The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-03-25
WAS ADVISER OF
MURDERED
MADER0
Famous Figure in Revolt
Against Diaz Here
a Fugitive.
Gave UpWeaIth and Title
to Become Soldier
of Fortune.

Known throughout Mexico as DR..
L. ohm the Baptist, beloved by the hum
, blest poems as well as tn proudest sol
| diers and many of the most powerful
diplomats and statesmen of the Latin
| republic, DIR. j. Bautiste Ruffo, erst-
while chief surgeon of the army of
Mexico and said to be one of the closest
advisers the late President Madero
| during the r volution which resulted
in the overthrow of Diaz, arrived in
! Honolulu last week. He is travelling
incognito, having arrived here on the
steamer Korea under the name of J. B.
Bianci.
| Hesltatingy, he admitted his identi
ty yesterday and only after learning
that news of his arrival coming to Ho-
nolulu had reached here from the main
land did he consent to show his letters
and commissions, bearing signatures of
many of the men who have played pow
ertul parts in the stirring drama of war
which has ragged in Mexico during the
past few years. Doctor Ruffo is direct
from the capital of Mexico, fleeing for
his life, leaving friends and meager
fortune behind to escape the stiletto or
the bullets of the Huerta followers,
who forced Madero to relinquish the
| relns of government. Doctor Ruffo
would have met the fate of Madero
had he remained. He realized the fulfil
! ity of continuing the fight.
Not Huerta Murder.
cit was not the Huerta government
which murdered Madero,' said Ruffo
yesterday as he sat talking in his suite
in the Royal Hawaiian hotel. "The
deed was the work of his personal enc.
mics, men who came into power with
] the victorious rebels. Had the Huerta
I government desired Madero life, they
could have secured it legally and with
| out resorting to any subterfuge. A
/ state of war existed and in those times
it is not difficult to find way to kill
any man, especially in Mexico"
An italian Soldier.
Following the earthquake in Mcssina,
| in which most of his family persisted,
Doctor Ruffo, possessed of fortune
and all that wealth and post could
| secure, left his native country, choosing
to lay aside his title as the Marquis OF
+ Scila, and became soldier of fortune.
| Member of one of the Oldest families
! of European nobility, master of eleven
languages, graduate of the University
of Paris and scarcely in his twentieth
| year, he travelled twice around the
| world before he made his way to
| Juarez. Mexico, where he met Estrada
+ Cabrera, former chum and classmate
{ in Paris. He entered into the spirit OF
! the Mexican revolutionists, was taken
! into the most secret counsels of the
| then plotting Madero and, in the work
which followed, his trained and active
/ mind played prominent part.
When Oiaz fell and Doctor Rutfo
marched with Madero through the
| streets of Juarez and later iourneyed
In triumph to the City of Mexico, he
realized one of his most cherished
| dreams.
From Palace to Battlefield.
Though pampered and brought up in
| the lap of luxury and showered with
the favOrs which the wealth and sta
ton of his Sicilian parents brought
HIM, he has come to desD.se what he
termed the hypocrisy of life around
| thrones. He looked upon Diaz as a
! despot and felt that the life of the
downtrodden and oppressed of Mexico
would be benefited with the overthrow
! of Diaz
! For months he remained in the field
with Madero and his guerilla armies.
dursing the wounded, burying the dead,
! and, when occasion made it necessary.
taking up saber or a gun and fight.
ing IN the front ranks will. the sol.
dlers. lie was wounded three times
turing the numerous battles, the sears
! ON his left arm and body showing the
| paths plowed by Diaz bullets.
Rnffo refused political office when
hadero came into power and retired
20 Magdalena, Sonora, where he began
! praetlslng medicine TO earn n livelihood.
When Orosco revolted from Madero,
! auifo was forbidden to leave the conn
i wy ana Tor the next year he was again
IN the field, with Oroseo's forces, nurs.
ing the wounded, burying the dead, al.
ways giving counsel and advice which
he hoped would bring about peace.
Present Government to Fail
" The present government will not
endure in Mexico,n said the titled phy.
stefan yesterday. "'Hnerta is too
weak. De Ia Barra would make a bet.
Ter leader 20 head the government, but
Felix piaz is the strongest and best
qualified for the position. II viii he
through him that the country viii be
hnally restored 20 peace. Porhrio Diaz
will never rule again in Mexico. but he
viii return and his wise counsel, ripen.
'd h' In, long wears of experience and
ftanfhtinn ~ the mistakes which
brought about fhis overthrow, win he o
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luoWr 20 tho outside world, hnt 10 Mex.
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Doom Anown fer years II j. conceded
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