Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-07-16
CARBAJAL NAMED
new PRESIDENT
FIuerta's Resignation Ae-
cepted by a Vote Of
12l to II. s
WILL FLEE COUNTRY
Former Dictator Greeted with Cheers
as He Proceeds to National Palace
After AbdicatiOn. @S
WILL FLEE COUNTRY

Mexico City, July 16.-The bloody
reign of General Victoriano Huerta is
at an end, and today commission
is enroute to Celaya, there to en-
deavor to arrange for the peaceful
entrance of the constitutionalists into
the capital.
Francisco Carbajal, the new provls-
ional President, today faces the deli
cate task of placating dozen dlf-
ferent factions, forming a provision
al cabinet, and preserving peace IN
the capital until the constitutional
lists have assumed control and gov
ernment capable Of guaranteeing
peace to the entire nation is estab-
lished.
Vera Cruz, July 16.-Although bent
to President Wilson's will and forced
from his place as head of the Mexi-
can government, taken over the
body of Francisco I. Madero. General
Huerta remained the stolid Indian to
thel asst.
1t was only through the greatest
pressure that he was forced to loosen
the bulldog hold he had taken upon
the Presidency. Banquet threatened,
it is said, to resign, take his army
with him and place Huerta under ar
rest.
General Huerta started the drink
ing bout on Saturday. 1t ended only
when he left the capital. 1t began
Immediately after the appointment
of Francisco Carbajal as minister of
foreign relations, according to infor-
nation which has come to me from
the capital. The dictator went to
the Cafe Colon, where he spent his
time drinking until far into the
night. Arising early Sunday morn
ing and ordering that his bodyguard
should not follew him, the dictator
passed the entire day drinking at the
Cafes Chapultepec and Ell Globo.
Mexico City, July '16.-Gen. Vic
toriano Huerta resigned from the pro-
visional presidency of the Mexican
republic yesterday evening and his
resignation was accepted by the Sen
ate and Chamber of Deputies by a
vote of 121! to IT,:
Francisco Carbajal was then ap-
pointed President and took the oath
Of office at the joint session of depu-
ties and senator's.
,Huerta and Banquet, together with
the former ministers of 2communca-
tions and public instruction, also
several other officials and personal
friends Of the former dictator, left
Mexico City in automobiles tonight
They went directly. to, Los Reyes sta,
tion on the Irteroceanic Railway,
about sixteen miles from Mexico
City, where they; boarded a special
train. This train carried an escort Of
federal troops.
The trains destination has beer
kept secret. 1t ,is known that thu
party had perfected arrangements tt
to go to any one of several points
and it is believed they themselves die
not reach a definite decision as tt
their destination until Los Reyes wa
reached.
The text of Huerta's resignation
S as follows:
Deputies and Senator's: Publi
necessity, admitted by the Chambe
of Deputies, by the Senate and tn
Supreme Court, called me to the su
preme magistracy of the republic
Later, when in this same hall l hat
the honor Of addressing you in com
pliance with the constitutional pre-
cept, I promised at all costs to brins
about peace.
Seventeen months have passed
and in that brief period of time
have formed an army with which t,
carry out that solemn promise,
you all know the immense Difficult
ties with my government has en-
countered, owing to a scarcity q
question sought preteXt to inte,
vene directly in this conflict, and II
funds, as well as to the manifest al
decided protection which great