The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-17

anosss az the aenateFs action, holds
fast TO his Office supported by General
Huerta-
Late this afternoon the zone Of
lighting seemed TO have extended, and
ii was said that federal troops were
Hiassing near the national palace for
another assault upon the arsenal :.
The truce was broken at o'clock
his afternoon when General piaz
discovered that the - federals were
digging entertainments and advancing
heavy guns, The rebels commander
Immediately turned his maxims upon
tire MaderkstaS holding that the pres
fdent hsd violated the arnaistice.
which was to have lasted till p III.
Truce is Broken.
IA was learned tonight that the
truce was broken because the Felicis-
taS observed federals, who appeared
To be digging entertainments a. few
blocks eastward TO the arsenal, and
. bringing mp heavy guns
Nearly 500 Americans left the city
today for Puchia-
Trains have been running toward
the gulf and the frontier with fair
regularity, hNt few people have en-
tered the city. Passengers for the
capital have stopped off AZ way sta
tons
The few who have arrived say that
me Cuernavaca region is tranquil,
and that there, have been no out
breaks at Vera Cruz, There were ru-
xaors in the capital that there had
been fightipg at Vera Cruz.
Capital Almost Gay.
The capital was almost gay TINS
morning for the first time SINCE the
revolt began. The arn1istice which
gent iz.se =4yperataon at 2. o clock TINS
morning encouraged many thousands
10 venture back 40 the center OF the
city. The shops were open, several OF
the larger markets received supplies
from the country and people were
able to buy food and other neces-
From dawn until neon the streets
were. crowded. There was feverish
activity Citizens staggered under
Burdens of food and clothing which
they were removing to places OF
refuge. The weli-to-do were able 10
ohtain cash from the banks and there
was more money in ciculation today
thar has been seen In the capital for
eight days.
Take Sanitary Measures.
The greatest boon OF all was the
opportunity that was given TO the
BED and White cross organization ana
10 volunteer sanitary organization To
remove from the streets such Things
as imperIlied health and were in a
way to produce pestiience. For week
the forty acres of the Alameda were
strewn with the bodies Of horses
The federal cavalry had used the
park for bivouaes and their position
had drawn destructive Smelling from
the arsenal. p
In many Of the principal streets:
bodies OF soldiers and of citizens nad
lain for DAYS buried under the wreck
age OF buildings. In San Juan DE
I,etran street twenty federais had
been Killed on Friday by tho expio~
sion of shell In warehouse, where
the men were CHARTERED Inc Voiuh
feers. made up Of Mexicans directed
IN Americans, Spanish and German
doctors. were able TO remove many OF
these bodies and to lessen to some
extent the peril of pestnence'
Garbage IL Burned.
Great heaps of garbage were ourn-
ed in the streets and In the pupIc
squares Sanitation experts exam
med the water supply for the purpose
af seeing whether or not 1t had been
contaminated.
In the short time permitted by tne
truce, everything possible WAS Done
nv patriotic MA9tcans and Intelligent
foreigners to improve conditions that
had become frightfui. only pegin
ming was made, but If the diplomatic
corps can obtain further afmlsslces
the conditions will be much improved
Week of UnciyiIlxed War.
None but one who has Witnessed tht
horrors OF the past week can appre
siaie the extent of the public rejoicinf
when il became known early thii
" morning that, truce had been declared
by mutual consent of the combataBts
For seven days a city of 5000 PEG
pie had endured warfare which rec,
oEnized none of the laws of civilized
fighting. Slx-inch field gums had duei
ed at range of from four TO twenty
blocks, sweeping the finest streets o.
the city with their shells. Night ant
day the people were alarmed by ths
terrific roar of the cannonadtng ant
were driven from quarter to quartz
as the zone Of fghting extended Al
classes suffered. The wealthy who's
homes were in the center of the cit.
were In better case than the unforfu
mates of the red light district. Doz
ems of fine mansions were wrecked o
burned Some of the most ornament
,.ss- iii buildings Of the capital viii bas
10 be rebuilt at enormous expense
In the mad warfare in the heart OF ,
great city, neither Madero nor Dia
counted the cost.
Dead, 200: Wounded. 1900.
A conservative estimate places tn
number of dead In the weeks fight
ING at 1000 and the number OF wound
ed AT more than 1900. This include
t9s soldiers. The Maderistas were b.
far the heaviest losers Diaz los
probably fifty killed and two hundre
wounded The federal troops, be
cause OF their hopeless frontal at
faeks on the arsenal in the face 0
deadly machine gun Are. Loaf prob
ably 500 in killed and 1000 In wound
ed.
One familiar with the capital coai
hardly recognize it's principal stree
after seven days of bombardment
This morning and iis the early after
aeon the streets betw cen ALAMEDA an
The National palace were crowded wit
citizens who had been in refuge. The
exclaimed over the evidence of ruin OF
every side In the crowds were hun
&reds OF weil-dresssd women of tn
better class, who took the opportunit
81 exciting sightseeing. They coiiecte
souvenirs Of the civil war-~fragment
Of shrapnel bullets. discarded rife
and reyolyeTs.
Diplomats Bring Armfstice.
sf.s afHasssss-e-. ws5ss ssTHaE fi fffrSfifgi
rssSsa xacS Tsrss of the AYaaYicai
srEhasBaaur. Henry IaHe wilson. IN
British minister. Francis w. Strange
the German minister Baron Vol
y}intxe. and tha Spanish envoy, Seno
ts1toEnu.
Most OF the night was spent by tn
foreign representative iu conference
over the situation
Mr.. Wilson and his colleagues dis
~uxsed she adyisahility Of removing th
embassies further from the zone o