Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-13

lBy Morning Journal Special leased wlre.l
Mexico city, Feb. ~. - Mexico s
capital was torn asundcr again today
hy shot ana she'll II was not until
o'clock tonight that the fire ceased
in al quarters. General Felix Diaz,
In command of the rebel forces. forti-
lied and entrenched in and around the
arsenal held his ground against the
federals. lie did more than this lie
subjected the city to more terrible
hombardmenl than that Of yesterday
enlarged his zone of action ana sent
forces against the national palace.
iut tonight Madero was optimistic
Throughout the hombardment and
the almost continuous rattle OF ma
chine guns and rifles. the president
went about his work in the palace,
apparently unperturbed. He took
cuunsei frequently with the finance
minister Erneslo Madero. From time
70 time he was in conversation with
General Huerta. the commander-in-
chief, regarding the plans Of attack.
Ills courage was great. his confidence
remarkable.
At the arsenal General Diaz calmly
directed the operations He charac-
terized them as solely defensive He.
too, was optimistic The number of
dead and wounded cannot even be
estimated, but is large For two
hours this morning In. rebel gunners
fained shot and shell at the lofty
structures Of the city from the roofs
of which federal sharpshoOters and
machine gun men had attempted to
rake the insurgents in the trenches
and behind the harricades Of the
arsenal. Tho shells from the heavy
guns were we'll timed. the explosions
throwing thousands of bullets over
the roofs. efectually clearing these
buildings for a time, at least, of the
picked federal troops.
Some of the rebels shells and not
few rifle bullets. reached the ma
lonaI palace, but none did serious
damage, hut 1t is not believed thar
Diaz seriously oontemplates at the
present time an attack on Madero's
headquarters tomorrow but the op-
erations of today indicate that Diaz's
strength has not been fully shown.
On the first day of the battle, it was
the government forces that burned
their powder To-day it was the reb-
els turn to be aggressive. Diaz
thought forth heavier guns than he
had used before. Two threatening
features Of the day were the appear
ance in the outskirts of the city Of
hapatlstas, who harrassed the gov
ernmont troops. and the release from
the Belem jail Of several thousand
pfisdners
Some of The latter had joined the
rebel ranks. hut others are foot free
and may turn to lootihg. The Amer
lean Ambassador and the ministers
of Great Britain. Germany and Spain
made protests to both MaderO and
Diaz against the "barharous and in
human warfare, but their protests
nave been in vain. A brief armistice
was arranged for a visit OF the diplo-
mats to the president and to the rebel
commander, but the continuity of the
hshting was interrupted but slightly
The staccato note of the machine
guns seldom was silent, nor was there
at any time "A long interval between
the roars Of the cannon. The British
legation was under the rebel fire for
a time. but the American embassy is
considered to be in a comparatively
safe district. on this account the
women and children are being
brought to that section, where an
american guard protects them. In a
iull in the fighting automobiles flying