The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19


President Huerta has not resigned. nor
has he fled from the capital. When seen
nf the national palace at ) o'clock this
afternoon he said he had no intention
ef doing either.
when l resign, said General Huerta
1T will be to seek a resting place six
feet in the soil. When flee the capital
1t Will be TO shoulder rifle and take my
place in the ranks tc fight the rebels
This was President Huertas answer to
queries as to whether there was any
foundation for reports which Nave been
freely circulated in the capital and have
found their way to the United States.
General Huerta looked the picture of
health and energy He greeted the AS
sociated Press correspondent with ex-
treme cordality, asked for a cigarette and
listened TO the explanation of the motive
for tho visit
so II is reported that have hed,p the
President said. "You can see for yourself
that am here at my post. To say that
J have resigned or intend to resign is an
absolute faisehood. have no intention
of resigning.
Should the elections. which will be held
ms / have promised, Indicate another for
the presidency l shall step aside. Until
that time you will find me here comply
ing with my promises to the nation, which
are to re-establish peace, within the law
If possible but to re-establish peace"
President 1Iuerta interspersed his talk
with anecdotes illustrative OF his points.
ssAnother thing said the President II
havc money for my requirements. Don't
you think / haven't. Where did get it !?
Ny secret. he responded tapping his
enest with satisfied smile. But z /
have it,
On the question OF pacifcation he de-
clared that before the end of the month
the government would have retalxen Tor
reon and made headway toward the pa
asiiication of the state OF Durango II
have 5000 men at Hipolito.' said the Pres
ident, knowing on Torreon and 1000 more
are proceeding north from zacatecas"
In reply to a suggestion that further
rtinors were afloat to the effect that a
troop train proceeding TO Torreon had
been blown up. he exclaimed: More
lies; nothing of the kind has occurred
In the opinion of General Huerta, the
sensational rumors have originated with
the enemies of the administration at the
capital and elsewhere for the effect they
would have with the revolutionists.
General Iuerta is working from 10 to is
hours daily, sleeping at odd times, when
fatigue overtakes Him. He adopts yari-
ous ruses to escape the scores striving 10
reach him with personal affairs. He slips
ont of unused entrances and takes round
about routes to hide his whereabouts.
Col Carlos Aguila, his son-in-law, who is
with him almost constantly, sought him
today in half dozen haunts before To-
eating him in the palace.
Mexico City, October 1S.--About "A of
the 110 members of the Mexican Cham
ber of Deputies arrested by Huerta's
order of October 10. were today formal
IL arraigned for trial. The period in
which, according to the law, charges
had to be preferred against the depu-
ties or their liberty given them, eN-
pired this forenoon. The charges
against the deputies today were all for
pclitical offenses designated by the law
as rebellion sedition and insults to-
Important high functionaries believed
to be reasonable.
Ten Released
Ten of the deputies against whom
there was said to be insufficient evil
dence were released. The others had
that Rodoifo Rey0. formerly provi-
sonal minister of justice, and Jorge
Vera Estanol; formerly provisional
minister of public instruction. will be
released but they Were among those
continued in prison
The sensational arrest OF the depu-
ties on last Friday was a sequel of
their signing petitions demanding an
inquiry into the disappearance of Senior
Dominguez and warning the provisions
al President that if he did not guar
antee their immunity from arrest they
would hold their sessions somewhere
else