The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-02-22
WILSON TELLS STORY
OF MADERO'S STRAITS
Says En- President Tried to Rally
Nation to Him by Crying
Intervention.
ATTEMPT TO KILL HCERTA
Ambassador Relates How De-
posed Ruler Twice Sought
Generals Life.

MENiC0 CITY. Feb. 21.-The desperate
straits to which Francisco !. Madero
was reduced a few hours before his
Generals overthrow the Government
were described to the correspondent of
THE SrN to-day by the American Am
bassador. Henry Lane Wilson.
II have learned" said the Ambassa-
dor. that Madero sent kilograms to all
of the State Governors. shortly before
he was arrested, telling them that In
torvention by the United States had
been ordered. The embassy has copies
of kilograms that Madero sent to Gov.
Guerra of Tamaulipas. announcing
that intervention was an accomplished
fact
"I have been informed that one Of
Maderos last official acts was an order
to the commandant OF the port OF Vera
Cruz forbidding the landing Of Am
crican marines.
"Maderos policy was to assure Fed
eral officials that the United States had
interfered in the affairs OF Mexico. and
he called on all officials and the people
to stand by the Government in the face
Of n national peril. Fortunately, these
orders did not have bad effect
"If Madero had remained in office
two days longer the American refugees
in the Colonia Roma would have been
exposed to the fire OF dynamite bombs.
In n final attempt to dislodge General
Diaz from the arsenal Madero planned
to lombard the fortress with dynamite
shells from heavy mortars.
General Huerta has Informed me
that Madero and Gustavo Madero at
tempted to murder him. He says that
Gustavo Madero was the host at BAN
quet shortly before the coup executed
by General Banquet, and that Gustavo
Madero offered him wine from bottle
in which cyanide Of potassium had been
placed.
Gen. Huerta says that he had the
wine analyzed and that the test revealed
the presence of n quantity Of the deadly
poison. Gen. Huerta was distrustful
and declined to drink the wine.
The General says also that Francisco
l. Madero tried to assassinate him. The
President called his Commander In
Chief to a window OF the Nati6 nal Pal
ace and suddenly excused himself. A
moment after he had left Gen. Huerta
standing alone. four bullets struck the
easement OF the window. narrowly miss
ing Huerta.
The provisional President informs
me that Gustavo Madero was shot by
the soldiers without orders from the
provisional Government. The soldiers
were advised to let Gustavo Madero es-
cape. Huerta had advised Gustavo Ma
dero to go to his home and obliterate
himself. The soldiers suddenly fired at
the Presidents brother, who was killed
instantly.
Gen. Huerta told me that Madero
and his Immediate family were not per-
mitted to leave the capital because the
Government had reason to believe that
the train would he attacked while on
its way to Vera Cruz. The provisional
President gays that Madero's fate is now
in the hands Of the Congress and the
Cabinet. Whatever idea Gen. Huerta may
have had az To the necessity for in
filcting summary military punishment
on the ex-President has been aban-
doncd. | am told. The military regime
has been ended and Madero's case will
be handled by the civil authorities
The American hattleships will re-
main at Vera cruz until the crisis has
passed and peace il definitely assured.
The Americans who were quartered
at the embassy and elsewhere IN the
Colonia Roma while the fighting was
going ON have mostly returned t. their
homes The only reminders OF the little
city of Americans that was established
at the embassy are the armed guard
that remains. the Red Cross hospital
service and the presses tina. were 10
have been used for publishing an
American newspaper,
Nearly 1000 Americans and 500 men
and women OF other nationalities :e
in refuge at or near the embassy. The
others were Englishmen, Italians. Ger
mans and Mexicans.
Some OF the Americans performed
heroic service. We are proud of them
Dr RYAN and Harry Berliner Of New
York did wonders In caring for the rcfu-
gees.
II am Of the opinion that Porfirlo Diaz
Will be called back, although not for
the present. and | do not think that
he VIII ever again be "A political figure" "
The embassy received kilograms to-
day from many American Consuls The
messages came over the Government
telegraph lines which had been closed
since the trouble started. With the eX-
ceptions of coahuila, Aqua Calientes
and Chihuahua, the Consuls repor, that
the country is quiet. II is believed
that most of the Governors will sup
port the temporary Government.
capt. Burnside. the American military
attache here. is quoted as saying that
Diaz could not have been driven from