Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-10
PRESIDENT MADER0
FLEES FROM CAPITAL
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Taken by Surprise.

he army in connection With a nor
'ughly planned plot OF revolution caus
ID a sudden attack on the militar.
Prison. the release of General Fell;
Diaz and General Bernardo Reyes ant
/ subsequent storning of the palace
Diaz was under sentence Of death fol
eading the Instruction ut Vera Cruz
Reyes was captured while endeavorinG
to foment another Instruction. n il
was while in jail that they PLANNED the
present uprising.
Reyes, within IN hour of his release.
was dead-kilied in the attack on the
paIate. The number killed is fixed al
$50. Madcro IS practically a captive
In the palace.
4 condition. bordering on anarchy ex
listed. AMI tine army Is in complete con
troll of the situation Its main wing Is
stationed OH IN eTinence commanding
M unobStrurted view of the city prop
err, and its gums are trained on all !ln
principal points. SantrieS giltru The
principal pubic buildings. %inciudin=
the national palace. all OF which werr
seized.
The uprising came like a thunderclal'
and before the city could awaken to its
peril all the principal public buildings.
Including tie national palace were IN
the hands Of the army No sooner
were the soldiery In possession of tile
palace than sentries were placed In ~!
the public squares and prominent thor
oughfares- All passersby were chal'
lenged.
Led by students of the military
school. supposedly loyal troops first
freed the iml risoned generals. Felix
Diuz. nephew of the drI,sed president.
and bernardo Reyes. considered the
brains" OF the revolutionary move
u,ent. and with those intrepid leaders
at their head. attacked the national
palace. Reyes was killed lis the first
encounter.
Colonel Diaz is n nephew OF Porfirfo
DiaZ, who was ousted from the presi
depcy and took refuge in flight just
prior to the revolution which resulted
In placing AIadero IN the presidential
chatr For weeks there mas been a
feeling Of unrest, but 20 quietly were
all arrangements for the revolt made
that when the uprising anne 1t found
the federal government unprepared to
cop-- with the situation.
In a State Of Terror.
The residents Of tue city are in Il
tate of terror, and so Ear none has
been able to forecast just what Is in
store for them. The udherents of the
Madero government realize that their
safety lies. In flight. and they are ieiv
Ing the city as speedily and stealthily
MS possible. The main body of troops
In stationed on the height OF Gnide,
loupe and from this commanding emf.
nence occupies Il strategic position.
which gives an unohStructed view OF
the Plaza and the main observation-disclosures
OF the natiOnai capital.
The seriousness of the situation Is
heightened by the close proximity of
the rebel army. which engaged In a
skirnlish at 1lapiam. seven miles dis
tant. The rebels attempted to seize II
paper mill, but were repulsed by ~
body OF rurlles after twenty minutes
of stiff lighting.
May Send Warshipa
Washington, Feb. In.-The United
States government is preparing to take
prompt steps to protect Americans aud
American interests in Mexico. News
OF the revolution reached the capital In
three kilograms to- Mr. Knox. the sec
RETRY of state. and one to the war de-
partment. This latter MESSAGE was
rery brief. reading.
"Aiadero Is captured by the rebels,
and practically the entire army has re
volted"
Mr. Meyer.-th secretary of the navy,
when appraised of the situation In the
City of Mexico said:
IF these reports are correct the Unit
I'd States government surely will net
Two or three lnttieshiirs will probably
be sent to Mexico immediately. Orders
keHulnS tue vessels 10 some MeX1Cau
port wait only for further details of the
conditions. and We are expecting word
tny minute"
MIR. Knox declined to comment on
the news. but II waS evident from his
manner that he regarded the outbreak
as OF more Than ordinary Significance.
III navy department has several
warships with a few days voyage Of
Mexican ports. In the event Of any
being sent they would probably be or
dcred 10 Vera Cruz. from which port
most of the traffic to the City OF Mex
no Is sent. There ARE warshils In Gu
han waters. In Central America aud at
Key West. 81 that In IL very few days
II IT Is decided to send Il naval expedi-
ton the sea- lighters could be in the
harhnr at ter,. Cruz