. s. Demand.
Washington. The United States
government, 1t was announced after
an official conference, will lodge a de-
mand for the protection Of its citizens
and their property with the new gov
ernment in Mexico.
The overthrow of Francisco l. Ma
dero and the accession Of General Vic
toriano Huerta to the Presidency will
not alter the United States policy o.
keeping war forces in position to
strike quickly and effectively If at
tacks on Americans make invasion
necessary.
Ambassador Harry Lane Wilson will
move at once with General Huerta
for the protection of Americans. His
first duty will be to treat with the
new President for amelioration of the
conditions imposed on Americans AMI
other foreigners as a result of the
fighting in the streets of Mexico City,
in which some foreigners were killed
others wounded and thousands rem
dered homeless.