Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-17
TOCSIN CALLS
 ALL MEX|CANS

CITY or MEXICO. Sept. 16.--War ridden as is this republic there was nc appreciable dimunition Tn tle crowd that assembled in the Cocala last night to hear Provision President Vic toriano Huerta cry Viva Mexico' and ring the liberty bell. The cere mony, known as tho "Grito of Tidal go" ushers in the annual celebration of the Mexican independence day.
 It was on September IS, 1S10. that the patriot priest. Padre Hidalgo, be gan the revolution which resulted in the overthrow of the Spanish power ir Mexico During the preceding year the revolutionary spirit was rife throughout the country. Many at tempts to perfect an organization that might contend with the Spanish pow CT were made, but they uniformly ended by the execution of all the leaders in the plots.
 Hidalgo was one of the leaders of an undiscovered plan and it was in tended. as fin other cases, to perfect organization before striking the first blow. Word came to Hidalgo that the pIot had been discovered and the troops we're even then on the way 10 arrest him.
 Then it was. so the story goes, that Hidalgo rang he bell of his nt tie church in the town of Dolores ana summoned the band of patriots about him A mass was said and he an nounced that the time had come for action. About 500 men, poorly armed and with virtually no equipment or war. responded, and the march on tho city of Guanaiuato was com unenced. As the motley band of ln- surgeuts passed the church at Atoto- niIac. Hidalge took the banner illus trating the appearance Of the Holy Virgin at Guadalupe and raised 1t as the battle flag of the war of inde- pendence.
 But while Hidalgo and his ccnlpa' triots were fearless. they were not sol diers nor skilled in the art of war. After achieving wonderful success anu with 2 constantly increasing army ne had reached almost in sight or thS Citv of Mexico, when the tide turned His army was dispersed and he tlec nortbyard toward Chihuahua, where he and his chief lieUtenants were cap tured They were promptly executed and their heads placed on spikes al inc four corners of the prison as a warning to other revolutionists. 9th or leaders arose. and Mexico contlh- ned in a state of upheayal and unrest for seventy years. until the soldier and statesman, Porfirio DiaZ, was elected to the presidency.
 This. briefly sketehed, was the be ginning of Mexican independence, and this is the reason that September 16 is celebrated throughout the Republic of Mexico.
 The beginning of the annual cele- bration last night was marked with all of the customary enthusiasm. In the great square where their fore fathers lifted their eyes to the top of the teocalIi to see the throbbing heart that the priest cleft from the bosom of a fair prisoner, the peOns, damned a hundred thousand strong. gazed on the changing bell that Hidal- go used 103 years ago. The poorer classes occupied all the central part of the square. Directly in front of the National Palace, the Municipal Palace and the Cathedral, the three great piles which bound three sides of the Zocalo, chairs were placed for the better classes. The numerous win dows and balconies of the edifices mentioned were reserved for invited guests
 From dark the crowd was enter tained with fireworks, while half a dozen picked military bands. playing alternately. never allowed the music to cease for more than ar instant. Five minutes before the hands on the great clock over the Palace indt cated the hour of II the bands stopped. There was hush that only emphasized the burst of applause that greeted General Huerta when he ap- peared on the brilliantly lighted cen tral balcony of the Palace. As he took hold of the gilded cord that reached ID to the historic bell, the crowd again was stiIlec With the first clang of the hour the time-hon- cred ''grito" was delivered by the executive. Then the massed bands burst into the national hymn accom- panied by a chorus of a thousand 
 voices. For nearly an hour the Pro visional President was cheered. In the excitement Of the occasion there were many "mueras" for the Amer icanos" and many "viyas' for Don Victoriano.
 Today the celebration of the nation at independence day was continued with unabated enthusiasm The dec oration of business houses and resi- dences were on more elaborate rate scale than ever before. Tie grand civic and military parade this afternoon numbered thousands oi nlarchers. It was several hours in passing the stand, whence it was re viewed by Gen. Huerta, the officers of the cabinet, members of the senate and chamber of deputies, high officers of the army, and many prominent cit