The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-21
Deposed President Will
Be Held to Answer /,
Charges.
NEW GOVERNMENT
FULLY ORGANIZED
Members of Hue5ta's Official
Family Take Oath Of Office
in National Palace, Where
Former Chief Is Prisoner. 4
Significant Display .gW
of Troops. afgA'

Mexico City. February oO.-That
FFnncisco Mndcro will get out or Mex
leo without having TO face official in-
vcsttgntions for ono thing or another
now appears Improbable. He 4Ircady
ha5 hccn charged with responsibility
for the death OF Colonel Rivcroil, whom
he is alleged to have shot mt the tirnc
OF his arrest In the palace.
committee of Deputies nou han
asked TINT MRdero he forced to account
for moneys expended by tho adminfs-
trntion. This committee called on
President ltucrtn this afternoon mad
urged TINT Mndcro he held accountable
Tor the depleted condition of the treas
ury.
of Mexico's new government were com
pleted at o'clock this afternoon, when
members of President Uuerta's Official
family took tho oath in tho Yellow room
in the palace. immediately above that
occupied by the deposcd President and
Vice President
Hears rIaud,ts OF Crowd.
Although unable to witness tho
scenes from their room. Madero and
Suarea could hear pIaudits OF tho
crowds in the streets and in the big
square In front and tho buslc calls of
the united army Significant OF the
birth Of the new administration was
the frank display of soldiers. and tho
effect OH the crowds was not lost.
1t served as reminder that even
if 1T was not military dictatorship
that had been established. tho present
administration was of much sterner
quality than that which had just
fallen.
General Felix Diaz was among those
in the yellow room when the ,niiiis-
tcrs took tho oath and heard pro-
nounced the formal. timc-honofe1
| phrase: Ell you keep this oath the
country Will reward you; if you don't.
! 1T will cnll you to an accounNnE.''cs,F
General piaz was present ostcnsibly
in no official capacity. but merely ar
a private citizen. which lie becamp
many months ago on resiEning his COM
mission as general in the regular
army.
Madoro and Pino Suarez BETRAYED in
| their faces the chagrin and humiliation
which they must have felt, according.
to officers of the guard Neither
deigned to ask questions as to what
was happening in the room above, but
the conversation OF the guards served
to acauaint them with the proceedings.
4 sneer showed on the face of AIadero.
but the detection of the former Vice
! President was too great apparently to
permit play of other emotions.
General Diaz came Into his own lato
| this afternoon, so far as manifes-
cerned. Riding at the head of his
troops, which for nine days withstood
attacks OF the government, Diaz re-
ceived such an ovation as had not been
witnessed here since the triumphal
entry of Madero at the close OF Ills
revolution.
Crowds filled the streets to witnesy
the march OF troops from the arsenal,
and the big square in front OF the Ma
tional Palace where the troops passed
In review before the new President was
| one great mass of humanity In the
line We're the guns which had battered
| the palace, and squads of men with
out uniforms bore witness to the fact
that Diaz had the support Of others
than mutinous soldiers.
Great Demonstration.
General Diaz, true TO his standing a
n retired army officer, was dressed in
civilian clothes. He was on horse
back. y detachment of troops fol-
lowed, and then line OF carriages con-
tanning the new members OF the Cahi-
net. AT the palace Diaz and his staff
were received by President Huerta in
! q most cordial manner. and feiicitations
were exchanged Flags hoatcd cverS-
where along the line OF march. and tho
| appearance Of DiaH was the signal for
! n great demonstration. Confetti anu
! flowers were thrown from the balco-
nies. and 'vivas' sounded In vast
chorus. in which the foreigners Joined.
/ At the close of the review the troops
were dispatched to the different bar
racks The crowds continued their
| Qualifications; thousands marched
through the downtown district, carry
| ing banners and dividing the "vivas"
between the popular idols-Huerta.s &
! the President. and DiaZ the conqueror.
| All political prisoners throughout
! the country have been ordered re-
leased by President Huerta. One hum IS
dred and fifty prisoners I'm the peniten-
tiary here. hitherto overlooked. were
discovered this afternoon and set free.
Ccnscs to Refuse Food.
Federico Gonzales GarZa. the tormer
governor of the Federal district. is
the third prisoner occupying the room.
There is no PARTITION. liach man is
furnished with bed. and meals ara
brought periodically and served Jointly.
Madero has ceased to refuse food. aud
so far as personal comfort is concernsd
lie no longer resists efforts in that d.
rection
Outside the room stands a guard of
soldiers. and although there are np
windows IN the room. another guard
is constantly on duty within, even
during the sleeping hours.
No one has been allowed to talk y
with the prisoners. although their
wives have been permitted TO send
verbal messages.
Madero has siSniiied ncthinS re-
gardng his future plans. even IL per
mitted to leave tho country Menlbeiss
OF his family are equally reticenr. btt&
by those most intimate with them ts8
Is considered nor improbable that the
entire family will emigrate TO South i
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