Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
TELEGRAPH RE0PENEl
For One Week the Capital Was
Cut Or from Press Of Out
side World-Zapata Uneasy in
Big" City-StOry of Past
Few Days in Detail.

Mexico City Nov. 20. via FL Paso June
tion. Dec .. DELAYED by censor-The arri-
val Of the troops Of Gen. Francisco Villa
from the north and of Gen. Emiliano
Zapata from the south has been followed
by comparative calm in Mexico City,
after n most trying week. Prompt action
of volunteer guards, reinforced by troops
which arrived in the nick of time, put
an end to riotng.
Villa has given every guarantee that
life and property will be safesuarded.
and thus far his promises have been
carried out
For one week Mexico City has been iso-
lated from the outside world, SO far as
concerned the transmission Of press de-
spatches. To-day communication was re-
stored by single wire stretching from
the capital to FL Paso and it is possible
to recount I'm some detail the story Of
the last few days. only fragments of
which hitherto have passed beyond the
border.
When Gen. LuCio BlanCo left tho city
early on November "a. few Of the in
habitants knew Of it. Towards noon
heavy firing was heard in the neighbor-
ing suburbs which are concentrated in the
vicinity Of Chapultepec castle and near
the edge of the American colony.
Here the retrcatinR forces Of Blanco
were deserted by their chief They
fought the advance guards Of the army
of Zapata. Sixty men were killed Blan-
cos men rrtreated northward through
Atacapotza
GENERALS ORDERED OUT
It then became Goner ly known that
General Carrauza had ordered Generals
Ohreson and Banco 10 leave the city
with all their men. The order also called
for the disarmament and the dissolution
of the entire police force.
As Zapata's S forces had not yet peno-
tratcd the city proper and as the plan of
the constitutiOnalists called for the COM
plete abandonment Of the capital. when
the order to dissolve the police force be
came known fear and rage divided the
feelings Of the business and residential
communities Stores and banks were inn
mcdiately closed and have so remained,
Foreigners as we'll as McXicans kept close
to their homes
At i've o'clock Tuesday huge mohs be-
gan iplllllilS III lI'llN VI ll' Ni'lldi l''t4-
ace 1t was evident that serious trouble
was brewing and the streets We're cleared
Of all save the rioters With cries OF
''To the arm stores; there are no police"
The crowds ran from the open plaza to
the places designated on the Avcuida l6tl
of September Here the leaders forced
the doors of one of the largest estab-
lishments selling arms and ammunition
and handed weapons to waiting throngs,
STUDENTS WOULD FIGHT
The telephone lines connecting ths
| capital with the suburbs had beer
busily working, however. and the Ia.
pata forces on the outskirts were ask
ed to come into the city without reRarC
for the arrangements they had mad,
| with the northerners. The Zapatf
troops responded promptly.
Meanwhile the students of the city
| had met and had decided to arm them
selves and disperse the mobs if no as
| sstance came from the beseging sol
dierS on the outside, The crowds hear(
| of these preparations and broke VI
into small parties. spreading out oveI
the entire city
When the Zapata forces entered Mex
leo city the students already had TAX
en- possession of the principal streets
The manifestations awed the mob,
| who confined themselves to breakine
| into small stores along unfrcquentet
| streets
| Terror was added to the situation b,
| the fact that the men of Blanco's com
| mand, in their hurry to get out o
| harms way, held mp coaches and un
| hitched horses or broke into public anC
private stables and seized any ANNA
| that would enable them to escape
| During these operations considerabl,
| firing was going on.
Eduardo Iturbide. governor of the fed
cral district under the Carbajal regime
offered his services and led In the re
organization of the police force. callinj
on all former army officers and soldier
| for that purpose. lturbide worked il
conjunction with Colonel Saldana of tn
Zapata forces and by ten O'Clock tina
night 900 foot and /. 800 horse of thes
volunteers were patrolling the rtreets
by midnight complete quiet and orde
prevailed In the down town districts
zAPATA UNEASY IN BIG CITY.
In the succeeding days more o
Zapata's troops entered the capital an
a form of provisional government wa
brought into existence and general or
der was preserved.
Zapata and his brother entered tn
city Friday, lie said that he was work
ing In accord with villa and was willin
to abide by the decisions of tn
Aguascalientes convention, lie SCENE
very uneasy in the large city and afte
refusing to visit the national palac,
left the capital on Sunday,
Much fear was occasoned hv Zapata'
visit, due to the action OF his soldier
who. on learning OF his presence in tn