Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-02-20

Mexico City, Mexico.-Hostilities
were resumed with renewed fierce
ness in the Mexican capital after a
truce which last only a few hours.
The armistice, signed by represen-
tatives of both sides, agreeing to sus-
pend operations for "a hours, was
broken in nine hours.
Soon the sound of heavy cannonad-
ing and the whir of machine guns an
nounced the return of the federal
troops to their posts in front Of the
arsenal.
Battle to Finish Is On.
1t appeared as if the words of Ma
dero and Diaz might prove prophetic;
and that this time the battle would be
to a finish.
President Madero reiterated his re-
fusal to comply with the suggestions
of the senators that he resin. He de-
clared that he was still able TO DOM
mate and that, if given time, would
crush the rebel forces.
AS a sanitary measure and to pre-
vent possibility of a plague the dead,
numbering hundreds, in many streets
around the citadel, were burned, the
bodies first being soaked in petroleum.
In one instance two bodies were
burned by being placed v e a leaking
gas main and the gas lighted for a
funeral pyre.
Gen. Diaz had not shown himself to
be greatly in favor of the armistice,
but consented to it out of respect for
the efforts of the American ambassa-
dor and the ministers of the powers to
bring about a cessation of hostilities
until foreigners and noncombatants
still within the zone of the fighting
could be removed to a position of com
parative safety.
Diaz Regards Truce as Delay.
Diaz regarded the truce as merely
a delay in the accomplishment of his
fixed purpose to drive Madero out OF
the presidency.
The fighting Saturday had undoubt.
eddy gone in favor Of the rebels, who
had resisted all assaults against them
had received into their ranks several
hundred federal deserters and had
obliged the federal commanders to ad,
init that for the present, at least, the
rebel position was impregnable.
Gen. Huerta, the command of the
government troops, a hard fighter, who
has been through many campaigns
also was opposed to the armistice ant
chafed under the terms which it i'm
osed upon him. Nor did he willingly
agree to the sending of a large body
of his forces back to the federal base
near the national capital.
President Madero's attitude was one
of evaporation, but, as he had re
quested the American government t.
withhold Intervention, he could do M
less than consent to an armistice wheT
the question was submitted directl!
to him. But he let it be known, with
out e~quivocation, that he was deter
mined to retain the presidency.
Safety Zone Is Urged.
The American ambassador and tn
German minister called on the presi
dent and on Gen. Huerta and aske'
that the military dispositions of tn,
government forces should be so al
ranged as to render unnecessary tn
firing over the residential quarter
that a free zone be fixed and that tn
government unite with the America
committee in the establishment of Ger
tiers for the distribution Of food to tn
poor, this having already been agree
to by Gen. Diaz Professionally.
During the armistice the embass
was the scene Of intense activity. /.
dozen automobiles moved swiftly
and fro carrying refugees, provision
and messages. The work entailed M
cessitated the hiring Of a corps Of g,
ira clerks and stenographers.
The embassy building was besiege
by hundreds, not all Of them Amer
cans, who asked for advice or assis
ance. There is little actual sufferin
from lack of food or shelter With
the city, but there is a vast amour
of discomfort and great danger
those who remain.
In direct contrast to the day a wee
before, with its canonading, cavalr
charges and ~bloodshed, the day wa
calm ard peaceful.
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