The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-16
ARE REBELS, HUERTA SAYS.
The Deputies Plotted to Aid Car
 PanZa.

City of Mexico, Oct 1l.-President Huertas defense of his action in causing the arrest of no members of the Chamber of Deputies is that the deputies were reVOlutionists. It is his belief, as he stated it, that they represent the Caranza senti- ment in the capital.
 In a proclamation dissolving the chamber it is frankly stated that their threat to remove themselves from the capital and hold sessions where they would enjoy the pro lection which they alleged was de- nied them here meant that they would transfer their sessions to ter ritory controlled by the rebels.
 His Tolerance in Vain"
 The proclamation says the eX- ecutive has intervened with good offices repeatedly in order to pre- vent clashes between the chamber and the other branches of the gov ernment and has carried prudence and good will to an extreme by going repeatedly to ask the depu- ties to reconsider their illegal acts, but his tolerance has resulted in nothing further than obtaining ad- dtional proof that the body was de- cidedly of a revolutionary character and was resolved to finish with the executive power, by whatever means possible without caring that the gravest possible consequences were entailed by such conduct"
 Wouldn't Give Him Money.
 The executive has been able to convince himself" continues the proclamation, that a majority of the deputies had resolved to deny him all financial assistance in spite of the abnormal conditions through which the country is passing and the grave obligations which 1t has both at home and abroad"
 The chamber, the president as serted, even overstepped the bounds of common courtesy and decency. He had seen himself alluded to in a way profoundly offensive and ca Luminous by the committees ap- pointed to investigate hypothetical olfenses.
 No One to Lead It.
 If the undersigned" the procla- nation adds, saw in the rebellious attitude of the chamber a co-ordi- nate movement emanating from public opinion, with leaders capable of taking over the government and conducting the country to days of prosperity, he would gladly abandon power and give it into expert hands. Nothing of the kind is happening. The opposition of the chamber was due to the most conflicting motives and the most divergent aspirations
 Tt can be asserted that if tomor- row this body were called upon to designate an executive of the uhlon' there would arise in it one of the most bloody of battles over the re- mains of public power"
 The minister of foreign relations called on the diplomatic representa- tlves today and explained at length the attitude of the administration ullu beIeFal HueFJd ueslIe to h''N the election as planned.
 Deputies Still in Prison.
 The deputies still are in prison. A report that some of them had been killed is without foundation, The government officials apparently have not made up their minds as to what disposition to make of them.
 Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the Ameri- can charge, was beseiged today by the wives of the imprisoned depu- ties. More than a dozen of them called at the embassy and implored him to use his influence to obtain the release of their husbands and secure guarantees for their safety President Huerta assured MT: OShaughnessy tonight that none of them would be mistreated.