The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
"PEACE OF WARSAW" REIGNS
NOW IN HUERTA'S CAPITAL
People Are Crushed Under DictatOrs Heel and Appar
emily Afraid to Protest, but Sudden Uprising Is
Expected to Come Any Day.


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THE SIN al Mcrico cify. foliOcing the
orpulsion ot The regular man. The dn.
horitics AZ ne capital learned Of the
arrangement as soon as he had made n.
he drrircd at Vera Cru. yesterday and
sent The toiioicing cable despatch
Special CaJie Bespatch 10 TuE suS.
NrRA CRvz. May 1G.--Mexlco city was
terribly quiet when left II. but II was
"the peace OF Warsaw" Nictorlano
lluerta. absolute master Of the situa
tlon, has every man and every set Of
men who might rise M against him
cowed utterly. Those whom he cannot
bring thus into subsection he either
imprisons or exiles. Foreign Minister
Portillo paid the penalty for his prom.
lncnce in the newspapers, not only by
the loss " his portfolio but by the loss
Of his liberty. for now he IL little more
than prisoner, watched and guarded.
Gen. Nelasco. who escaped from Tor.
rcon. n bullet through his right leg. his
left arm broken and four minor wounds
about the body, received the adulatlons
Of the populace. III as he Is he has
been ordered to San Luis Potosi to fight
Gen. Torres and perhaps bear the brunt
Of combined rebel attack X Saltillo
falls. Even Gen. Gustavo Mass. cou-
sin Of the provisional President, has
been recalled from the command Of the
troops around Vera Cruz and relieved
OF command. lie Is paying the pen
atty for praise accorded him by the
newspapers.
Suspicious of Everybody.
Huerta cannot permit any man to
receive praise or to show strength.
Those secretly disatfected might pick
Therefore to-day on the surface the
| citizens OF Mexico city are supine. They
display no Indignation at the unbroken
| succession of rebel Victories no fear or
| symptoms of revolt. They are. to all
| appearances. absolutely under the dom
| nation of the man in the national pal
! ace.
Any American correspondent who
goes into the interior of Mexico to-day.
particularly to the capital, is unsafe.
The Brazilian Minister. well meaning
as he is, is powerless to help because
Brazil has no interests In the country
which the Government is bound to re-
spect and 1t is not power to be feared.
There are said to be only forty-eight
Brazilians in the country. However
the representatives of the other foreign
Powers are able to aid foreigners
through the Brazilian Minister. The
British Minister and the French Charge
d'Affaires are helping him.
All went well with me at the capital
until received the cable despatch from
THE SUN. Then the fun began. I be-
came AN object of great solicitude to the
Mexican secret service men, and any one
who knows them will appreciate my
position.
The Mexican secret service men hunt
In packs and they are so palpabIy secret
service men that they very speedily
render the object of their espionage as
conspicuous as circus parade. Under
sized usually with an enormous mus
tache, gloomy and mysterious looking
the trailer attaches himself to you. lie
walks ahead of you. behind you, at your
side and for all | know flies in the all