The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-20

is not known, however, how the rest
of the country will receive the change.
The part played by the. United States
embassy in the settlement of the 10
days battle. gained for the American
flag such a tribute as never before
was witnessed in Mexico. After the
messenger from the United States en-
bassy, Harry Berlinger, had gone.
through the fire of the rebel lines
to the arsenal, conveying the
message of peace sent by Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson he drove to the
national palace in an automobile bear
ing a white flag or one side and the
Stars and Stripes on the other.
BY the time. he emerged from the
national palace after delivering the
note to General Huerta, the crowd
outside had learned the import of his
visit. The temperance of his ma
chine. was the signal for a tremendous
ovation.
Through an immense mass of hui
mainly gathered in the Zocola and
along San Francisco street, the big
automobile picked it's way slowly amid
deafening applause, with the Stars
and Stripes flying in the wind.
Group after group of the people on
the streets caught up the cry. Viva
los Am~ericanos!' until the entire city
reverberated with the cheering.
For days the entire population OF
Mexico City had regarded Intervention
by the United States as practically In
evitahle. Mexicans of the non-com-
blatant class suffered divided emotions
of hope and fear. Thousands al
though deploring Intervention by any
power, had come to the conclusion
that the good offices of any nation
We're preferable to the wanton de
struction of property and awful loss
of life. which had been occurring with
neither side gaining any apparent ad-
vantage.
After the arrest of President Ma
dero, General Huerta declared that he
would deliver the. position to anybody
Who was legally named
1t is understood that special gen
eral elections will be called at an early
date to select a successor to Madero.
-! A Bold Stroke.
httAll this was done without the agree
ment and without the knowledge of
elk ICldL. 'cIitIaI Id pay Gu llt
bold stroke of taking Diaz at his word.
given some days age, when he said
he was not fighting for personal ann
bition but merely for the. removal of
Madero.
News of Huerta's coup was sent to
Diaz through the American embassy.
1t was very late at night before the
final peace papers were signed by
both parties.
The first official act of General
Huerta, in his new capacity, was to
send notification to the american am
basSador as to what had been done.
The note asked Ambassador Wilson to
advise President Taft and the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps that the
battle had been closed thus ending the
danger to the lives and interests of
foreigners.
Huerta asked the ambassador to
permit his office to be used as a chan
mel for negotiations with the rebels in
the effort to bring about a complete
understanding. Ambassador Wilson
replied by agreeing to act as inter-
mediary and an exchange of notes was
begun which terminated in a complete
accord.
The formal transfer of troops from
the rebel one took place early this
morning. In the meanwhile the gov
eminent lines had been removed and
the heavy cannon dragged back to
headquarters.
The Probable Cabinet.
The cabinet, it is believed, will be
composed as follows, subject to the
ratification of congress:
Foreign minister, Francisco de la
Barra; war minister General Manuel
Mondragon; finance. minister, Carlos
G. de Cosio; minister of fomento, AL
berto Gil; minister of the interior, AL
berto Garcia Grandados; minister of
justice, Rodolfo Reyes; minister of
public instruction, Jorge Vera EstanOl;
minister of communications, David de
la Fuente.
To every governor throughout the