Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-01
PEACE IN CITY NOW
DAYS OF HORROR IN CAPITAL
ARE ENDED.
After . Conference With Diaz General
Huerta Was Proclaimed Provisional
President-PeopIe DeIirious
With Joy.

With JOY
City of Mexico.-President Fran
| cisco l. Madero was arrested in the
national palace by General Banquet,
one of his own commanders Later
Madero was forced to sign his resig-
nation from the presidency.
Cen Victoriano Huerta, comman-
der of the federal troops which have
been fighting Diaz. has been pro-
claimed provisional president.
Gustavo Madero and all the cabinet
ministers, with the exception of Err
nesto Madero, are under arrest. The
vice-president of the republic, Jose
Pine Suarez, is still at liberty, but in
hiding.
The American ambassador and the
other foreign diplomats held a confer
ence at the American embassy at
night for the purpose of discussing
the establishment of order and the
further protection of foreign resi-
dents.
At night the Zocalo, the great plaza
in front of the palace, was jammed
with a delirious crowd, with banners
inscribed Peace and Liberty
shouting for Diaz, Huerta, Banquet
and Mondragon.
The women members of the Madero
family, who We're in Chapultepec
Castle, were hurried away in a motor
car by friends.
kilograms have been sent to tho
governors of the states notifying them
of the proclamation of Huerta as pro-
visional president, and also to the
military commanders assuring them
that general elections will be held for
president
Huerta Denies Ambitions.
General Huerta made a speech from
the balcony of the palace to the as
sembled crowds. He declared that he
had no personal ambitions and an
nounced himself as military governor,
and General Banquet as military COM
mander of the federal district.
1t is believed that definite agree
ment will be reached between the
rebel forces and General Huerta. The
negotiations will be conducted through
the American embassy.
Huerta received a commission from
the diplomatic corps. He said he had
assumed the provisional presidency
and would deliver it to whomever con-
gress designated.
Gen. Felipe Angeles, refusing 20
support the government, was arrested.
His Guest Arrested Him.
The finest irony attended the arrest
of Gustavo Madero, the brother if
the president, distinguished as a po-
litician, to whose door most of the
evils of the administration have been
laid.
He had invited General Huerta to
luncheon at the Gamhrinus, a popu-
with Gustavo Madero in winning ia
vor. General Huerta, however, had
invited guests unr uown to his host
In a room adjoining he had stationed
a detachment of Chapultepec guards.
All were preparing to take their
seats, when at a signal from Huerta
the officer in command entered. Point
ing a pistol at Madero he announced
he was under arrest. At the same
moment, soldiers marching into the
room cleared it of all except the
principals.
Gustavo loudly protested against
this indignity, but General Huerta re-
piled in a loud voice, condemning the
Madero family.
Gen. Victoriano Huerta, named as
provisional president of Mexico, is
the former commander of the north
division of the army. He has seen
much service in the present campaign
and last year fought a number of en-
gagements against the insurrectos un-
der Orozco. Huerta retired from his
command last December and was Of
fered a post in the war department.
Banquet and His Plot.
From the first it had been known
that General BlanQuet was unwilling
to fight His men were OF the same
mind. He held complete command
over them and it was not doubted
that they would follow him in any ad-
venture, which they did at the ma
tional palace.
Banquet then issued order for the
arrest of the president and assigned
a detachment to that duty Madero
soon was a prisoner in his rooms
One reason given for the attitude
of General Banquet was the presence
of his son in the ranks of Diaz.
When the arrest of the president